Botha, AdèleVan Deventer, A2009-10-232009-10-232009-09Botha, A and Van Deventer, A. 2009. Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children. mLife 2009 Conference & Exhibitions. Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 September 2009, pp 1-10http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3686mLife 2009 Conference & Exhibitions. Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 September 2009, pp 1-10There is an acknowledged international skills shortage in Science and Technology. TekkiTots is an initiative by the Meraka Institute aimed at introducing Science and Technology to preschools. Due to the infrastructure limitations in rural areas researchers have had to rethink the delivery method of the lesson plans as the reproduction of the lesson plans proved to be challenging. The widespread and ubiquitous nature of mobile phones in South Africa led us to convert them to a mobile format for easy distribution, side loading and access. This paper describes TekkiTots, its initiation, collaborating partners and new direction that have been taken. Researchers report on initial findings and plot a way forward.enMobile learningTekkiTotsSciencePreschool childrenMobile educationMobiIED projectmLife 2009TechnologyConference PresentationBotha, A., & Van Deventer, A. (2009). Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3686Botha, Adèle, and A Van Deventer. "Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3686Botha A, Van Deventer A, Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3686 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Botha, Adèle AU - Van Deventer, A AB - There is an acknowledged international skills shortage in Science and Technology. TekkiTots is an initiative by the Meraka Institute aimed at introducing Science and Technology to preschools. Due to the infrastructure limitations in rural areas researchers have had to rethink the delivery method of the lesson plans as the reproduction of the lesson plans proved to be challenging. The widespread and ubiquitous nature of mobile phones in South Africa led us to convert them to a mobile format for easy distribution, side loading and access. This paper describes TekkiTots, its initiation, collaborating partners and new direction that have been taken. Researchers report on initial findings and plot a way forward. DA - 2009-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mobile learning KW - TekkiTots KW - Science KW - Preschool children KW - Mobile education KW - MobiIED project KW - mLife 2009 KW - Technology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 T1 - Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children TI - Mobile facilitation of science and technology awareness for preschool children UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3686 ER -