Your Name and Title: Sebastian Panakal, Vice Chairman
School or Organization Name: The Elders
Co-Presenter Name(s): Aravind Janardhanan, Adarsh Janardhanan,Jelva Hussan and Jalib Hassan of Rajashree S.M. Memorial School
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: India
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): Students, Teachers, Parents
Short Session Description (one line): Grannies work as online facilitators volunteering at The School in the Cloud.
Full Session Description: Senior Citizens all over the world work as Ambassadors for world peace selling advocacy, life skills and helping people get online. Seniors are trained at Wiki Editing Skills, Skype etc to make connection with people abroad. Families connect and collaborate to share each others life-skills and knowledge. Women of Wiki encourage the people inland and abroad to cooperate online.
The Elders supported by local companies set up Schools in the Cloud . Seniors, educated stay at home mothers etc. gather at these FREE Public Access ICT Centres to contribute as Skype Grannies
Members are invited to join Hello Little World Skypers who provide support, motivation and advice whenever needed.
We share Prof. Sugata Mitra's vision, The School in the Cloud, Activists become Skype Grannies; volunteer their time to set up FREE Public ICT Centers all over the world.
We present global success Educational Entrepreneurship.
Seniors, stay at home mothers, unemployed and under employed are trained at cost. Local business' Corporate Social Responsibility help. Training given by trained Senior Citizens and Women of Wiki.
Women of Wiki groups are formed to run the School in the Cloud in a self sustaining manner. "The Elders" oversee the project, supporting Women of Wiki run the Social Business successfully.
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