User:Vtaylor/Computers and Society/6. Midterm - Millennium Development Goals

MIDTERM - a research assignment, discussion, MidTerm Millennium Development Goals quiz and Millennium Development Goals (MDG)] public web page

=== MidTerm - Millennium Development Goals (MDG)===

You have been researching and commenting on social issues that are important to us here in the developed areas of the world - countries with cities, internet access, stable governments, courts of law, regulations, good healthcare and educations systems. However, there are large populations throughout the world that do not share these benefits.

For the MIDTERM assignment, consider what it must be like to be without all of these and learn about how computers, the internet and technology are being used to change the lives of these people.

The United Nations has defined U.N. Millennium Development Goals to being attention to the problems that face a significant proportion of the world's population, and direct resources and innovation to resolving them. The UN renewed commitments to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and to set out concrete plans and practical steps for action.

You can help! In addition to learning about them through research and discussion, by adding your resources to the  WikiEducator Millennium Development Goals web page, you are contributing to the visibility of the problems, and the current status of the work being done to resolve them.

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
 * 1) Pick one of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG).


 * 1) Find three (3) resources that describe the work of groups trying to solve one of the Millennium Goals.


 * 1) Post links to your selections, along with a brief description of the impact this work has in solving the MDG, and a discussion question to the Midterm - Millennium Development discussion topic for the your MDG goal.


 * 1) Participate in the discussion topics for each of the Millennium Development Goals. Ask questions. Provide additional sources of information. Learn more about each of the goals, why they are important and what is being done about each MDG.

Submit your answers to the MidTerm Millennium Development Goals quiz.
 * 1) As you do your research and participate in the discussions, be thinking about the Millennium Development Goal you selected - What is the problem and why is this problem important to you? Who is being helped? Who is heading the aid work? What resources are available? How is technology being used to help solve the problems? Are there technologies or innovations that would help resolve the problems if they were available? Make some suggestions about how you think the problem might be resolved - use your imagination. Perhaps you will come up with some technology that will make a difference.


 * 1) Add links to your three research resources, along with a brief description of the impact this work has in solving the MDG to the wiki page  Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in the section for your selected goal.


 * 1) What is one significant benefit to mankind that technology has brought to the world? Why did you select this particular technology? Submit this as your I think... assignment.