Teaching gEmms: One Laptop Per Child?

When I was in high school we played a game that changed my perspective.

The global community was represented in our gym.

Each student was randomly assigned a nation to live in.

I honestly do not remember which country I was "living in"

but

I do remember that I was not living

in North America.

I remember sitting on the floor with nothing to eat or drink

while watching the kids from North America sitting on

comfy furniture and eating PIZZA.

Although I have not yet travelled to any of the "developing nations",

the heartbreak of the injustice has stayed with me.

How can I contribute to change?

It is easy to turn a blind eye.

After all, there is a lot of need in our own neighborhoods.

But

is there something I can do?

I am working on it.

I have been thinking about:

because last year I discovered this educational experiment:

Could this be a powerful way to impact the developing world?
What do you think?

Teaching gEmms