1. Ziguinchor Training
Summer 2013

2. Objective
To create a technology training and mentoring
program that grooms middle and high schools
students to be technology professionals, leaders,
and innovators.

3. Goals
To offer a social media skills course for all
interested students in our target grade level.
 One-on-one mentoring to help students
understand and master the course content.
To invite the brightest students from the social
media course to learn HTML5 to create mobile
content display.
 One-on-one mentoring for course content, as well
as group technology events and coaching from
technology professionals.

4. Dates
Training for middle/high school
 Social media: August 17 to September 7 (four
Saturdays).
 Mobile: TBD (Fall of 2013 or Winter/Spring 2014).
Training for trainers
 August 12-16

5. Students
 Any child in the appropriate grade level - middle
and high school.
 Students with strong interest and aptitude in the
social media course are automatically eligible to
take advanced computer courses.

6. Criteria for Trainer/Mentors
 Local university students as course trainers and
mentors.
 Basic requirements:
 Undergraduate or graduate computer science
students (minimum 3.2 on 4.0 scale).
 Strong faculty recommendations.
 Project management or organizational skills.
 Experience or interest in mentoring younger students.
 Experience or willingness to learn social media skills
and mobile technologies.

7. Social Media for Trainers
Trainer: BeLinda Nichols, Nayah Solutions, Inc.
Topics for social media
 Overview
 Uses of Social Media
 Appropriate Social Media Behavior
 Overview of Social Media Tools
 Tips, Tricks, and Best practices
 Getting the most out of your phone
 Social Media Class Project

8. Mobile Content for Trainers
Trainer: Dr. Christelle Schraff, MobileSenegal
Topics
 Getting the most our of your mobile phone
 USSD technology
 SMS technology
 Voice technology
 Mobile browsers
 Mobile web sites
 Mobile Class Project

9. Mentors
 Train more trainers than will be needed to
conduct the courses.
 Select trainers and mentors from this pool of
trainees.(For example, a student might be
selected as trainer for this session, but might be a
mentor the next session.)

10. Logistics
 Courses held at University of Ziguinchor.
 USAid Senegal provides transportation for
students to the university.
 Project demos at conclusion of class held at
University of Ziguinchor.

11. Compensation
 Trainers (paid compensation per Nayah and
academic credit per university)
 Mentors (academic credit per university)
 Middle/high school students (nominal fee for
each paid by USAID Senegal-Ziguinchor)