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After having the opportunity to attend the Grahn - Haiti-Sante' 2012 Conference right here at home in (Port-au-Prince, Haiti last week with my friend and mentor, Dr. Mary Clisbee it occurred to me that the one constant variable that keeps coming up regarding Distance Education is the need for “energy”. Cheap and clean energy (or electricity as some call
it) is needed here in Haiti to further the education of our children. This topic is something that comes up every
day amongst educators where I work and from people who work with education. It doesn’t matter whether e-learning is going
on in the schools in the provinces of Haiti where money and electricity are
scarce or even in the private schools of Port-au-Prince where oil is needed to
run the generator which is a massive daily cost.
How can we teach tomorrow’s children today,
if energy is a critical component? A
close friend and expert in E-Learning, right here in Haiti said, “it doesn’t
matter how good the e-learning curriculum is nor does it matter how great our
teachers are because we can't do anything if we don’t have the energy (or
power) to turn the computers on”.
Because this topic comes up all the time and due to the fact
that it has weighed heavily on my mind since I have been in Haiti, I have
recently come across a great exhibit online at The Science Museum in South
Kensington, England. Check it out! http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/interactives/launchpad/pedal_power.aspx
Your suggestions and opinions are welcome!
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