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Results of a 4-month pilot on mobile tech f
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Enhancing Primary Education with Mobile Phone Applications for Teachers and
Pupils: Findings and Results from Senegal
Agbessi Constant Tchona, Childfund SenegalLandry Ahouansou and Mame Ibrahima Bakhoum, SenMobile, SenegalChun Hei Cheung, USA
UNESCO Mobile Week #mlw2014 @UNESCOICTs
Little individual attention for each student Different learning styles are not accounted
for Few active learning activities Lack of libraries and hard to get access to
books Late introduction to ICT Teacher training to increase and improve Lack of local content (in French and local
languages)
Problems AddressedProblems Addressed
Java ME
Java ME
1 school in the suburbs of Dakar 80 pupils 4 teachers + principal 2 inspectors of the Ministry of Education
in Senegal
PilotPilot
Involvement of TeachersInvolvement of Teachers
Content
Observing Class ActivitiesObserving Class Activities
Meetings with ParentsMeetings with Parents
Distribute apps
Training for TeachersTraining for Teachers
Introduction of the AppsIntroduction of the Apps
Use of Apps in the ClassroomUse of Apps in the Classroom
EvaluationEvaluation
Are the children learning?
• Pre-test
• Use of the apps
• Post-test (conducted on the same day)
Perception of the tool
• Interviews with directors, supervisors, teachers, and parents
Observations
EvaluationEvaluation
• Reading improved by 40%*• Writing improved by 45%*• Different styles to use the apps:
• Some students work on paper and enter the results• Some students just use the apps• Some students read questions aloud
• Pupils finished a large number of exercises without pausing
* Between the pre-and post-test. Further study is needed to verify these results
Positive points Good start Completed many things in 4 months
To improve Emphasize teachers’ training and coaching Find ways to have teachers contribute
content Add more content Build an ecosystem
ResultsResults
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