The link above details a pilot program to bring Interactive Whiteboard Technology to rural schools in Senegal. Using cheap, solar-powered computers, projectors, and cameras, a company called CyberSmart, with the help of USAID, is turning simple nylon screens into interactive Whiteboards.
These makeshift IWBs are now being used in schools that lack most other types of technology - even electricity. The goal is for teachers and students to engage with the technology in a productive, fun way. What’s more, the hope is that teachers will create lessons for these touchscreens and then share them with each other. All of this bodes very well for the future of Ed Tech in the 21st century.
