[Grassroots-l] Nokia ad will feature me and my students in a project we call DONATING ONE LAPTOP PER CLASS

[Samuel Klein]

Hi Kyra,

Your program last fall was lovely - I was showing it around at an
event at NYU last weekend - and this Nokia piece sounds fabulous.

The college corps is called OLPCorps, and is running its first year of
matching  international student teams with schools this summer : h
  ttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps

As for a competition, how about OLPC t-shirts for every student in the
winning class?  we could have it be a random draw among all classes
with 100% participation - so that it's about getting involved, not
about how much you donate (which is the essential message of your
idea).

Intervarsity, it could be similar : we could highlight the school with
the highest % of participation in each of a few size-groups (<200,
201-500, 501-2000, 2000+) with a similar 2-minute spot and a poster
signed with thanks by the staff...  what do you think?

Sam.
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On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Kyraocity<kyraocity at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last Fall 2008, two of my cultural anthropology courses and I devised a
> campaign to encourage entire classes at Baruch College, where I teach, to
> donate ONE LAPTOP PER CLASS. The project is designed like this: For less
> than $10 per class member or instructor, each class collaborates to donate
> $199 laptop. We haven't figured out all the incentives for participating
> yet, but with only 2 sections in the beta project last fall we raised over
> $650 and donated 3 laptops. We created a viral video to promote it
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSWu6CLVL6Y. This was all done the last 2
> weeks of classes before finals. Participants were amazed.
>
> A few weeks ago, Nokia decided to do a social responsibility ad about me and
> my students and the OLPC donation project we created. Just saw the final cut
> of the 2 min documentary yesterday it is amazing. It is supposed to go
> national in 1-2 weeks. It features a conversation with students about the
> OLPC project, why laptops vs. food, and what participating in the project
> means as students at Baruch College which is one of the most diverse
> institutions in the U.S. with students from over 120 different countries who
> speak over 100 different languages.
>
> Would love any suggestions on
>
> How to make this competetive among our 700 classes. Do we compete for
> highest percentage of class participation, the largest donation of any
> class, and/or by division (we have three schools within the
> college--business, arts&sciences, and public affairs)?
> The viral video is designed to encourage other colleges and universities to
> compete. Any one here want to play with us and compete with Baruch College?
> This would be an inter-varsity sport.
> I heard that OLPC is launching a college program this fall. Anyone know
> where I can find out more about this.S omething like a college corps for
> OLPC.
>
> Will keep you posted on the Nokia launch.
> Best,
> Kyra Gaunt
> Assoc. Professor, Cultural Anthropology & Black Studies
> Baruch College-CUNY
> New York, NY
>
>
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