World-Class Vision in Tech and Architecture with Sanelisiwe Njobe

How does it work? So

it's a very small device.

You can hold it in your hand.

It's almost the size of a phone.

You would plug it into a power source, so that could be a solar-powered bank if you want to go completely off-grid.

Once the device is switched on, it emits a local area network, like a Wi-Fi signal, and then you're able to connect to that Wi-Fi signal using any kind of consumer electronics, so that could be a smartphone, a projector, a tablet.

or a smart TV, depending what kind of tools you use within the classroom.

So what we've seen in the early childhood development space that works the best is a projector.

So the teacher will use that to introduce different learning themes, whether it's in the morning or the afternoon, And then once the learner kind of understands that concept through multimedia videos, which you've seen addresses different learning styles, then they're able to go in and address like certain issues maybe if a learner doesn't understand.

So it's a really simple, easy to use device, three simple steps.

You just plug it in, connect to the Wi-Fi and then log on to our platform, which has a digital library of learning resources.

We don't create content.

We work with amazing award-winning content providers who host their content on our platform.

And in that way, we're able to distribute it to communities that really need it the most.

I'm just sitting here totally mesmerized because, you know, I have the...

I have the experience of going into these situations in the ECDs and other communities over the last, oh yeah, actually it's coming up to 10 years.

And we know what the challenges are.

And you were saying to me that some of the parents want to see if they can purchase one for home use.

Yes, so the thing about learning is that it doesn't just end in the classroom.

And then you also have to consider that when a child is also learning at home, it's not just them learning, it's the whole family that's learning.

So we've also considered with the demand that's coming in now from parents, to purchase devices for at-home use, how can we also diversify our content so that that's not just only serving the young individual, but the entire family as a whole? Because South Africa also has a history of Bantu education, which is another thing we have to take into consideration, that it's something that's affected the whole entire family.

And then also in terms of the schools that we work in, the practitioners as well, I mean, they've really just risen to the occasion, especially with introducing technology into the classroom.

A lot of them came into the program not being very tech literate, but we make it a prioritize when we drop off a device to do some tech literacy training for the practitioners to upskill them so that they can use the technology.

And also it may open up other employment opportunities for them as well.