Discussions

Your Name and Title: Rupal Nayar, Head of Programs, India

Session Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=GECInnovPart28

School, Library, or Organization Name: Teach A Class

Co-Presenter Name(s): Neil Dsouza, Founder

Country from Which You Will Present: India , US

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience (such as primary school teachers, high school administrators, students, etc.): Educators

Short Session Description (one line): Zaya: Online education for  the bottom billion right now

Full Session Description (one paragraph minimum): 

Zaya is a 16 year old girl, enrolled into our learning space in Lotus Children Center Orphanage, Mongolia. Zaya loved learning so much that she went on to translate 250 math videos from English to Mongolian for her fellow students. However, Zaya is only one child. How do we bring this education revolution to all the ~ 1 billion children of the remote world who are disconnected from the online revolution?

In this session, we will discuss how to set up community driven, cloud based learning spaces for all the remote classrooms of the world, with specific emphasis on the following -

1. What is local and Global context
2. Applying global scaling models to education
3. Implementation issues
4. Technology challenges
5. Emotional issues
6. Incentives  

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: http://www.teachaclass.org