Re: introductions

Hi, people! I am Richard Scullin, founder of MobileEd.org. The organization
helps teachers integrate mobiles with curricula. Our mobile learning pilots
have centered around STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subject
areas, primarily in grades K-12 in the US, but also at several liberal arts
colleges. We chaired the mobile panel at MacArthur's Digital Media and
Learning conference, and were finalist for the MacArthur / HASTAC Digital
Media and Learning Competition this spring. A video of the basic premise can
be found here: http://www.mobileed.org/mobileedwp/

Good to meet you.

--Richard
-- 
Richard Scullin
Founder, President
MobileEd.org
richard@MobileEd.org
twitter.com/richardscullin
+1 (413) 884-2995

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Merrick Schaefer <mschaefer@unicef.org>wrote:

> Nice Idea.
>
> I am Merrick Schaefer a technical project manager at UNICEF.  I have been
> at UNICEF for five years and the last three have been focused on tech for
> change related projects in the mobile and social networking space.  My
> current project is a large m-health project in Malawi and Zambia focused on
> improving clinic services for pregnant mothers and infants. We  have been
> working closely with the Ministries of Health to create replicable,
> appropriate systems that are cost effective and can scale and working with
> local programmers so the projects are sustainable after our team steps away.
>  We blog about it here: http://projectmwana.posterous.com/
>
> I was one of the original members of the team that created RapidSMS
> http://www.rapidsms.org/ and am currently working within the community to
> define the roadmap of where we want to take the framework.
>
> I also attended and presented at the inaugural W3C conference for this
> group in Brazil in 2008.
>
> Merrick
>
> --
> Merrick Schaefer
> Technical Project Coordinator
> UNICEF
> Innovation Unit, Directors Office, Supply Division
> 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017
> Tel: +1.212.326.7461
> Fax: +1.212.326.7768
> Mobile: +1.206.484.9177
> mschaefer@unicef.org
> http://www.unicefinnovation.org/
> Twitter: @unimps
>
> unite for children
>



-- 
Richard Scullin
Founder, President
MobileEd.org
richard@MobileEd.org
twitter.com/richardscullin
+1 (413) 884-2995