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Cloud Technology: $2/month. 1M Connected African Teachers: Priceless
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- 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.
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- What were challenges to overcome?
- What was the toughest part about creating the solution?
- What were your biggest surprises?
- What makes it so damn cheap to run?
- How are the teachers using it, including the cloud, in their day to day activity?
- What are 2 ways this is relevant to non-3rd world business & education situations?
- How do you help address the risk of corruption?
- How do people developing curriculums take advantage of this solution?
- What are the new possibilities cloud based computing opens up?
- 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
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