Location: Africa
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Piloting Maker spaces in South Africa
Goal: To Spearhead LEAP’s strategy for developing their youth’s head, heart, and hands by further integrating technology and maker spaces into the curriculum Background: In South Africa, the education system is estimated to produce just one university graduate for every 100 children who start Grade 1. Youth unemployment rate is close to 50% and 8.3…
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Designing and Building Projects With Social Impact in Rwanda
I’d been in Rwanda for only forty-eight hours on Team4Tech’s latest project and already I’d heard something completely unexpected. I was talking with a local man who said, “I feel my government is working for me every day. I pay taxes, but each day I know what I…
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Building Creative Confidence with Students in South Africa
But having the technology is only half the battle. Teaching people HOW to use it, which implies that it first must be working properly, and helping them reach the point where they WANT to use it, is where the idea for the Makupula E-Club comes in.
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Challenging Students To Develop a Better Water System in South Africa
Earlier this week, a group of Autodesk volunteers returned to Kayamandi in South Africa as part of Team4Tech, to work with local high school teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms. Below, learn how they worked with Stellenbosch University students to tackle a local design challenge.
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Team4Tech and Autodesk Return to South Africa to Advance 21st Century Skills in the Classroom Teams to Further Integrate Design and Technology for Teachers and Students
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2016 — Team4Tech and Autodesk announced today that a new team of staff and volunteers will return to South Africa this April to implement tailored training and technology solutions for teachers and students from the Kayamandi Township. In partnership with the Greater Stellenbosch Development Trust (GSDT), 10 international volunteers will provide 45 hours of tailored coaching for 30…
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VMware Volunteers Share what the Project Taught them about Leadership
Nine VMware employees traveled to Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg South Africa in July 2015 to work alongside teachers of LEAP Science and Math Schools. Their project was to inspire the next generation with classroom technology. Each volunteer reflected on what the trek taught them about leadership. Read more about it on the VMware RADIUS blog and follow the VMware Careers…
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Reflecting on Monique’s Tanzania experience
Monique Edmondson, a Cisco volunteer on the Tanzania project in August 2015, kept a fantastic daily blog while in-country. The following is an excerpt from one of her posts, and the complete blog can be found here.
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Reflecting on the Wrap-up of the Kayamandi Project
As we wrapped up our August project in Kayamandi, near Stellenbosch South Africa, we had a closing celebration with our hosts and teachers. There we recognized the teachers’ accomplishments and were treated with a wonderful performance from the school choir. And we heard this thank you message from Ms. Incosi Kakulu of the Makupula High…
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Generating Excitement with Tinkercad in South Africa
Sarah O’Rourke, Senior Product Marketing Manager for the Consumer and 3D Printing at Autodesk, was one of our recent volunteers for the Stellenbosch, South Africa August 2015 project. She is wonderful with kids, brought suitcases worth of 3D printed pieces and circuit training boards for the teachers and kids to experiment with, and even donated…
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Advancing Teaching and Learning at Diepsloot township in Johannesburg
On Sun Jul 26, 13 VMware trekkers said our good-byes to one another and to the students and teachers at LEAP Science and Maths School in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa. This was my first project after joining Team4Tech in April 2015, and it was life-changing.
