Increasing Literacy in Developing Countries - MyCamp 2012

MILLENNIUM YOUTH CAMP 2012

INCREASING LITERACY IN

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THROUGH ICT

CHANGPING CHEN

(China)

PABLO LANASPA FERRER

(Spain)

ALEXANDRU PALCUIE

(Romania)

VALERIA STANEVA

(Bulgaria)

JUSTAS ŽEMGULYS

(Lithuania)

ICT

Group

MILLENNIUM YOUTH CAMP 2012 2


WHY LITERACY ?

• “Literacy is not an end in itself. It is a fundamental human right.” (Persepolis Declaration)

• Identified as necessary to access and interact with

– Social connections

– Technical & Scientific Knowledge

– Current & Future Technologies

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CONNECTIVITY

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• Our civilization has been connected more than ever

• Connectivity = Access to Entire Knowledge Base

• Most individuals in developing countries are not connected


• WiMAX technology, radius of 50km

• Mobile networks:

– GSM

– 3G

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WHICH TECHNOLOGY SHOULD WE

USE ?


• Multimedia Home Platform (MHP):

– Unidirectional.

– Bidirectional:

• WiMAX

• Mobile networks

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POTENTIAL OF THE TV

SPECTRUM


• Distributing downloaded contents in remote places with Internet access.

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OFFLINE INTERNET



RASPBERRY PI

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• Cheap

• Flexible

• Display

RASPBERRY PI

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LINUX EDUBUNTU

• Free and open source

• A lot of fun games

• Easily remote maintenance

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MOBILE DEVICES

• Broaden distribution

• Dumb-phones

• Client / Server

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• Even simple devices can make a change

• Nokia Mobile Mathematics

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MOBILE SOLUTIONS


• Linguistic skills

• Games

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CONTENT


• SRS (Spaced Recognition System)

• The Pimsleur´s Approach

• Rosetta Stone

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LINGUISTIC SKILLS


LINGUISTIC

IMPROVEMENTS


Literacy Games

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT


FunHigh

scoresGame

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Single

Multi

Role

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THANK YOU

CHANGPING CHEN

(China)

PABLO LANASPA FERRER

(Spain)

ALEXANDRU PALCUIE

(Romania)

VALERIA STANEVA

(Bulgaria)

JUSTAS ŽEMGULYS

(Lithuania)

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ICT

Group

Technology

Increasing Literacy in Developing Countries - MyCamp 2012