by issp | Oct 11, 2014 | Africa Link, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News, Newsletter Fall 2014
Support our ISSP school-to-school program by helping to provide classroom technology to the students of Tassh Academy in Yaounde, Cameroon, West Africa, so they can connect with students here in the US. We are raising funds for the purchase of tablets for the Tassah...
by issp | Sep 27, 2014 | Africa Link, ISSP, Laura's Blog, MIIS, News, Newsletter Fall 2014
It is no small feat to connect students in Cameroon, West Africa, with students in California, USA, to learn collaboratively online. The challenges in connecting teachers, combining curriculum—not to mention finding a good Internet connection and power source—are just...
by issp | Sep 27, 2014 | Africa Link, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News, Newsletter Fall 2014
Yaounde, Cameroon, Central Africa Although located downtown, 20 minutes away from school by car, many of the students at Tassah Academy in Yaounde, Cameroon, had never been to the Municipal Lake before. “This is my first time here,” said one student, and...
by Laura Preston | Jul 6, 2014 | Education, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News, Technology
It was a bittersweet celebration at the end of June, commemorating the end of ISSP’s month long visit to Tassah Academy in Cameroon. After one month, a significant amount of effort and work created the beginnings of the pilot program, which will start this fall....
by Laura Preston | Jun 20, 2014 | Education, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News, Power Africa Schools, Technology
EISERVI, (Education Information Services International, www.eiservi.org) a local nonprofit in Yaounde focused on literacy and youth empowerment, has agreed to join forces with Tassah Academy and ISSP to make our pilot program a success. After a 2 hour meeting...
by Laura Preston | Jun 11, 2014 | Africa Link, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
Tassah’s primary school teachers say hi!These last few weeks I have had the honor of working with many of the great teachers here at Tassah Academy. Despite the end of the school year, which always comes with many festivities and hectic work to be done, these...
