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Impact of Information and Communications Technology for Communities in Crisis

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Donors and implementers who assisted Chileans in the aftermath of the 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake recently stood on stage at an event in Santiago organized by the Telecentre.org Foundation in front of representatives from 50 telecentre networks of 100 countries, to share ways information and communication technologies (ICT) helped ease the pain of the disaster. As is typical in crisis situations,utilities and communications were down, government offices were closed, if not destroyed, and media outlets were not broadcasting, leaving a field of misinformation open and alarming an already distraught population.

Donors and implementers who assisted Chileans in the aftermath of the 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake recently stood on stage at an event in Santiago organized by the Telecentre.org Foundation in front of representatives from 50 telecentre networks of 100 countries, to share ways information and communication technologies (ICT) helped ease the pain of the disaster. As is typical in crisis situations, utilities and communications were down, government offices were closed, if not destroyed, and media outlets were n

Teaching Beyond the Ashes

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I arrived in Jakarta late last week for an alumni conference for the Indonesian and Malaysian teachers who have completed the International Leaders in Education Program.

I arrived in Jakarta late last week for an alumni conference for the Indonesian and Malaysian teachers who have completed the International Leaders in Education Program. All of these teachers studied at US universities for a semester, learning new student-centered teaching methodologies to implement in their home classrooms.

Haitian Youth: Examples of Resiliency

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Haitian youth are leaders. They have a large role to play as their country rebuilds.

During  2009, I volunteered as an English and computer literacy teacher at Louverture Cleary School in Santo, Haiti, through The Haitian Project. I have continued my involvement with Haitian teachers over the past year by working on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) at IREX. Needless to say, last January’s earthquake came as a shock.

Happy World Teachers Day 2010!

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During the blizzard of 1888, teacher Minnie Freeman tied her students together with a ball of twine.

I first heard the story of the intrepid Nebraksan teacher Minnie Freeman years ago.  During the blizzard of 1888, she tied her students together with a ball of twine and led them from her sod schoolhouse to the safety of a sturdier building. Because of these level-headed actions, Minnie’s students survived. This image of a teacher navigating crisis has stuck with me.

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