The Ecuadorian organisation CEDEP created a digital whiteboard for under 100 US Dollars. The whiteboard will be used as an interactive tool for trainings and presentations. The board was made by using a Nintendo Wii game console controller and an infrared pen.
Teachers and students from several educational facilities in Ghana’s Northern Region came together in Tamale for an educational ICT forum. At the forum they shared their ideas on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The event was co-funded by IICD.
“ It’s completely pointless to give the internet to everyone. Unless it’s integrated with a programme that is about how people can achieve their own aspirations,” says University of California Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama in a video interview with IICD.