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From the chat room, December 20, 2007: Folabisunday: hello :: hello :: iam folabisunday a teacher by profession i am from nigeria west part of africa where technology is not as popular as in europe but people here are really clamouring for a means by which ICT would be incorporated into the system but it seems there is no headway but thanks to the advent of 3G phones that was shipped into the country after much consideration of what a 3g phone could do and how it :: w :: could bring poeple in the village more closer to information :: i then opted to go for one despite my meagre income i eventually got a sonyericcson p990i and with it a lot has been done here people are getting more information :: despite all odds facing us in the village with our local network provider we can get connected with this phone browse and chat with others around the world right in our village that is incredible :: with this phone video can be share with others on the net yes though it is pretty cost to do some of these sharing of information yet i still strive hard to travel about 120kil;meters to get these video transferd to the net :: the phone is use to teach the little kids about computer i would not mind to show more of these when next i would be coming online to chat :: bye for now
Added to InstantIntroduction Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:05:55 UTC folabisunday: i am a teacher teaching young children in the remote village here in Nigeria faced with challenges of carryin my pupils along with ICT though i can now achieve more with the help of my SONYERICKSSON P990i and my pupils are and even the villagers are getting more intersrted in ICT
April 28, 2009: I am a teacher, I got teaching appointment in 2005 and was posted to a rural area in 2005 in oyo state nigeria. In this rurals pupils have to treck many miles before they get to school, no instructional materials, i have to communicate and browse the net with my 3g sony ericsson phone (the one i am using to send this mail), no infrastructural facilities, or ammenities like tap water electricity, motorable roads, hospitals or health centres and lots of other comforts enjoy in our city. I really want somebody to tell me how teaching and learning process could be facilitated. I met with pam [of Episodes 2 and ] some years back in my village ago are and thanks to pam she invited me over to kafanchan and i had an interactive sessions with others and we created a group called fantsuamsdl (self directed learners) and she gave me some books that could enhance learning. I lost my membership to this group but i have re activated it and this has given me the privillege of sending messages into this group. I want some body around here who could tell me more how i can be a successful teacher in the rurals. Your advices are welcomed.
And also: Hi pam,johndada,ricardo,others, I had my NCE in Agric (dm) in the year 2002 at Federal College of Education Abk. I immediately planned to further my education but I could not because I had my results in Art subjects and this has caused a hitch and has placed a clog in the wheel of my education progress My dream from birth is to become an Information Communication Technologist but achieving this has been a problem ever since it has almost been obliterated from my memory but I have got to achieve this my childhood dream,how do I switch from agric (dm) with my O'level result in art to become an ICT expert is it possible? How do I obtain/achieve this? If you have any idea kindly forward it. I am presently teaching in one of the rurals in Nigeria(see my blog teachingintherurals.blogspot.com yet to be updated anyway) thanks
Thomas Cepaitis replied right away: Hello, Maybe I could help you on-line, if you'll state the problems you challenge in the teaching process (misunderstandings or smth. like that)/ I am an independent thinker and like to think about fresh solutions to the problems. Also I am an on-line teacher in literature and languages myself. What discipline do you teach? Or everything, since you are the only teacher in the region? so, write me, if you'd like directly to my address uzheroldas1615 AT yahoo.com Yours, Thomas (from Lithuania and Russia)
AndriusKulikauskas April 28, 2009 10:50 CET: Folabi, thank you so much for your efforts to be with us. I include your letter as an episode in my blog, The Includer. Thank you for explaining what you would like to achieve. Would you like to learn HTML and web page design? I can ask Kiyavilo Msekwa to tutor you.
Also, do you have a deepest value in all of your life, which includes all of your other values? Do you have a question that you don't know the answer to, but wish to answer? Your answers help us understand each other and organize ourselves to support each other.
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