Thursday, November 1, 2007

Third Assingement:Bridging Africa's digital

"It's wonderful to have connection to internet, to have access to world's body of education"


In this article Craig Barrett is explaining the importance that a well skilled teacher in technology have in educating his/her students. He explained that having qualified teachers inside a school is much important and crucial than anything else.
he added that intel is doing its best to help teachers all around the world to be well trained and skilled in how to use technology effectivly inside the classrooms.
However, in Africa the traning needs a lot of energy and resources which too much for a single company to do. In addition to that in Africa there is a lack in the broadband capability which retards the access of the internet. on the other hand, Barret talked about havinga submarine cable in order to have broadband infrastructure that crosses national boundaries (from Africa to USA).
I think that having submarine cable is very helpfull for African countries to develop their economic and social systems. This can be done through education and making the access to information and knowledge very easy. I think that access to internet is still a challenge in many less Developed countries in Africa and government should cooperate in order to give citizens the opportunity to have rapid and easy access to information. I beleive that its is time for African governments to put their efforts together and as the author said "getting people aligned, different agendas and priorities on the same page".

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