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The Granny Cloud StoryLooking Forward
18th Feb. 2016 at A4 - Phaltan
School in the Cloud - Granny CloudIndia Convention
Suneeta Kulkarni
The Beginning
May 2009 & before
OGEF ProjectHyderabad & Shirgaon
Has anything really changed?
The Challenge
• Lack of English skills• Limited computer
skills• Limited ‘on ground’
support / apathetic schools
The Lean PeriodWhere was the Granny Cloud?
• KHELGHAR• NEELBAGH• GLC• RWADI• NEHS• PSS• Villa Mayor
Why were these locations/organizations taken on in the Granny Cloud ?
Current ScenarioPresence of The Granny
Cloud in SinC labs
• A0 Gocharan• A1 Korakati• A2 Chandrakona• A3 Kalkaji• A4 Phaltan
Presence of The Granny Cloud outside SinC
• India – GLC Varanasi / Khelghar Pune / QUEST Wada / NEHS Panchgani
• Greenland – Kangaamiut / Atammik Nuka
• Mexico – Julian Carillo• USA – SOLE NYC
DORMANT• Colombia• Cambodia
Granny PresenceCurrent & Over the years
• Numbers• Grannies across the globe!
• Lab/centre locations
Challenges: Using the Granny Cloud
Technology connectivity Websites
Target group characteristics always new children unfamiliar languages absence of computer related skills
Challenges & Strategies Challenges
• Time zones • Maintenance-Sustainability • Child Protection • Retention of Grannies
Potential Strategies• Granny Support: FB /
email or DM / skype peer chats / local coordinator
• Granny Clusters
Supporting new centres
Going Forward…Who is the Granny Cloud
For?How will disadvantaged status / remoteness be determined ?
What’s the case for apparently advantaged locations?
Going Forward…
What will the Granny Cloud have to be careful about?
• Orientation/approach of grannies to skype sessions
• Sharing information about children
• Ensuring shared vision re purpose
Going Forward… 2 What strategies will be
needed as the Granny Cloud grows?
• Granny Recruitment & Support Process
• User [Granny] Friendly website & communication tools
• Granny Clusters• Protective
measures [children & Grannies]
• Asynchronous interaction
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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