WHAT IS TEACHER IN A BOX?
So you might be wondering what is a Teacher in a Box!
It is a huge interactive library of community and academic resources that can be accessed without internet. Yes, NO internet!!
In many rural villages in developing countries there is no internet and even in places where there is internet, 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.
This RAWCS project was initiated by the Rotary Club of Brisbane Planetarium, but is currently supported by many Rotary Clubs in Australia, including the Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains.
The Teacher in a Box server (TIB Server) for short, is a pre-built laptop or desktop that contains several hundred gigabytes worth of educational content. Then we add a USB powered wireless router to each TIB server. Wireless routers are typically something that you would find in your home and allow your client devices such as iphones, tablets and laptops to connect and access the internet. In our case we are replacing the internet with the TIB server.