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How might we increase the availability of affordable learning tools & services for students in the developing world?
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Thanks to everyone for their hard work and creativity. We've now got 40 concepts based on popularity and those which have the most potential, as chosen by GMC. In order to get down to 30, and help these ideas move forwards, please evaluate them against the criteria.
We learn by doing. For kids from grades say 5 and onwards, why not have traveling science labs that are based on the content being taught to them in class?
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Traveling Science Labs shared between APSes
We learn by doing. For kids from grades say 5 and onwards, why not have traveling science labs that are based on the content being taught to them in class?
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girish nathan
September 21, 2010
12:00AM |
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Solar lanterns for those who can't afford them - a new way
For families without electricity, solar lanterns (like the Kiran lanterns by D.Light!) provide a safer, brighter and ultimately cheaper alternative to kerosene lamps. They cost $10 a pop and can pay themselves off in as little as six months in sav...
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Jennifer Chong
September 18, 2010
04:58PM |
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...
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Meg Dryer
September 13, 2010
02:24PM |
The Mobile Learner
The Mobile Learner makes it easy for students & teachers to create, share, & interact with educational content like books, tutorials, flashcards, & quizzes. The Mobile Learner consists of a re-purposed mobile phone loaded with a free educational s...
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Vincent Cheng
September 01, 2010
06:02PM |
Language Lab Lite
English language instruction is a key competitive advantage that an APS has over government schools. However, limited teacher training severely constrains the amount of true learning that goes on. Language Lab Lite would be a bare bones version ...
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Ember Lynne
September 17, 2010
05:32PM |
Overstock.com for APS
Like overstock.com, create a marketplace of surplus goods (technology, supplies, etc) or samples that are sold at steep discounts to clear out company inventory. The supplier for these goods could be manufacturers or retailers, depending on the na...
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Meg Dryer
September 13, 2010
02:12PM |
Guy with a projector
A shared service that brings digital content to schools. A guy with a laptop and digital projector, bringing sharable media to schools.
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Sandy Speicher
September 14, 2010
02:29AM |
Global Podcast of lessons
A service that gathers recordings made by teachers and students in schools of their lessons or lectures and stores them online giving teachers in APSs full access to their lessons. These recordings are then distributed via phone, internet, or tape...
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Nathan Waterhouse
September 18, 2010
05:34AM |
e-Phone
The e-Phone is a variant of the ePod idea (www.educationpod.net) for developing nations. The goal would be to have android smartphones with only learning applications on them and set up loaner libraries, which can be used by students during after ...
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amrita thakur
September 18, 2010
06:39PM |
Turn Cardboard Boxes into Furniture and Toys
Turn unwanted packaging from local stores and factories into usable tables, chairs, toys and games. A craft instruction book for how to cut and fold cardboard into usable stuff. Kids can build and paint the results.
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Haiyan Zhang
September 20, 2010
07:03PM |
Resourceful Project Catalog
Using recycled materials to create word games, science and art projects .
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Amanda R
September 13, 2010
04:32AM |
Music can be a powerful and tool in helping language learners practice saying letters and words. The Ring + Sing system would deliver curated karaoke content to educators via ringtone and SMS for children to sing and practice their English pronunciation together in the classroom.
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Ring + Sing: Mobile Karaoke for English Language Learning
Music can be a powerful and tool in helping language learners practice saying letters and words. The Ring + Sing system would deliver curated karaoke content to educators via ringtone and SMS for children to sing and practice their English pronunc...
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Ann Thai
September 14, 2010
11:00PM |
StuffForIndianSchools.org
A website where schools can post links to things that they need and people can go on their and buy for them.
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Guy Blaskey
September 15, 2010
01:14PM |
Learning-by-doing microdocumentaries - Learn how other children did it
Community-based, on-line channel showing microdocumentaries about how children make things
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Pablo F. Méndez
September 07, 2010
10:04AM |
Lab in a Box
Inspired by the FOSS (Full Option Science System) of LHS, Berkeley and triggered by insufficient science labs in most APS especially at the middle school level, the 'Lab in a Box' is an effort to facilitate more hands-on science learning.
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Vidya Raman
September 20, 2010
07:50AM |
School House Rock! for India
What's the School House Rock! for schools in India? Could we create a radio program that educates students in the same catchy way that "Conjunction Junction" teaches us about joining words?
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Christine
September 15, 2010
09:21PM |
Using tools and techniques from across sectors adapted for the education sector to train school owners/leaders in management leadership for the school
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Developing School Leadership
Using tools and techniques from across sectors adapted for the education sector to train school owners/leaders in management leadership for the school
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Sarayu Natarajan
September 19, 2010
02:06AM |
Rather than purchasing all the materials for all modules schools need, what if we created a pool of resources that rotated through different schools?
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Rotating resources
Rather than purchasing all the materials for all modules schools need, what if we created a pool of resources that rotated through different schools?
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Meg Dryer
September 14, 2010
02:02AM |
