The document discusses using technology to raise humanity by providing educational opportunities to children around the world who lack access. It argues that technology can act as a "leavening" catalyst when used to connect students to experts, develop educational materials, and find better uses for existing technologies. The document outlines a project in Guatemala that provided internet access and computer skills training to 850 children and 150 scholarships, having a meaningful impact on families. It encourages getting involved in projects that improve both individuals and communities globally.

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Beyond Technology
Guiding Electronic Innovation
with Human Ingenuity
Richard Culatta
e-Leaven Conference
www.InnovativeLearning.com

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The Problem
• Vast majority of children in the world do not have the
same educational opportunities we’ve had.
• Children who need educational opportunities the
most are the ones who don’t get them.
• This problem exist in the US as well as worldwide.

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Dublan, Mexico

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Puri, India

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Provo, Utah

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How Leaven Works
If you bake bread without a
catalyst to help it rise, it will
always come out flat.

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How Leaven Works
If you bake bread without a
catalyst to help it rise, it will
always come out flat.
By adding leaven, bread that
would otherwise be flat rises
and grows.

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We Are to Be Leaven
“We ought to do better; we ought to become as
leaven; we ought to become as a light from which
goodness and truth and beauty and virtue may
spread across the world.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
“Reach Out in Love and Kindness”
November, 1982

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Leavening Technologies
• Technology in education can be very similar to
leaven in bread.
• Technology can be used in a “leavening” way and in
a “non-leavening” way.

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When to Use Leaven
bread that has already risen does
not need leaven

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“The people who need education the most
are those who are least capable of having a
broadband link.”
Chris Thomas
Chief Strategist
Intel

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Getting Started
• Get involved
(we can’t solve problems we don’t know exist)
• Many solutions will be more creative
than technological
• Solutions will come through inspiration
and collaboration

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Changing Guatemala
One Small Example

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• picture of the kids using the computers

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• picture of me wiring the internet

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Outcomes
• 850 children given access to the internet
• 50 adults participated in computer skills course
• 150 scholarships funded
• Many families received a computer
“Nunca pensé llegar a comprarle a mis hijos una
computadora. Menos una buena…”
Alberto Chocojay
Guardián del colegio de Chimaltenango

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Final Thoughts

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Guidelines
• Get involved
• Find projects that will improve a country and a
community as well as individuals
• Find ways to get better use out of technology that
already exists

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Other Projects
• Linking students with experts (webcams, IM, e-mail)
• Using technology for meaningful purposes (Brazil rivers project)
• Developing educational materials (website, desaparacidos)

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Beyond Technology
Guiding Electronic Innovation
with Human Ingenuity
Richard Culatta
e-Leaven Conference
www.InnovativeLearning.com