Presentation by Jana Desiatnikova on the benefits, activities and structure of training companies as a tool to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and work life in a safe environment.
Sote ICT Business Ideas Competition Form 2017Sote ICT
This is the application form prepared by Jana Desiatnikova for the business ideas competition for Sote ICT Clubs in 2017 for a small groups of 2-4 students.
Introduction to Sote ICT Clubs and Training Companies Sote ICT
Presentation by Jana Desiatnikova on the benefits and structure of training companies as a tool to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and work life in a safe environment.
Presentation by Jana Desiatnikova for students in our Sote ICT clubs on lean startup tool called Business Model Canvas with explanation and example of Sote Hub.
A report by four Sote ICT graduates and current Sote Hub members from a study trip to Slovakia in May 2016, where they visited various companies, startup hubs and presented at Slovak secondary schools about their startup ideas.
Sote ICT Business Ideas Competition Form 2017Sote ICT
This is the application form prepared by Jana Desiatnikova for the business ideas competition for Sote ICT Clubs in 2017 for a small groups of 2-4 students.
Introduction to Sote ICT Clubs and Training Companies Sote ICT
Presentation by Jana Desiatnikova on the benefits and structure of training companies as a tool to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and work life in a safe environment.
Presentation by Jana Desiatnikova for students in our Sote ICT clubs on lean startup tool called Business Model Canvas with explanation and example of Sote Hub.
A report by four Sote ICT graduates and current Sote Hub members from a study trip to Slovakia in May 2016, where they visited various companies, startup hubs and presented at Slovak secondary schools about their startup ideas.
Sote Innovation Fair 2018 - Recommendations from the judges Sote ICT
Short document with major recommendations for startups that competed at Sote Innovation Fair 2018 how to improve their products and find ways to reach economic viability.
This is the fifth version of Effective Innovation Canvas inspired by the feedback from John Paul Karijo and Katarina Galova. The Effective Innovation Canvas tries to define the problem, express effective Solution, describe the Capacity of the Team and provide information on how progress will be tracked in Visible Learning. Every part is divided again into four in a self-similar pattern.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the fifth version of Effective Innovation Canvas to evaluate social innovation and business ideas.
Now this version is a radical departure and revision of the concept - the original inspiration from Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas was replaced with the powerful idea of self-similarity or fractality (describing the project in ever granular detail and length in five levels with increasing numbers of sections: 0,1,2,4,8).
Again the inspiration comes from books like Exponential Organizations, Ten Types of Innovations, Antifragile, Zero to One. And concepts like Effective Altruism, Model Thinking, Theory of Change, Game Theory and Theory of Constrains and Systemic/Pattern Thinking.
Harry Mwailengo, Sote Hub manager, prepared an annual report for Sote ICT clubs and Sote Hub and our achievements in 2017.
Sote ICT Club membership at 12 schools grew from 755 to over 1000 students.
43 teams competed in our Startup Idea Competition - we awarded 10 top ideas. We also helped teams to join StartUp Africa competition. Voi town became a place with most submissions.
Our mission is to grow startups from secondary schools in rural and small towns. We have assisted 21 startups in Sote Hub and supported 8 of them with seed funding.
We also scaled Sote Hub and Sote ICT to Kwale County.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first draft of the Sote Talent business idea as an example and use case of our Effective Innovation Canvas. The Sote Talent idea is in early stage of consultations and prototyping. Please feel free to contribute with your comments, corrections and suggestions.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first version of Effective Innovation Canvas to evaluate social innovation and business ideas. The inspiration comes from Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas and is mixed with insights from Effective Altruism and social enterprise and systems change. We added other critical parts for social innovation like Team, Theory of Change and Risk and made the canvas hopefully simpler.
Christine Kambe prepared a study on 107 randomly chosen graduates of Sote ICT Program. The survey data indicate that our graduates are 3x more likely to attend college and be employed or own a business than their peers. The selection of Sote ICT club members would also need to be partially randomized to cancel the selection effect (Students who decided to join the Sote ICT Clubs might be more active or skilled than average, and their partial randomization would cancel this). But such randomization is practically difficult and randomized control trials are outside our budget scope currently. But we hope to go in this direction in near future.
External Evaluation of Sote ICT and Sote Hub 2017Sote ICT
Edita Bednarova wrote an external evaluation of Sote Hub and Sote ICT projects financed by SlovakAid, that was commissioned by the Pontis Foundation with the main aim to receive sufficient evidence-based conclusions and recommendations in order to make strategic decisions about the future of our Kenyan program that grows startups from rural secondary schools through IT clubs and student training companies and real startup incubation at Sote Hub. The structure of the evaluation followed OECD-DAC evaluation criteria.
The conclusion of evaluation findings for Sote ICT (IT clubs and student companies) is:
Relevance of the project - Very High
Efficiency of the project - Rather High
Effectiveness of the project - Rather High
Sustainability of the project - Rather High
Impact of the project - Rather High
The conclusion of evaluation findings for Sote Hub (coworking space for Sote ICT graduates and incubation of real companies) is:
Relevance of the project - Very High
Efficiency of the project - Rather High
Effectiveness of the project - Very High
Sustainability of the project - Rather Low
Impact of the project - Rather High
Agile Software Development Workshop at Sote HubSote ICT
Presentation on agile project management by Maros Korinek, developer at Funding Circle, from his 4-day training in December 2016 at Sote Hub in Voi, Kenya.
A short guide to presentation of business idea and pitching to investors for Sote Hub startups, Sote ICT Clubs and training companies prepared by Jana Desiatnikova. Practice as much as possible, and use ideally only 10 great looking slides without much text and with good pictures or infographics. Tell your story, repeat your unique selling point and explain why your team is perfect match for the challenge.
A short guide to project based learning (PBL) for Sote ICT Clubs and training companies prepared by Jana Desiatnikova. It explains how to use PBL to nurture 21 Century skills in students, such as collaboration and creativity through constructivism - learning by doing.
Oxfam mentions Sote Hub in Challenges for Rural Enterprises & Rural Hubs Sote ICT
Oxfam mentions Sote Hub as one of the inspirational approaches to rural startup hubs for their new program "Empower Youth for Work” they just launched in four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Ethiopia. They mentioned our ideas:
1. Increase sustainability through selling services;
2. Cooperate with local government and donors through Memorandums of Understanding;
3. Help teams of young entrepreneurs to gain skills and prepare them for bigger investors;
4. Let students solve local problems or test new products;
5. Organize annual trade fairs and pitching competitions where young people can pitch to businessmen, local government and investors but don't have just NGO people in the jury;
6.Organize flexible peer-to-peer learning groups and tailor-made services for young people and girl groups;
7. Organize skype calls with outsiders and students abroad to open up minds and share expertise.
Sote ICT and Sote Hub - Presidency Digest Sote ICT
The fifth issue of Presidency Digest focuses on our Sote ICT and Sote Hub programs in Kenya that help to "Grow startups from rural schools". The Presidency Digest is special magazine of Pontis Foundation dedicated to development cooperation in the context of The Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Sote ICT and Sote Hub - program overview 2016Sote ICT
An overview of annual progress of Sote ICT program of IT clubs and student companies at 12 schools in Taita Taveta, Kenya and Sote Hub for young entrepreneurs in Voi town.
Pontis Digest - New Literacy and The Changemaker GenerationSote ICT
This issue of Pontis Digest focuses on social innovations. Henry De Sio from Ashoka writes in his essay about a new paradigm in education and social business where everyone should aspire to be a changemaker. We interviewed Ken Banks, the founder of FrontlineSMS and author of the Reluctant Innovator, about his projects and experiences with deploying new technology from London to Zimbabwe. Jakub Simek, the coordinator of our Sote ICT project in Kenya introduces the newly opened Sote Hub and summarizes our journey of building startups from rural schools.
Business sustainability 2 - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This handout on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Girls secondary school from Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Business sustainability - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This presentation on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Presentation on Marketing - U of Huddersfield & Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This marketing presentation is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Marketing - Univeristy of Huddersfield mentoring Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This marketing handout is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
Sote Innovation Fair 2018 - Recommendations from the judges Sote ICT
Short document with major recommendations for startups that competed at Sote Innovation Fair 2018 how to improve their products and find ways to reach economic viability.
This is the fifth version of Effective Innovation Canvas inspired by the feedback from John Paul Karijo and Katarina Galova. The Effective Innovation Canvas tries to define the problem, express effective Solution, describe the Capacity of the Team and provide information on how progress will be tracked in Visible Learning. Every part is divided again into four in a self-similar pattern.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the fifth version of Effective Innovation Canvas to evaluate social innovation and business ideas.
Now this version is a radical departure and revision of the concept - the original inspiration from Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas was replaced with the powerful idea of self-similarity or fractality (describing the project in ever granular detail and length in five levels with increasing numbers of sections: 0,1,2,4,8).
Again the inspiration comes from books like Exponential Organizations, Ten Types of Innovations, Antifragile, Zero to One. And concepts like Effective Altruism, Model Thinking, Theory of Change, Game Theory and Theory of Constrains and Systemic/Pattern Thinking.
Harry Mwailengo, Sote Hub manager, prepared an annual report for Sote ICT clubs and Sote Hub and our achievements in 2017.
Sote ICT Club membership at 12 schools grew from 755 to over 1000 students.
43 teams competed in our Startup Idea Competition - we awarded 10 top ideas. We also helped teams to join StartUp Africa competition. Voi town became a place with most submissions.
Our mission is to grow startups from secondary schools in rural and small towns. We have assisted 21 startups in Sote Hub and supported 8 of them with seed funding.
We also scaled Sote Hub and Sote ICT to Kwale County.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first draft of the Sote Talent business idea as an example and use case of our Effective Innovation Canvas. The Sote Talent idea is in early stage of consultations and prototyping. Please feel free to contribute with your comments, corrections and suggestions.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first version of Effective Innovation Canvas to evaluate social innovation and business ideas. The inspiration comes from Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas and is mixed with insights from Effective Altruism and social enterprise and systems change. We added other critical parts for social innovation like Team, Theory of Change and Risk and made the canvas hopefully simpler.
Christine Kambe prepared a study on 107 randomly chosen graduates of Sote ICT Program. The survey data indicate that our graduates are 3x more likely to attend college and be employed or own a business than their peers. The selection of Sote ICT club members would also need to be partially randomized to cancel the selection effect (Students who decided to join the Sote ICT Clubs might be more active or skilled than average, and their partial randomization would cancel this). But such randomization is practically difficult and randomized control trials are outside our budget scope currently. But we hope to go in this direction in near future.
External Evaluation of Sote ICT and Sote Hub 2017Sote ICT
Edita Bednarova wrote an external evaluation of Sote Hub and Sote ICT projects financed by SlovakAid, that was commissioned by the Pontis Foundation with the main aim to receive sufficient evidence-based conclusions and recommendations in order to make strategic decisions about the future of our Kenyan program that grows startups from rural secondary schools through IT clubs and student training companies and real startup incubation at Sote Hub. The structure of the evaluation followed OECD-DAC evaluation criteria.
The conclusion of evaluation findings for Sote ICT (IT clubs and student companies) is:
Relevance of the project - Very High
Efficiency of the project - Rather High
Effectiveness of the project - Rather High
Sustainability of the project - Rather High
Impact of the project - Rather High
The conclusion of evaluation findings for Sote Hub (coworking space for Sote ICT graduates and incubation of real companies) is:
Relevance of the project - Very High
Efficiency of the project - Rather High
Effectiveness of the project - Very High
Sustainability of the project - Rather Low
Impact of the project - Rather High
Agile Software Development Workshop at Sote HubSote ICT
Presentation on agile project management by Maros Korinek, developer at Funding Circle, from his 4-day training in December 2016 at Sote Hub in Voi, Kenya.
A short guide to presentation of business idea and pitching to investors for Sote Hub startups, Sote ICT Clubs and training companies prepared by Jana Desiatnikova. Practice as much as possible, and use ideally only 10 great looking slides without much text and with good pictures or infographics. Tell your story, repeat your unique selling point and explain why your team is perfect match for the challenge.
A short guide to project based learning (PBL) for Sote ICT Clubs and training companies prepared by Jana Desiatnikova. It explains how to use PBL to nurture 21 Century skills in students, such as collaboration and creativity through constructivism - learning by doing.
Oxfam mentions Sote Hub in Challenges for Rural Enterprises & Rural Hubs Sote ICT
Oxfam mentions Sote Hub as one of the inspirational approaches to rural startup hubs for their new program "Empower Youth for Work” they just launched in four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Ethiopia. They mentioned our ideas:
1. Increase sustainability through selling services;
2. Cooperate with local government and donors through Memorandums of Understanding;
3. Help teams of young entrepreneurs to gain skills and prepare them for bigger investors;
4. Let students solve local problems or test new products;
5. Organize annual trade fairs and pitching competitions where young people can pitch to businessmen, local government and investors but don't have just NGO people in the jury;
6.Organize flexible peer-to-peer learning groups and tailor-made services for young people and girl groups;
7. Organize skype calls with outsiders and students abroad to open up minds and share expertise.
Sote ICT and Sote Hub - Presidency Digest Sote ICT
The fifth issue of Presidency Digest focuses on our Sote ICT and Sote Hub programs in Kenya that help to "Grow startups from rural schools". The Presidency Digest is special magazine of Pontis Foundation dedicated to development cooperation in the context of The Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Sote ICT and Sote Hub - program overview 2016Sote ICT
An overview of annual progress of Sote ICT program of IT clubs and student companies at 12 schools in Taita Taveta, Kenya and Sote Hub for young entrepreneurs in Voi town.
Pontis Digest - New Literacy and The Changemaker GenerationSote ICT
This issue of Pontis Digest focuses on social innovations. Henry De Sio from Ashoka writes in his essay about a new paradigm in education and social business where everyone should aspire to be a changemaker. We interviewed Ken Banks, the founder of FrontlineSMS and author of the Reluctant Innovator, about his projects and experiences with deploying new technology from London to Zimbabwe. Jakub Simek, the coordinator of our Sote ICT project in Kenya introduces the newly opened Sote Hub and summarizes our journey of building startups from rural schools.
Business sustainability 2 - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This handout on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Girls secondary school from Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Business sustainability - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This presentation on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Presentation on Marketing - U of Huddersfield & Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This marketing presentation is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Marketing - Univeristy of Huddersfield mentoring Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This marketing handout is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Delivering Micro-Credentials in Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingAG2 Design
Explore how micro-credentials are transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with this comprehensive slide deck. Discover what micro-credentials are, their importance in TVET, the advantages they offer, and the insights from industry experts. Additionally, learn about the top software applications available for creating and managing micro-credentials. This presentation also includes valuable resources and a discussion on the future of these specialised certifications.
For more detailed information on delivering micro-credentials in TVET, visit this https://tvettrainer.com/delivering-micro-credentials-in-tvet/
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.