Blog # 8: Goal 8 Analysis
Living in the United States, people tend to take objects that we use on an every day bases for granted. I could not imagine life without my cell phone or without the internet. I do not consider how important these things are when I am using them but hearing the presentation the honors section did on developing a global partnership for development made me realize how important this technology really is. The United States has been widely developed and part of this has to do with communication. When I heard that only 10% of people in Somalia use mobile technology, I was shocked. Wireless technology makes things so much easier and it provides an easy access for acquiring knowledge. Before the internet was created people would have to do so much research about a subject by going to a library to find book after book and now with a couple clicks they can learn about anything they want. By having this technology Somalia will be able to be a better developed country. The group for goal 8 mentioned the “One Laptop for Every Child� program and I think that this is a good way of providing a good learning experience for kids. Also the solar panels that can be constructed are a good way of providing energy and they are good for a place that not all people have electricity. This would be a good way for Somalia and for other countries to be able to develop and to prosper.
I thought that this presentation was very insightful. I learned a lot from it and I think that the ideas that were discussed were a good way of accomplishing goal 8. The slideshow was aesthetically pleasing and having one of the computers was a nice touch.