Starting an ICT Club in your School

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Starting an ICT Club in yourSchool
Gbenga Sesan Program Manager Lagos Digital
Village me_at_gbengasesan.com www.lagosdigitalvillag
e.org.ng
ICT4All Seminar. Lagos Digital Village, Ebute
Metta, Lagos, Nigeria. March 29, 2006
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ICT Opportunities

• RESEARCH Explore the worlds largest pool of
  knowledge and data. The internet provides amazing
  search opportunities wider than your
  imagination
• EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Stay in touch without
  stress, remember birthdays. eMail, chat, SMS
  Skypes free VoIP calls, GMails 2GB of space,
  etc
• TRANSGENERATIONAL IMPACT Leave a legacy,
  contribute to global web content. Your personal
  website can help inspire another young person. Or
  start a web log (blog)
• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Maximize internet
  opportunities. School.ie, MIT OCW, etc, are
  examples of diverse high-end educational
  opportunities
• GLOBAL PARTICIPATION AND RELEVANCE Theres no
  better tool for global collaboration. Be
  omnipresent

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Starting an ICT Club

• Find out is theres already an ICT/Computer Club.
  If theres one, join and participate actively.
  Otherwise
• Speak with other students (various classes) with
  similar interest about your intention to start an
  ICT club
• Draft a formal letter of your intention and make
  available to the teacher in charge of clubs and
  societies (copy the VP Admin)
• Contact Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (LDVs
  partner on this project) info_at_pin.org.ng or
  seun.olajide_at_pin.org.ng to tell us of your
  interest and you can enjoy support from start-up
  to take-off
• Give the teacher enough reason to prove that you
  are serious a report of your participation at
  this meeting, a little essay on the role of ICTs
  for todays youth, etc
• Follow up with a call or eMail And after you
  start

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• "We're in pre-school, and play with computer
  toys..."
• "My secondary school has an ICT club, and I'm a
  member..."
• "Our College of Education is starting an IT Club
  next session..."
• "I'm the new president of my Polytechnic's ICT
  Club..."
• "My university has many ICT-related group, such
  as the Electronic Club, IEE, NACOSS and IEEE..."
• "As a young professional, I am passionate about
  ICTs, and also volunteer at a local NGO..."
• We all have one thing in common interest in
  ICTs. Don't deny yourself the opportunity for
  expression join the platform of engagement,
  networking, inspiration and action. Learn more
  about, and join the Nigerian Youth ICT4D Network
  (NYIN)...

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Thank You
Gbenga Sesan Program Manager Lagos Digital
Village me_at_gbengasesan.com www.lagosdigitalvillag
e.org.ng
ICT4All Seminar. Lagos Digital Village, Ebute
Metta, Lagos, Nigeria. March 29, 2006