The following blog posts are the selected collection out of my research for ITU’s Special Initiatives division, “Connect a School, Connect a Community” program. It is the partnership program of ITU for using ICTs for community connectivity through schools and community centers. This collection is a jump start for future researchers to explore use of ICTs in education, community development, women and PWD empowerment across different regions of the world.
Featured:
Jokko Initiative Empowers Women with mLearning
School and Community Connectivity Initiatives in Asia Pacific Region
New Versions of XO Laptop by OLPC
Drive by WI-FI: internet access for remote villages
Global Programs/Initiatives:
KHAN ACADEMY:
Khan Academy — A useful online academy for students
MICROSOFT:
Multipoint Mouse: an innovative way to bridge the digital divide
UNESCO:
SchoolNet Project in South-east Asian Countries
Kid Smart Early Learning Program
CISCO:
Cisco and Portuguese government partner to connect schools
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS:
Village Connection Project (NSN)
INTEL:
RCP to bring connectivity to remote areas
GOOGLE:
SCHLUMBERGER:
SEED shares Science, Education and Technology with schools round the globe
ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD (OLPC):
Is Pakistan Really “Participating” in One Laptop Per Child?
Uruguay’s Ambitious Plan Ceibal
FACEBOOK FOR EDUCATION:
Drive by WI-FI: internet access for remote villages
VODACOM:
Vodacom launches low cost solar powered cell phone
Country Based Initiatives
Antigua and Barbuda
Schools and Communities to get free internet service in Antigua and Barbuda
Australia:
Digital Education Revolution in Australia
Azerbaijan:
Azerbaijan to Connect Schools and provide Computer Training to Teachers
Bangladesh
Grameenphone sets up Community Information Centers across Bangladesh
Brunei:
Internet Access and Laptops for Schools in Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia:
Metfone Viettel to connect all schools in Cambodia to Internet
Chile:
ICTs in Education – Chilean Experience
Costa Rica:
Fundacion Omar Dengo, Costa Rica
Haiti:
Re-connecting Haiti to the world
India:
Hole in the Wall – Challenges the traditional pedagogy
IT@school project – Kerala, India
Education for children of nomadic tribes
Bridging the Digital Divide – The innovative way
Innovation for combating literacy, INDIA
Tata Computer-based Functional Literacy Program
ICT Interventions in Education, India
India’s prototype $35 tablet for students
Jordan:
Jordan Education Initiative uses ICT to transform education
Macedonia:
Macedonia’s Primary Education Project (PEP)
Malaysia:
MAB using TTS to bring internet to visually impaired
Nepal:
Nepal Wireless Project — tale of an ambitious leader
New Zealand:
New Zealand to launch m-learning initiatives to connect rural schools
Pakistan:
Microsoft Pakistan to train 4500 teachers in the Punjab province
INTEL ICT Programs in Pakistan
Pakistan Floods: Disruption of communication links makes the relief process difficult
Pakistan: TSF on site to provide emergency telecoms services
Peru:
Peruvians Access Public Services with a Few Simple Clicks
Philippines:
DICP Project to connect all schools in Philippines to internet
Portugal:
Magellan Initiative: to deliver laptops to Portuguese children
Portugal’s e-school program to provide laptops to schools in developing countries
Qatar:
Qatar IT centre to aid the disabled
Singapore:
Singapore on its way to integrate ICTs in education
Sri Lanka:
Tanzania:
Bridgeit: Assisting teachers through educational videos via mobile phone
Thailand:
Princess’s IT project serves students, teachers, prisoners and blind in Thaliand
‘IT for Disabled’ in Thai schools
Uruguay:
Uruguay’s Ambitious Plan Ceibal
Vietnam:
ICTs, Education & Entrepreneurship 
Proposed Project- Integration of Information and Communication Technology in Teacher and Primary and Secondary Schools Learning Systems of Sierra Leone (Wangoh One Laptop Per Child Project)