Waveplace

Waveplace Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania that:

1) raises money to purchase laptops for Caribbean children.

2) creates training materials that teach digital media skills.

3) inspires teachers to use computers in new ways.

Our Pilots:

• Jan-March 2008 - 20 XOs - Waveplace's first pilot in the US Virgin Islands (Movies include scenes from pilot, student presentations)
• February-September 2008 - 23 XOs - Waveplace's second pilot in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (Movies) at one of the Mercy and Sharing schools.
• June-July 2008 - 52 XOs - Waveplace's third pilot in Immokalee, Florida (Movies, NPR story)
• August-September 2008 - 25 XOs - Waveplace's fourth pilot in Rivas, Nicaragua

By October 1st, we'll have trained 23 teachers and 103 children how to really use Etoys and the XO.

We've also developed Etoys video tutorials and will ultimately produce a textbook and documentary film.

In 2009, we hope to raise enough money to train 144 teachers and donate 900 laptops. In 2010, we hope to raise this to 432 teachers and 3600 laptops.

While these numbers may seem small, we believe strongly that mentoring in small groups is essential to real success. We're after nothing less than a paradigm shift in education, and to achieve that we need an abundance of human contact.

For more information, visit http://waveplace.com