Once Upon a Time in Africa

By Niamh BranniganGeSCI

June 2008

Once Upon a time in Africa

A group of talented people got together

To talk about ICTs in Education

By invitation from an organisation called GeSCI

There were all sorts of people in this group

There was a Sergeant Major

There was a ‘Journal’ist

They came from all over Africa

And beyond

The first time they met –they really hit it off!

The second time they met they shared a lot and were really engaged

Some were married with five wives…..

…while others had only one husband

But they all promised to keep in touch and keep sharing knowledge

GeSCI even built them a virtual home where they could get together

www.africanknowledgeexchange.org

But something happened

In between being busy – they forgot about their home……

There was lots of talk about their virtual home

Have you

logged on to the

VWS?

I can’t remember my

username and

password

But they weren’t sure if their virtual home suited them

It looked bigger in

the plans!

And then they discovered VLEs!

Now they knew how to furnish their home

But everyone had to chip in

So the questions they asked themselves were….

What could I do?

What could WE do?

What could THEY do?

…to transform this home into a vibrant virtual community of

practice?

The End?

The Beginning...