{"id":16487,"date":"2014-05-20T11:42:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T17:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16487"},"modified":"2014-05-20T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T17:42:48","slug":"can-solar-tablet-computer-increase-literacy-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/can-solar-tablet-computer-increase-literacy-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Solar Tablet Computer Increase Literacy in Ethiopia?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Can you imagine learning to read without electricity? Sure, many did before utility-scale power became widely available… but many more didn’t. Electric light<\/a>, and now internet access, can make the difference between orality and literacy, and the ability to engage with the rest of world through even the simplest information technology. But that doesn’t mean building a power grid in remote area: a simple solar tablet computer may be all that’s necessary to provide kids with the opportunity to read… and, thus, discover the wider world.<\/p>\n Our sister site Solar Love shared the story of a project spearheaded by Tufts University and MIT that did just this… and only this. Participants dropped off a load of solar-powered tablets in a remote Ethiopian village, and stood back to watch what happened. You’ll see in the post below that the results were pretty amazing and inspiring.<\/p>\n