seeds of empowerment-workshops
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Seeds of Empowerment
Seeds of Empowerment
• Introduction
• Background
• Workshops and activities
• Partners
• Seeds of Empowerment is non-profit arm of XRI, a 501(c) (3) organization, a spin-off of the
Stanford University.
To develop and implement projects that will plant seeds of hope and opportunity for the underserved around the world
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Portability Less electricity consumption Ease of implementation Ease of maintenance Performance tracking Individualized intervention The list goes on…
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From device recognition to problem solving through collaborations.
Response tracking log
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• PocketSchool is not a name of device (Apply different device for a different context)
• It’s not a name for software (Series of open software content) • It’s an initiative to help underrepresented children and
mitigate digital, education, and economic divides.
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Day time peak hours
Night time off-peak hours
WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES
SMILE Task Based Learning- ESL 1001 Stories 1001 Music ROSE
• Highly interactive learning environment • Engage learners to analyze own learning • Critical reasoning • Synthesize acquired concepts • Problem solving • Generate, share, and evaluate Multimedia-rich
inquiries • Anytime/anywhere homework/inquiry
generation • Evaluate peer inquiries
To cause pedagogical Paradigm shift….
Design a Question / Inquiry/ Task/ Homework
Add Multimedia
SMILE
Share
Evaluate
SMILE K-12
Mathematics
Science
Literacy
ESL
SMILE-CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
India
Argentina
USA
HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION
Sciatica
Priformis syndrome
Chagas disease
Wikipedia
TASK BASED LEARNING ESL
Sponsored by:
1001 STORIES
India Uganda Rwanda Palestine Malaysia Costa Rica Mexico Argentina Bolivia
1001 MUSIC
Don’t laugh at me
LimKok Wing University , Malaysia
Tumba College of Technology, Rwanda
Dr. Gatare Minister of ICT
Civic engagement, Genocide victims with HIV/AIDS/ Micro-business-based women empowerment / Entrepreneurship & Mobile Storytelling
Universidad Technologia, El Salvador
Mrs Erlinda Hándal Vega Vice Minister of Science & Technology
Universidad Technologia, El Salvador
THANK YOU
www.seedsofempowerment.org
http://www.facebook.com/Seeds.of.Empowerment