Digital Arts program in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

The students participate in an innovative workshop in which they learn to script, develop, and create curriculum-based films. Using a mobile lab that includes Nokia phones, laptops, and editing software, Pearson Foundation staff then help participants create films based on a selected curriculum and standards-based subject that will ultimately be used to educating others.  Sponsored by NEA/Pearson Foundation/Nokia/Caversham Press

Bridgeit Tanzania | Growing Wireless

Tanzania uses mobile technology to transmit educational video content to under-resourced primary schools in Tanzania. These videos, along with interactive lessons and learner-centered teaching, are changing the classroom experience in 150 Tanzanian schools. This short documentary shows how a unique multi-sectoral partnership—which includes the International Youth Foundation, the Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Vodacom Foundation, and Pearson Foundation—is improving teaching and learning in the Tanzanian classroom.