Share Paper: Educational Development for Rural Areas in the Dominican Republic: The Computer Container Classroom Project

  1. Terence Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, United States
  2. Leonora Bojko-Sosa, University of North Florida, United States
  3. JuanCarlos Villatoro, University of North Florida, United States
Wednesday, March 7 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Creekside II

Abstract: A pilot project was developed to deliver technology resources for village schools in rural areas of the Dominican Republic. The remoteness of these school cause inabilities for students to further their education and set them behind urban areas by lack of education resources and experiences with modern technology. As part of a pilot project a shipping container retrofitted as a computer lab with satellite access and delivered to a remote village in the Dominican Republic; as a means of sustainable education and as a resource for community economic growth. This initiative will hopefully lead to such villages participating in distance ...