In response to With what organizations would you like to partner, and how would you like to partner with them?
Finding funding for your programme seems key to ensuring this is not another methodology that widens the gap between the have and have-nots.
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How would this business model help poor schools/neighbourhoods? Only middle class schools could afford these prices...
Hi Pro. Martha,
Thank you for your question. We are partnering with corporations with CSR and Marketing budgets to reach underserved communities. For instance, one of our clients and partners is CEMEX who is working with us and public schools in Mexico.
In response to What are the barriers that currently exist for you to accomplish your goals for the next year and for the next five years?
I find the problem of connectivity to internet a serious problem. This means that most of the schools that can be actually reached are within big cities. And those are the ones that already have easy access to many other internet resources.
Absolutely, one of the biggest challenges we see in rural and underserved communities is connectivity. Many districts and municipalities in LatAm and the US are thinking of strategies for different approaches such as 1. High connectivity where synchronous communication can take place (a class on Zoom with the right pedagogical and instructional design) 2. Medium connectivity where a combination of asynchronous and synchronous approach is plausible and 3. Low and no connectivity where a different pedagogical approach should be used, where we have to help teachers and schools.
As for Lab4U, our products like Lab4Physics once downloaded you can download the content and use it offline without the need to have continuous internet connection.
In response to What is your solution?
What sort of phones are needed. Do most phones have the sensors needed?
Smartphones from 2014 and above. As of today, +90% have the essential sensors, such as; camera, microphone (sonometer), accelerometer, chronometer, touch screen and GPS. With those sensors you can run several experiments with the right pedagogical approach (Inquiry-based).
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