Seeds of Empowerment is a non-profit organization that develops and implements projects to help underserved communities around the world. It runs workshops and activities focused on interactive learning using multimedia to engage learners in critical thinking and problem solving. It partners with organizations in countries like India, Uganda, and Argentina to deliver educational programs in areas such as literacy, STEM, English as a second language, and civic engagement.

1. Seeds of Empowerment
Seeds of Empowerment

2. • Introduction
• Background
• Workshops and activities
• Partners

3. • Seeds of Empowerment is non-profit arm of
XRI, a 501(c) (3) organization, a spin-off of the
Stanford University.
To develop and implement projects that will
plant seeds of hope and opportunity for the
underserved around the world

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7. Portability
Less electricity consum
Ease of implementatio
Ease of maintenance
Performance tracking

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13. From device recognition to problem solving through collaborations.
Response tracking log

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15. • PocketSchool is not a name of device (Apply different device
for a different context)
• It’s not a name for software (Series of open software content)
• It’s an initiative to help underrepresented children and
mitigate digital, education, and economic divides.

16. Night time off-peak hours
Day time peak hours
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17. SMILE
Task Based Learning- ESL
1001 Stories
1001 Music
ROSE
WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES

18. • Highly interactive learning environment
• Engage learners to analyze own learning
• Critical reasoning
• Synthesize acquired concepts
• Problem solving
• Generate, share, and evaluate Multimedia-rich
inquiries
• Anytime/anywhere homework/inquiry
generation
• Evaluate peer inquiries

19. To cause pedagogical Paradigm shift….

20. Design a Question
/ Inquiry/ Task/ Homework

21. Add Multimedia

22. SMILE

23. Share

24. Evaluate

27. Mathematics
Science
Literacy
ESL
SMILE K-12

32. India
Argentina
USA
SMILE-CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

40. Sciatica
Priformis syndrome
Chagas disease
HEALTH &
MEDICAL EDUCATION

41. Wikipedia

46. ESL
TASK BASED LEARNING
Sponsored by:

52. India
Uganda
Rwanda
Palestine
Malaysia
Costa Rica
Mexico
Argentina
Bolivia
1001 STORIES

56. 1001 MUSIC

57. Don’t laugh at me

58. LimKok Wing University , Malaysia

59. Tumba College of Technology, Rwanda
Civic engagement, Genocide victims with HIV/AIDS/ Micro
business-based women empowerment / Entrepreneurship
Dr. Gatare Mobile Storytelling
Minister of ICT

60. Universidad Technologia, El Salvador
Mrs Erlinda Hándal Vega
Vice Minister of Science & Technology

61. Universidad Technologia, El Salvador

64. THANK YOU
www.seedsofempowerment.org
http://www.facebook.com/Seeds.of.Empowerment