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What is the one laptop per child project? Buy one and have the other donated to a child in a developing country Row 1, Col 1

What are resonance with community values, impact on community wellbeing, and aid in determining community identity? Criteria that Amish communities use to select technologies. 1, 2

What is the ability of a technology to embody values and embed biases (such as gender bias)? The airplane cockpit case provides a clear demonstration about this characteristic about technology 1, 3

Who is the Regional Irrigation Agency, Kohlapur District, India? This stakeholder sought to build a large-scale irrigation program that would flood considerable land including two small villages. 1, 4

What is the original vision of the OLPC project? “Change education through the development and distribution of low-cost laptops embodying a new learning model. ” 2, 1

What is the Ordnung? This set of core community values and beliefs is often not available in written form. 2, 2

What were two reasons offered not to redesign airplane cockpits to remove gender bias? Women are physically and emotionally incapable of flying, and redesigning airplane components would cost too much to be acceptable to commercial airline companies. 2, 3

What is an “Honest Broker” between the Indian government and the residents of Chafawade and Jeur? The role played by NGOs (non-government organizations) in the Uchangi Dam case. 2, 4

What is Fedora Linux and Sugar? The OLPC (XO laptop) operating system and graphical user interface. 3, 1

What is the Rumspringa? Under this practice, Amish teenagers are allowed to explore life on the outside. 3, 2

What are three stages of the “social construction of technology”? Interpretive flexibility, rhetorical closing of interpretive flexibility, and the emergence of the technical “black box” 3, 3

What is participatory land mapping to determine land uses and local residents’ values? The NGOs, SOPPECOM and BGVS carried out these activities in and near the cities of Chafawade and Jeur 3, 4

Who are Acer, Asus, Hewlett. Packard? These for-profit computer manufacturers have competed fiercely with the XO laptop for market share in developing nations. 4, 1

What is a pneumatically powered belt sander? The Amish have modified this tool so that they do not have to “hook up” to the power grid of the public utility (electric company). 4, 2

What is JPATS or Joint Primary Aircraft Training System? This system, built around measurements of sitting height, functional arm reach, leg-length, buttock-knee length, and weight was fundamentally biased against women. 4, 3

How was the 14 -year stalemate between residents of Chafawade and Jeur and the Indian government finally resolved? Two different irrigation project plans were drawn up by NGO engineers that minimized negative impacts on surrounding communities. 4, 4

What is an important reason for lack of teacher buy-in to the use of XO laptops? XO laptops embody a pedagogical approach that is different from most teachers in developing countries. 5, 1

What are humility, equality, simplicity, and community? These core values are used by the Amish to choose technologies appropriate to their communities. 5, 2

What is “questioning basic assumptions? This mode of critical thinking was crucial to transitioning from the position that women were incapable of flying planes to the position that planes need redesigning to remove gender bias. 5, 3

What is the stakeholder group component or people/groups/roles? The STS component which deals with the NGO stakeholder groups SOPPECOM and BGVS 5, 4