Julian Harty presented this keynote at the Selenium Conf 2014 Bangalore where he shared his experience of how he is combining the brilliant work of others like žRaspberry Pi team, žKhan Academy & Learning Equality, žKiwix, žWikipedia contributors and žRACHEL project to provide educational content to schools in India, Kanye and Chile.

1. Julian Harty
Selenium conference 2014
Contact me: julianharty@gmail.com
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2. 2 India 1,182,105,000[1]
32 Kenya 40,862,900
61 Chile 17,094,270
[1] Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir (India-administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered), and Aksai
Chin (PRC-administered).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_2010
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Winkel_triple_projection_SW.jpg/600px-Winkel_triple_projection_SW.jpg

3. ž During a visit to Western Kenya Oct 2012
ž Schools without classrooms, books, paper
or electricity
ž Many orphans (estimated 1/3)
ž Many un(der) qualified teachers
ž Excellent 3G coverage
ž My Amazon Kindle

4. ž Food
ž School buildings
ž Writing materials
My burning question:
“What happens after they leave school?”
[1] Also an Eli Goldratt book title

5. Building on what I know
ž 34 years working as an engineer with
technology
ž 24*7 Operations
ž Global users
ž Engineering systems that continue
functioning, reliably even when the
pieces aren’t
TCP/IP

6. ž I’m combining the brilliant work of others
ž Raspberry Pi team
ž Khan Academy & Learning Equality
ž Kiwix
ž Wikipedia contributors
ž RACHEL project
ž …

7. ž Agile concepts:
• Monthly iterations
• Retrospectives
ž Start small & inexpensively
ž Maximise learning through diversity

8. ž Virtually all software Free & Opensource
ž Content free to share
ž Ability to modify, co-create, enhance, …

9. Kindle project
6 schools each with a Kindle Feb 2013
7th school & more devices Summer 2013
Zoombinis in Indian schools July 2013
6 schools, pupils teach peers Jan 2014
WorldReader contents Feb 2014
11 schools with Kindles July 2014
ž 3G WiFi
ž ‘UPS’ power for Raspberry Pi’s
ž Solar, Solar, Solar power
ž Tablets + Raspberry Pi’s

10. ž I need their commitment & feedback
ž Help them learn competencies
ž Contributions in growth stage
Example Monthly Report
from School in Oyugis

11. Dadaab refugee camp
ž Kenya
ž 11 schools with Kindles
ž 3 with Android Tablets + Raspberry Pi
ž Dadaab has a Solar powered Pi

12. Santiago
ž Launched 9 tablets + Pi in OPTE School
ž Worked with EnseñaChile (teach first)
ž Met Ministry of Education
Punta Arenas
ž 3 schools
ž Met Regional Government

13. And other equipment

14. 150 Nexus 7’s donated by Google
60 Kenya
15 Chile
75 India
Android Tablets & Raspberry Pi’s

15. ž Mobile Phone ‘power packs’
ž Solar Panels (3w to 7 w)
ž 4-port USB chargers
ž …?

16. ž Inexpensive off-the-shelf parts
ž Open content & open source
ž Test diverse alternatives
ž Seek simplicity
ž Measure, test, gather data & evidence…
ž Collaborate & share

17. ž Ask professional teachers
ž Discuss and publish
ž Read extensively

19. And other stuff

20. ž Code does stuff
ž Text & other resources communicate
ž Contents are the essence of what users need
• Wikipedia
• Videos
• Exercises
• eBooks
• …
ž All need to be of sufficient quality, relevant
and understood

21. Application Home on Android tablets in Chile
RACHEL homepage
viewed in Android
web browser

22. ž Google Volunteer Days
• KA-Lite automated tests for synchronisation
ž Wikimedia Hackathon Zurich
• Kiwix Android build fixes & much more
ž Selenium Conference Bangalore
• Finding bugs
• Automated tests

23. Bug-Fest @ Selenium Conference
ž 114 bugs filed (1 already closed)
ž # test automation created
ž # contributions already
https://github.com/Bug-Bash/selenium-kiwix

24. ž Translations for the apps
• Kiwix
• Khan Academy Lite (ka-lite)
ž Translation and localisation of materials
ž Suggesting apps, contents, etc.
ž Helping production-ize equipment,
configurations & code

25. http://kusaidiamwalimu.org
julianharty@gmail.com
Helping to enable people to live better lives through
appropriate use of [mobile] technologies

26. ž The Rachel Project
• http://rachel.worldpossible.org/
ž Khan Academy Lite
• https://learningequality.org/ka-lite/
ž Khan Academy
• https://www.khanacademy.org
ž Raspberry Pi computer
• http://www.raspberrypi.org
ž Salman Khan’s book:
• The One World School House – education reimagined
ž The Chennai Education Centre
• http://www.tcec-kfi.org