updates on projects.
It seems by backpack is a little heavier this time... 25 kg each excess weight these days. I am so excited to be taking my children home again. We have been practising some Swahili and thinking about how we can improve education for our family with technology.
We ran an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the next field test and further development of the platform.
In 2000, the United Nations set out to achieve universal primary education within the following 15 years. While great strides have been made since then, much still needs to be done to make inaccessibility to education a thing of the past. Dev4X has been invited to the UN to take part in the events around the SDG summit to discuss how these challenges can be addressed.
Substantial research involving mobile tablets, and specifically their use in building literacy skills, has been conducted over the past decade. The Dev4x team has compiled this document to summarize the research underpinning the development of a new Dev4x Mobile Adaptive Learning Platform.
A decade ago someone said to me: Karibu Tena - welcome again to Tanzania. So I am dusting off my backpack and I am getting ready to fly back to East Africa!
The team at Dev4X are huge fans of Salman Khan’s work. His model for the future of education is an inspiration to ed-tech teams around the world. Which is why, we’re thrilled to announce that one of the perks of our crowdfunding campaign will be a certificate signed by Salman Khan, along with his book ‘The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined’. Read more here
The team at Dev4x are huge fans of Sir Ken's work. Which is why, we’re thrilled to announce that one of the perks of our crowdfunding campaign will be a certificate signed by sir Ken, along with his book ‘Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education’. Read more here.
There are few who have given as magnanimous a voice to the link between education, creativity, and purpose than Sir Ken Robinson. A world-renowned authority on the development of innovation, creativity, and human capacity in education and business, he is an acclaimed lecturer and author on these subjects.
A few months back we had the opportunity to present our project at TEDx in Loyola Marymount U, Los Angeles. Here is that talk and the presentation slides that accompanied it.
The team at Dev4x are huge fans of Sugata Mitra’s work. His research into self-organized learning environments and his incredible social work is a continual inspiration. Which is why, we’re thrilled to announce that one of the perks of our upcoming crowdfunding campaign(Mid October) will be a personally signed certificate by Sugata Mitra, along with his book ‘’Beyond the Hole in the Wall: Discover the Power of Self-Organized Learning" Read more here.
UNESCO estimates it will take until 2086 to reach all the children who need it using current approaches. We are thinking radically different, going far beyond current approaches and what's most exciting, we are doing it totally open. This way we can attract the best minds from around the world to help reach these kids while they are still young.
Come join the growing group of educators, designers, artists, parents, engineers, scientists and do-gooders, helping a cause that is changing the world.
Seth Godin Shows His Support For The Dev4x Campaign!
Seth Goding is supporting our crowdfunding project. As Seth might put it, please invest in your legacy of giving and compassion by supporting the DEV4X crowd funding campaign which will launch mid-October! There is a special perk available where you can receive a personally signed certificate and a copy of his book 'Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?' Read more here.
Dev4x is using modern technology to ensure children who don't have access to schools or quality education still have an opportunity to learn. Imagine a group of children in a refugee camp, or in remote villages, recovering from conflict, natural disasters or epidemics with no access to teachers or resources. Syria, Nepal, Nigeria and Liberia, are current examples of this urgent need.
We would like to invite contributions, from individuals and organisations around the world, to support our endeavour by developing media for this open project. In return we will offer a free workshop on developing HTML5 mobile friendly resources, which is currently a highly sought skill in our industry.
The team at Dev4x is a huge fan of Salman Khan’s work. His model for the future of education is an inspiration to ed-tech teams around the world. Which is why, we’re thrilled to announce that one of the perks of our crowdfunding campaign will be a certificate signed by Salman Khan, along with his book ‘The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined’
Research completed by Dr. Sugata Mitra over the last 16 years has changed the way we view the role of computers in education, considerably shaping the direction of Educational Technology. Dr. Mitra’s research has demonstrated the potential for children in developing countries to spontaneously teach themselves.
During Malala's Nobel Peace Prize speech, she told the world that the award was not only for herself, but for "for those forgotten children who want (an) education." Let us stand with her #WithMalala
Global Collaboration Day - Join our workshops: Students, teachers, and organizations will celebrate global collaboration on September 17th! On this day (and beyond), experienced global educators and professionals will host connective projects and events and invite public participation. The primary goals of this whole day event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources and projects that are available to educators today.
What use would education be if it doesn’t provide what children need to be empowered and effective in this fast changing world? A one-size-fits-all, factory education, would not help any child, let alone the most underserved children. Most of us remember the stress imposed by rigid linear curriculums; if you don't get something right at a particular point in time, well that's it, you either fail and stay behind to repeat a whole year or you may be funneled off into a separate path from which it would be near impossible to move back into the main flow. Without going into detail about these issues with our current educational systems. I'd like to describe how we are approaching education radically different:
