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T4 Teacher Tech Summit – April 17, 2021 

Join T4 (a new mEducation Alliance member) on April 17th for their inaugural Teacher Tech Summit! 

This summit is meant to provide a platform for teachers to share their expertise and practical experiences using educational technology, with a global audience.  The 2021 Summit will focus on the following themes:

  • Designing learning for hybrid environments
  • Engaging learners online
  • How to create good digital content
  • Assessing learning online
  • Ensuring no one is left behind in online learning

The Teacher Tech Summit is free to attend and you can register HERE. 

EdTech Hub: Expression of Interest in At-scale Research – April 11th 

EdTech Hub is launching a call for proposals for at-scale research investigating EdTech’s role in high potential but low evidence areas in low- and middle-income countries. Projects: 1) Can apply for up to GBP 750,000 in funding; 2) Must be undertaken in one (or more) of the six EdTech Hub focus countries (Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania); and 3) Must be related to one or more of EdTech Hub’s five focus topics (available in the call). You can find more information on the Expression of Interest HERE. 

EdTech Hub is looking for an Executive Director! 

Are you a leader in the EdTech space looking to join a  brilliant organization? This opportunity is for you! This role is an exciting opportunity to oversee an ambitious global programme that is accelerating progress toward ending the global learning crisis. The Executive Director will lead a diverse team of experts to execute on the vision for the Hub, drawing on the Hub’s deep education, research, policy engagement, and technology expertise. For more information check out the job posting HERE.  

And check out their great video recap on  “EdTech and COVID-19: 10 Things You Need to Know” 

Call for Presentation Proposals: Math Power! Virtual Festivals

The Math Power! Virtual Festivals will feature high-quality technology and non-technology-supported initiatives, partnerships, research, and institutions advancing math instruction in formal and informal educational settings in developing country contexts. Working closely with regional and national education and math association representatives, these virtual festivals will be organized as a mixture of pre-recorded and live presentations. As with all prior Symposia events, we’ll also feature highly participatory and engaging formats to maximize knowledge-exchange and networking opportunities.

The week of March 14th (Pi Day, of course), we hosted our first regional festival focused on Africa. You can find more information about this on our Math Power! Virtual Festivals page. We’ll be hosting other regional events that lead up to a culminating event. If you are interested, please submit a presentation proposal HERE.

Math Power! Virtual Festival tracks include:

  1. Rounding Up: The best of Mass and Mixed Media for Math Instruction
  2. Don’t be obtuse: Why Teaching Mathematical Concepts through Games, Puzzles, and Manipulatives is the right angle
  3. Multiply! Strengthening Math Partnership Networks
  4. Just like pi, it never ends: Mathematics in Society & Everyday Life
  5. Creative Expressions: Mathemagic & Other Math-Inspired Performances
  6. Do the Numbers Add Up? Research and Evidence of Effective Math-Focused Interventions
  7. Girls and Math: It’s not just for algebros or tangents
  8. Solve for X:  Pitch us your creative ideas for accelerating math attainment in developing countries.

Would you like to be sponsor a future EdTech Connected issue?

The mEducation Alliance is looking for sponsors for future issues of EdTech Connected. This eZine is unique in the world of EdTech for development. Through a digital sponsorship package, your organization will get noticed by our wide-reaching network of policymakers, practitioners, donors, and researchers around the world. Contact us about a digital sponsorship package at [email protected]. 

Possible themes for future issues:

  • S.T.E.M/Math Power
  • Digital Literacy/Youth Digital Champions
  • Promising EdTech Research
  • MoE Policymaker Insights – Special Edition
  • Literacy
  • Your Other Sponsored Topic Issue(s) Here!
WantED Ad

Do you have a specific WantED request you want to share with the mEducation Alliance community?  

The WantED section is the mEducation Alliance’s version of a “classified ads” in a traditional publication. Submissions can include the following, but are not limited to:

  • Idea/Competition calls
  • Requests for proposals 
  • Expressions of Interest
  • Requests for technical assistance or partnerships  
  • Open positions 
Please let us know by sending no more than 5 lines of explanatory text and include any hypertext links, your institutional logo and/or photo you would like to include in a future mEducation Alliance publication. Email submissions with the subject heading “WantED…” to [email protected]. We will confirm receipt and let you know if your item has been selected for public dissemination.

Support the mEducation Alliance as a Sponsor and Through our EdTech Innovation Fund

With this support, the mEducation Alliance is able to provide:

  • EdTech Ecosystem strengthening activities. See our About page for our mEducation Alliance service offerings.
  • Stellar and unique events for policymakers and practitioners to exchange information and network. By way of example, please visit our Convening page. There you will find the 2020 Symposia series events and plus our 2021 events. 
  • Designing/catalyzing global engagement around specific signature activities such as Math Power!, Youth Digital Champions, and the EdTech Academy
  • State of the Art Communication Products such as our biweekly eNews, EdTech Connected eZine publications, and Pulse Media Channel
  • Short- and long-term internship/fellowship opportunities for university students and young professionals. We are always searching for talented individuals from all around the world who are interested in EdTech. 

We would be delighted to hear from those organizations and individuals interested in technically, financially, and/or through in-kind contributions supporting these and other mEducation Alliance service and product offerings. You can learn more about the above by visiting our Sponsorship page.

The Mobiles for Education (mEducation) Alliance is a non-governmental organization focused on the evidence-driven and sustainable role of technology in education to advance quality educational outcomes. Initially formed in 2010, the mEducation Alliance is a unique, multi-stakeholder convening platform for government and donor policymakers, other investors, researchers, and practitioners to work together, particularly in lower-resource, developing country contexts. For more information about the Alliance, including about our signature activities, visit the organization web page.

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Jax Chaudhry

Jax Chaudhry leads Project Invent, a national nonprofit that empowers youth with future ready mindsets for individual success and global impact, through invention. Originally from the Southside of Chicago, Jax loves working with students, families and partners to ensure every student can attain success as they define it. For more than 10 years, she has worked with elementary schools, high schools, education nonprofits and led regional teams and operations to ensure student success.

Michael Leventhal

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning scienceMichael Leventhal is co-founder of RobotsMali, a pedagogical and AI4D laboratory and STEM education center in Bamako, Mali. RobotsMali has trained thousands of students from elementary school to high school in computer science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, coached national robotics teams that have won 32 medals in international competitions, and developed technologies using AI and robotics for the social and economic development of Mali. Before becoming an educator in Mali, Michael worked as a technologist in Silicon Valley.s, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.

Enouce Ndeche

Enouce Ndeche is the founder and Director of Vijana Amani Pamoja ,VAP a community scheme based in Nairobi Kenya that uses the power and the popularity of the game of soccer/football as a catalyst for social, educational and economic empowerment.Enouce holds a degree in sociology from Egerton university and he is also the 2020 individual award recipient “Diversity and Inclusion Eminent Leader Award Enouce is also a certified Sports Philanthropy and Executive, George Washington University and is a 2023 Gratitude Network fellow.

Kenneth Y T Lim

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning sciences, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.