Elearning Africa helps teachers in Dakar 2009
Africa has entered e-learning. The entire program, known as eLa, helps educators in Africa and allow them to become familiar with distance learning tools. I’ve worked with DonorsChoose in order to help over 900 kids in need and raised a lot of money for them, and I really feel that using the internet for education is awesome! Its how I built my entire brand and my online community.
So where is E-Learning Africa taking place in 2009?
This year, the eLa event will take place in Dakar. This is the 4th International Conference on ICT for developement and is one of the largest educational events on the African continent. eLa, who as sponsors ranging from ncomputing, microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Nokia, to YPD Education, it looks very promising. Interesting though is how Air France is on board for this elearning venture, whereas an Airline like Virgin would probably be more suitable due to its online internet access and WiFi. Good Timing. This all comes at an interesting time with the launch of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) which allows families in need to own laptops for $100. The world is slowly becoming more connected through things like Ustream and Twitter, and affordablility of the technology! ELa collects donations to sponsor men and women from remote regions who would not otherwise be able to attend. To learn more about it and what you can do simply go here
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