increasing literacy in developing countries - mycamp 2012
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The slide decks our group worked on for the Millennium Youth Camp 2012. Authors: CHANGPING CHEN (China) PABLO LANASPA FERRER (Spain) ALEXANDRU PALCUIE (Romania) VALERIA STANEVA (Bulgaria) JUSTAS ŽEMGULYS (Lithuania) Helpers: Timo Sorsa - Nokia Mika Välitalo - PlanTRANSCRIPT
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
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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
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• WiMAX technology, radius of 50km
• Mobile networks:
– GSM
– 3G
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WHICH TECHNOLOGY SHOULD WE
USE ?
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• Multimedia Home Platform (MHP):
– Unidirectional.
– Bidirectional:
• WiMAX
• Mobile networks
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POTENTIAL OF THE TV
SPECTRUM
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• Distributing downloaded contents in remote places with Internet access.
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OFFLINE INTERNET
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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
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• Linguistic skills
• Games
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CONTENT
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• SRS (Spaced Recognition System)
• The Pimsleur´s Approach
• Rosetta Stone
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LINGUISTIC SKILLS
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LINGUISTIC
IMPROVEMENTS
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Literacy Games
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
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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