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How might we increase the availability of affordable learning tools & services for students in the developing world?
Concept
Micro Advice
Playing off of an architect who was giving advice for 5 cents per minute at the Seattle farmer’s market, create a micro-service offering for APS school teachers and owners offering a wide variety of services they require. This is a dial-up service sponsored by a cell phone company that could help provide advice and expertise on a wide range of issues, from leadership to teaching English.
(Examples: horoscope lines, call centers)
Who would implement this?
- A big company
- A local entrepreneur or small organization
Cost
If the cellular provider agreed to sponsor this, it could be available for free. Alternately, there could be a low per-minute cost for advice and conversations.
Distribution & Delivery
Cellular providers and cell phone manufacturers could pre-program in numbers in phones being used in APS. Alternately, cellular companies could launch a campaign aimed at APS owners making them aware of it.
Adoption
How might you help people learn about the idea?
Local cellular provider/cell phone sellers could be educated on the idea so as to alert people about it at point-of-purchase.
How might you get them to use it?
Not sure yet…
Local cellular provider/cell phone sellers could be educated on the idea so as to alert people about it at point-of-purchase.
How might you get them to use it?
Not sure yet…
6 Evaluations so far
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1
What sort of potential do you think this concept has to be a sustainable business?
| Very high potential | |
| it's good but it needs a lot of work before going much further | |
| it's got too many open questions right now to say either way |
2
How well do you feel it meets the local needs enterprising schools has identified? (English language, Math, Libraries, Technology, Professional Development)
| It fulfills really well on the need its chosen to serve | |
| It will help, but other solutions might serve the needs better | |
| It doesn’t really address any of the needs that Enterprising Schools identified. |
3
How well does this concept meet the needs of extreme affordability?
| Really well. There are likely ways we can make this concept low cost. | |
| Fairly well. It has good potential for an affordable cost, but more work would need to be done here. | |
| Unsure. I can't yet see the ways it could be made to be low cost, but maybe it's possible. | |
| Doubtful. I just don't believe this can be made low cost. |
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