DfIM Research Project

Monday, February 27, 2006

web 2.0 education suite?

i've been toying with the concept of developing a suite of web 2.0 technologies for an online 'education pack' for the developing world, e.g. online word processors, educational links etc, that could be used in conjunction with the $100 laptops in areas where funds and materials are limited...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4148563.stm
unicef shipped 'school-in-a-box' kits to sri lanka after the tsunami so that temporary schools could be set up while the recovery was underway; would an electronic equivalent be more practical?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4746438.stm
in the uk, almost 5 times as much money is being spent on computer equipment as is being spent on books ... what does this say about the evolution of our educational model?

other useful links for developing world education...

http://laptop.media.mit.edu

http://www.unicef.org

http://www.unicef-icdc.org

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