Posts

Showing posts from April, 2010

Using mobile phones 2 teach literacy

ProLiteracy's partners are constantly looking at innovative ways to help adult learners. Our partner in Nigeria is teaching illiterate students how to grasp basic numeracy and arithmetic skills using mobile phones. As society continues to advance, learners become aware of how important it is to be able to read, write, and use technology. University Village Association (UNIVA) is using mobile phones to teach new learners a variety of everyday skills. "We provide integrated flexible curriculum for our learners. The common contents include numeracy followed by writing. After learning to use the cell phone in sending text messages, students then apply the same principle of associating numbers with alphabets to master using their pin code to withdraw amounts of cash. The ATM lesson is very simple as we teach learners how to associate letters with numbers." Mobile technology is emerging in micro finance as a way for customers to pay back their loans directly using a SIM card an