ePals Spotlight on Senegal

CyberSmart Africa! and Ecole Sinthiou Mbadane, a West African rural primary school, have together creates a series of short videos depicting local students: how they live, learn and function on a daily basis. The students use Flip video cameras to record the images and a microphone to record narration. The narration is in French, and English subtitles are added. These digital stories are a great complement to ePals “The Way We Are” Project, Take your students on a virtual field trip to rural Senegal. Let them explore for themselves the similarities and differences in students’ daily lives.

About CyberSmart Africa!

The immediate goal of the CyberSmart! 21st Century Learning Initiative is to create a model for digital learning that is truly sustainable and scalable through innovative, technology-based approaches. CyberSmart Africa’s ultimate goal is narrowing the digital divide and preparing students to benefit economically, socially and politically from living in a connected world. http://cybersmart.org/africa/

About Ecole Sinthiou Mbadane

Ecole Sinthiou Mbadane 1 is a rural primary school located in the brush (off paved roads) approximately 7 kilometers from the town of Mbour, 100 kilometers south of the Senegal’s capital, Dakar. Students, ranging between 8-15 years old, speak Wolof as their first language. At school, however, students speak French. Despite having no electricity at school (there is a nearby internet café), students are eager to create and share digital stories, collaborating with students around the world.