Imagine if every child were issued a tablet computer? This is the next step beyond Nicholas Negroponte’s “laptop for every child” initiative. Below he speaks with GigaOm’s senior writer Matthew Ingram and Marvell’s Co-Founder Weili Dai on the Mobilize stage in San Francisco this past week.

The idea behind creating a new platform opportunity for developers is that getting tablets in the hands of children can help to fix IT literacy problems around the world, particularly in developing nations.