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October 13-15, 2008
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Wireless Technology for Social Change
Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:
Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.
 

OnPoint Digital, Inc.

file under:
Bulk SMS/Outgoing SMS Services, Inbound SMS Messaging Services, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), mlearning, Mobile Integration/Data Integration, mobile learning, Mobile Marketing and Campaign Strategy, Voting and Polling Services, 1. PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES, Mobile Application Development, 4. SOFTWARE PROVIDERS/DEVELOPERS
operates in:
Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

contact:

OnPoint Digital, Inc. (USA)

200 Blue Fin Circle, Suites 1-2

Savannah, Georgia USA 31410

www.mlearning.com

www.onpointdigital.com

OnPoint Digital, both directly and through our affiliated division CellFonix, provides end-to-end mobile content and communications solutions to enterprise customers and NGOs. Our CellCast Solution platform provides organizations with a low cost platform to create, distribute and manage mobile learning and just-in-time information and content to any user on any phone in any country. All basic services can be accessed by anyone using only a voice plan and SMS messaging services.

We operate through both direct operations and through partners located in Africa, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and Thailand.

For more information and to view Flash demos, please visit our web site at www.mlearning.com.

 

References / Past Projects

JHPIEGO/Johns Hopkins - Ethiopian project for USA-based Centers for Disease Control ("CDC")

The Future of Learning in a Networked World (FLNW2008) - Pilot CellCast Site for Thailland Conference



One Laptop Per Child v. Cellphones and Radio: A view from Malawi

January 30, 2008 | KatrinVerclas
file under:
malawi, martin lucas, mobile learning, mobile revolution, mobileactive, olpc

This report about the reality of the One Laptop Per Child initiative in one of the poorest countries on earth, the mobile revolution, the reality of radio, and what this all means for children was written by Martin Lucas in Malawi, and posted on a mailing list. We are publishing it here in its entirety for its insights and opinion. We'd love to hear from you - tell us what you think!

One Slate per Child by Martin Lucas

I have been reading with interest the discussion of the 'hundred-dollar laptop' and the One Laptop per Child initiative as I sit in Malawi, a small landlocked Southern African nation lodged between Mozambique, Zambia, and Tanzania. According to Wikipedia, the OLPC effort has its philosophical base in the idea that children with laptops will be able to do a certain kind of thinking that isn't possible without the computer - exploring certain areas - particularly in math and science where computer access offers a qualitatively superior learning experience. Making such machines available at low prices should allow developing countries to bridge the 'digital divide', and leapfrog learning. Countries that have signed on include Uruguay. India has given a definite no. Either way, the OLPC initiative is an aspect of 'development' even 'IT for Development.' How does the initiative square with the reality of a small African nation?

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