Mobile, portable Digital Library ready to be delivered to a school.
Digital Library – Solar, Mobile Solution
Year: 2018
Foyer des Jeunes de la Commune de Golf Sud
Dakar based technical/project lead Youssouf Balde (left) meeting with Sidy Fall, director of the Foyer des Jeunes de la Commune de Golf Sud. (Community Center in the suburbs of Dakar). They are using the Digital Library to augment the sparse library they have now. Sidy plans to provide these materials to kids in school, those that have dropped-out and others …
l’Ecole Daniel Brottier – Thies, Senegal
Students at Daniel Brottier (Thies) using low-cost tablets, accessing Khan Academy math videos from the Digital Library. The traditional library’s hours… Books arranged by grade level.
Girls Education in Senegal
Illiteracy is considered to be one of the main factors for intergenerational poverty in Senegal, and this is more serious in the rural areas of the country. Households with a high number of illiterates are found to be among the poorest and most vulnerable population groups4. Poverty in the Senegalese context is manifested not only in terms of lack of financial …
Education for all
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on …
Digital Books, Resources
A Digital Library: Within the classroom or in a library space, digital books and other materials are available to students and teachers. Using a tablet, phone or laptop – books, music, and videos are all available by accessing a Digital Libary via wifi. Students here are either reading in small groups (see video below) or with the teacher using a …