The Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework provides guidance for UNICEF Country Offices on incorporating innovative technologies into education projects. It includes checklists, worksheets, case studies and other resources to help determine what technology should be used, how to sustain usage, and who to partner with. It also addresses issues like the local environment, content development, appropriate devices, teaching methods, partnerships, monitoring and evaluation, budgeting, and ensuring the needs of children with disabilities are met. The CFT Framework will be piloted in UNICEF Country Offices in Uganda starting in April 2012 to test the tools and gather lessons learned.

1. Child Friendly Technology
Framework and Disabilities
Overview Presentation
UNICEF - Innovation Unit

2. Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework serves as a do-it-
yourself guide for technology for education initiatives
OVERALL
Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework
 Provides guidance and assistance to UNICEF Country Offices
(COs) to incorporate innovative technologies into education
projects
 A paper tool specifically designed for use by COs and partners
interested in addressing educational needs
 Helps COs to determine whether new technology should be
introduced, how to sustain usage and who to approach for
implementation (partners)
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3. Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework serves as a do-it-
yourself guide for technology for education initiatives
SPECIFICS
Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework is
composed of do-it-yourself style resources
 Country Offices can understand their goals, options and opportunities
for educational technology platforms by using:
 Checklist documents  Case studies from various
 Worksheets UNICEF COs
 Quick-reference guides for  LTA’s and vendor
key areas agreement
 Terms of reference for  Worksheet pocket guide
consultant
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4. Child Friendly Technology (CFT) Framework serves as a do-it-
yourself guide for technology for education initiatives
CFT SECTIONS
Local Content Devices and Teaching with Working with Monitoring
Budgeting
Environment Development Medium Technology Partners and Evaluation
 Addresses  Defines  Lists hardware  Details  Describes roles  Gives guidance  Provides
characteristic educational specifications examples of & recommended on monitoring guidance on
s of the local discrepancies of educational failures and modes of and evaluating framework for
population and how to tools and pros successes interaction with technology real financial
respond to & cons for using various partners projects planning
them employing tech. mediums
With consideration for cross-cutting issues: disabilities, social development and equity in
programming
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5. Cross cutting issue: Disabilities
Youth and children with disabilities face special challenges
! Youth and Children with disabilities in the developing world often:
1 Have poor literacy skills
2 Have limited access to technology
3 Belong to the most marginalized group
of the population
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6. Cross cutting issue: Disabilities
Youth and children with disabilities face special challenges
In order to address these cross cutting issues in the UNICEF
? Country Office projects the CFT Framework will have to have
1 Increased focus on the needs for youth and children with
disabilities
2 Examination of appropriate technology that takes needs for
youth and children with disabilities into account
3 Integration of people with disabilities groups /
communities into the planning process
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7. Next Steps
 Test first prototype version in UNICEF Country Offices of Uganda by
April 2012
 Ensure that people with disabilities will already take part to the first
part of the testing
 Treat each UNICEF CO engagement as a mini pilot of the CFT
Framework
 Analyze each UNICEF CO experience and integrate findings
 Package this into programme guidance
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