The document discusses the Keepod Points project in Malawi which aims to close the digital divide. Keepod Points are set up at libraries, schools, and health facilities to provide affordable internet access using $7 Keepod PCs running Chromium OS. Users can request open educational resources (OER) using a hashtag, which are then delivered by the University of Massachusetts Amherst library team. The project partners with Google Apps for Education, Salesforce Foundation, and Heroku to allow real-time collaboration and manage the Keepod devices, points, and content delivery process.

2. Closing the Digital Divide
At the Base of the Pyramid with Keepod Points at
Libraries, Schools and Public
Health Facilities in Malawi
Carl Meyer - Shift IT

3. Keepod Technology: $7 Keepod PC for Students
Keepod USB PC Boots to Chromium OS Students use Keepods to access
OER
Keepod v1
Keepod vNext

4. Shift IT Keepod Point Partners: Google Apps for Education

5. Social Wi-Fi Hotspots allow Keepod Point operators to
provide internet access and earn an income by
providing access and related online services

6. How it’s Built: Keepod Point Offline Technology Framework

7. OER Workflow: Turning Requests into Delivered OER Content
UMass is assigned
a New Case
Case is closed after the
Content is Delivered
Users at a Point Need Content
Request is sent using
#KEEPREQ hashtag
For
Example

8. Keepod Point Partners: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor Charlie Schweik
School of Public Policy
UMass Library Global Librarians Team

9. Keepod Point Partners: Salesforce Foundation & Heroku
Allows real-time
collaboration on
any type of
record, such as a
content request or
device support
Pulls Twitter
Searches into
Conversations for
New Content
Conversations are
converted to Cases
and assigned to
Content Managers
Managing Keepod
Devices is critical for
managing inventory
& adoption patterns
Managing Points allows
us to report on
adoption, content
delivery and donor
impact
Requests for
content are pulled
in via Twitter
handles & hashtags