Teacher in a Box

What is Teacher in a box

In a nutshell it is a huge interactive library of community and academic resources that can be accessed without internet. Yes, NO internet!!

Why is it needed
In many rural villages in developing countries there is no internet, and even in places where there is internet it may be unreliable, or the cost limits people’s use. Teacher in a Box has a huge positive impact where there are limited teaching resources or teachers with limited training or education themselves. Our Teacher in a Box servers support self-paced learning as well as classroom teaching.

Thanks to the amazing generosity and efforts of not-for-profit educational software developers, our own computer donors and our volunteer workers, we are able to supply Teacher in a Box pre-loaded with a huge range of quality educational and training materials at minimal cost.

• No Internet Required
  Teacher In a Box server is designed to work without internet and instead provides a Local Area Network (LAN) to enable devices in the local area to also connect through Wi-Fi and receive content.
• Classes taught by English speaking teachers
  English is the language of business in most developing countries and differences in syntax and pronunciation become apparent when taught by teachers whose main language is not English. Transposition of local words may occur.
• Adaptability forms the heart of the TIB server.
  As such it can be used with a projector or TV to help facilitate classroom learning or connect devices to the LAN so learners can interact with the platform directly.

• Teacher in a Box servers are transportable
  Where possible, we make use of re-purposed laptops donated from industry. TIB servers can be easily transported across different locations which maximises the benefit it supplies to the community.
• Plenty of Educational Content
  Hundreds of gigabytes of materials are aimed at community development and academic studies from primary through to university level. Apart from the huge number of resources in English, we can provide limited customisation to include some other languages.