1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,880 Yeah, I think, you know, obviously it's wonderful to be here today with the children. 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:11,280 I have a sister that's over in Africa right now that's been there for the past five months 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:17,360 and she's also in a classroom in Uganda with some students that just received their laptops 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,160 or are going to receive their laptops pretty soon. 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,000 I think they have a couple over there. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:28,040 In the same fashion that a lot of you, you know, young students, young people are doing 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,040 here today. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,080 It's exciting for me to be here to create some awareness and to show some support for 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,640 what Nicholas has done. 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,460 It's an incredible vision and I've been blessed with many opportunities to travel around the 11 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:47,200 world and I've been to Africa, I've been to some impoverished countries around the world, 12 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,080 impoverished places, and to give children hope and the opportunity to learn and expand 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,880 their vision of the world I think is extremely important. 14 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,120 So I'm hoping to continue that quest along with Nicholas. 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,600 I'm happy to be a part of One Laptop per Child. 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,800 The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation has been a huge help in setting this up as 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,040 well along with a lot of other people, the Boys and Girls Club that have coordinated 18 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,040 this. 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,680 So it's wonderful to be here and like I said to the students or the kids, I'm glad you're 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:19,680 not up there. 21 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,240 You know, there's time for basketball and there's time for learning and all those things 22 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,320 are important in the child's life and the Boys and Girls Club bring that together and 23 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:32,160 I'm excited to see what these children can do with these and I'm sure it's going to be 24 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,160 a huge success. 25 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,160 So thank you. 26 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:48,400 All right, so who's been playing with this the longest? 27 00:01:48,400 --> 00:02:15,080 I was actually at home this last weekend. 28 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:24,080 And I have four nieces, I have a 13 and a half, a 13 year old, a 7 year old, a 2.5 year old and a 2.5 year old. 29 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,080 And the 13 year old and the 7 year old were playing together on an airplane with the speaking 30 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,080 children. 31 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:33,080 Then I go upstairs and I come back down about 20 minutes later and the 2.5 year old is dragging 32 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,080 the cord along with the computer along the floor. 33 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,080 I'm not worried about that. 34 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,080 You know, you can see how the application for children of all ages, some use it as a 35 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:49,080 toy, some use it as a head on a leash to drive around. 36 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,080 But everybody needless to say can have fun with them. 37 00:02:52,080 --> 00:03:03,080 How about this, I have my sister right here. 38 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:08,080 She's in Uganda and she has children in her classroom and I asked what they're doing. 39 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,080 How about this? 40 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,080 I asked her how many students are there with you? 41 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,080 Thank you. 42 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,080 I want to get some pictures of all of them with the cameras. 43 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,080 What do you think of that? 44 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,080 Huh? 45 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,080 That's what they do. 46 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Look at that. 47 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,080 Pretty cool screen, huh? 48 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Works in the sunlight as well. 49 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Your laptop doesn't in my laptop. 50 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:12,080 She says it's about 8.30 p.m. 51 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:40,080 Do you have the speaking one? 52 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:14,080 How about that? 53 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,080 Take a picture of that. 54 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:22,080 They can talk to your friends. 55 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,080 How about that? 56 00:05:52,080 --> 00:06:00,080 Take a picture of that. 57 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,080 Let's see. 58 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:17,080 Take a picture of that. 59 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Take a picture of that.