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Title:

Cloud Technology: $2/month. 1M Connected African Teachers: Priceless

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Organizer:
Danny Kim, FullArmor Corp.
Description:
How do you leapfrog from antiquated teaching tools to those of tomorrow at 1/5th normal costs while fighting poverty and illiteracy? Learn how using the cloud and an orchestration of software is enabling Ethiopia, Nigeria, and other emerging markets. “Get schooled” on lessons learned by FullArmor and Ethiopia’s education minister.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What were challenges to overcome?
  2. What was the toughest part about creating the solution?
  3. What were your biggest surprises?
  4. What makes it so damn cheap to run?
  5. How are the teachers using it, including the cloud, in their day to day activity?
  6. What are 2 ways this is relevant to non-3rd world business & education situations?
  7. How do you help address the risk of corruption?
  8. How do people developing curriculums take advantage of this solution?
  9. What are the new possibilities cloud based computing opens up?
  10. How can others apply the concepts of "Creative Capitalism" to fight for social causes?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Cloud Storage / Delivery, Geolocation, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Issues
Type:
Dual
Event:
Interactive 2010
susan kuhn frost
on 19/8/09
Excellent topic, looking forward to it.
Greg Baskind
on 23/8/09
This sounds like it would show the real connected Africa. I am very interested to see what you have learned on the ground. Most interesting would be how you build curriculums that appeal to the average African and your conceps of "Creative Capitalism". If you need insights into how South Africans are using mobile interactive media, please contact me. I would love to contribute.
todd drake
on 25/8/09
hmmm...the press release on FullArmor's site is about remote policy management of Windows7 on teacher laptops. While the geo-location-based wiping of potentially stolen laptops is interesting, I'm hoping this is really about education in Africa from cloud and OER resources.
on 3/11/09
A great panel for a great topic.
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