From pushcart to digital classroom

Accelerating educational access in the Philippines

through mobile* technology

* portable

Sophia Kristina R. AgtarapEmerging Markets in Digital MediaAutumn 2010sagtarap@uw.edu | @sophiakristina

The Context

MDG #2 36.2%1:36 7,766culture leverage

Low probability of attaining

Teacher:Pupil ratio

Money spent on education notreflective of cultural value Existing outfits addressing educational

access and attainment

Or 21% of schools built in 2005 with incomplete grade-level offerings

Cohort survival rate [% of pupils enrolled In 1st grade who finish 5th.

Pushcart (poosh-kahrt)

–nounany of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.

(c) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinysese/

Pushcart (poosh-kahrt)

–nounany of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by educators.

(c) http://dynamicteencompany.org

Pushcart classroom & DTC

Mobile Classroom 1.0

(c) Anna Mae Abia | http://www.wanderlustdesign.ca

Door Step SchoolMobile Classroom 1.0

http://www.girlguidesireland.ie/filestore/images/Door%203.jpg

http://d-maps.com/m/philippines/philippines17.gif

Dynamic Teen Company

eKindling

One Laptop Per Child [OLPC]

http://www.uiowa.edu/~geog/india/img/outline.gif

Door Step School

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan

$35 Tablet PC

OLPC + eKindlingThe future of mobile learning in emerging markets

http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtmlhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc

Best Practices & Next Steps

Transforming the pushcart & bus into digital vehicles

http://pcplus.techradar.com/node/3257 http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/classmatePC/photos.htm

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-2

Best Practices

(c) http://dynamicteencompany.org

Partner with orgs who are doing this work.

They have existing networks from mobile classrooms [1.0].

It’s not just about the funding, but about community building.

Establish institutional partners locally and nationally [governments, school districts, etc.] http://www.girlguidesireland.ie/filestore/images/Door%203.jpg

Best Practices

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc

Establish strong school commitment and teacher training. Laptops cannot replace teachers.

Remember: it’s about transformative not just transactional learning.

Citations & CreditsBaytler, Paulina, Chris Filly, and Christopher Serio. “Marketing the $100 Laptop.”

Slideshare. Christopher Serio, 16 Jan. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. <http://www.slideshare.net/serio275/marketing-the-100-laptop>.

Bhattacharjee, Supriya. “Mobile Learning Seeks Growth Curve in India.” Comviva. 14 Mar. 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. www.comviva.com/media MobilelearningseeksgrowthcurveinIndia.pdf

Lanier, Xavier. “IDF 2010: Fourth Graders Convertible Classmate PCs = Magic | GottaBeMobile.” GottaBeMobile : Tablet PC, Netbook, Mobile Phones, and Multi-Touch News & Reviews. 16 Sept. 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. <http:// www.gottabemobile.com/2010/09/16/idf-2010-fourth-graders-convertible-classmate-pcs-magic/>.

McKone, Jonna. “Back to School Edition: Mobile Classrooms Set Up in the Slums of India’s Largest Cities | TheCityFix.com.” TheCityFix.com | Sustainable Urban Mobility. Produced by EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport. 31 Aug. 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://thecityfix.com/back-to-school-edition-mobile-classrooms-set-up-in-the- slums-of-india’s-largest-cities/>.

Citations & Credits“MDG Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education.” United Nations Development

Programme in the Philippines. 2010. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. http://www.undp.org.ph/?link=goal_2

 “Microsoft and One Laptop per Child Partner to Deliver Affordable Computing to Students

Worldwide: Microsoft Windows Now Available on the XO Laptop; Trials to Begin in Key Emerging Markets as Early as next Month.” Microsoft News Center. Microsoft, 15 May 2008. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-15msolpcpr.mspx>

 Montalvo, Jose Garcia. “Education, Poverty and Development in the Philippines: From

Quantity to Quality and Beyond.” Asia and the Pacific Seminar/Workshop on Educational Technology-2000. 6 Sept. 2000. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://gauge.u-gakugei.ac.jp/apeid/apeid00/seminar>

 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. 2007. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://ssa.nic.in/>Siddiqui, Tanvir A.

“Mobile Schools May Soon Reach More Slums - Express India.” Express India. 09 June 2009. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. <http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/mobile-schools-may-soon-reach-more-slums/478583/>.

To learn more

Classmate PC: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/classmatepc

Door Step School: http://doorstepschool.org

Dynamic Teen Company [pushcart classroom]: http://dynamicteencompany.org

eKindling: http://ekindling.org | http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling

One Laptop Per Child: http://laptop.org | http://wiki.laptop.org

One Laptop Per Child specs: http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: http://ssa.nic.in