Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children
Adéle Botha, A Van Deventer · 2009
There is an acknowledged international skills shortage in Science and Technology. TekkiTots is an initiative by the Meraka Institute aimed at introducing Science and Technology to preschools. Due to the infrastructure limitations in rural areas we have had to rethink our delivery method of the lesson plans as the reproduction of the lesson plans proved to be challenging. The widespread and ubiquitous nature of Mobile Phones in South Africa led us to convert them to a mobile format for easy distribution, sideloading and access. This paper describes TekkiTots, its initiation, collaborating partners and new direction that have been taken. We report on initial findings and plot a way forward.