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Teacher in a Box - Training

Providing online education and training to the off-line world.

Teacher in a Box Training - Full Video [17 mins]

- Explore the E-Library [4 mins]

Book Dash Books

African storybooks for children, available for anyone to freely print, translate and distribute. BookDash believes that every child should own a hundred books by the age of five.

Cat and Dog Books

Cat and Dog Books are funny and easy to read.

Great Books of the World

A searchable, categorized selection of over 400 of the most beloved and respected books from around the world, collected from Project Gutenberg.

Top 100 Favorites
Top 100 Non-Fiction
Adventure (24 titles)
Biographies (24 titles)
Children's Stories (23 titles)
Comedy & Humor (38 titles)
Drama (35 titles)
Fantasy (20 titles)
Folklore (7 titles)
Historical Fiction (38 titles)
Historical Non-Fiction (30 titles)
Horror (18 titles)
Mystery (17 titles)
Philosophy & Religion (30 titles)
Poetry (41 titles)
Romance (35 titles)
Science Fiction (27 titles)
Short Stories (25 titles)

Food Plant Solutions [2020]

https://foodplantsolutions.org

Delivering self-sustaining solutions to hunger, malnutrition and food security in countries throughout the developing world. The project focuses on empowering people through a better understanding of the value of their own local food resources.

GCF LearnFree.org [2021]

Hundreds of high-quality illustrated articles and videos focusing on technology, job training, reading, and math skills, produced by the Goodwill Community Foundation.

Hesperian Health Guides

Easy to understand, practical, accurate, and heavily illustrated guides on health topics that for remote areas where access to medical personnel and facilities is limited.

These materials do not provide medical advice and are for informational purposes only. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read here.

UNESCO's IICBA Electronic Library

Teachers' resources from the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa.

Infonet-Biovision

Well organized and illustrated information on a wide range of agricultural, environmental, and health topics.

The Organic Farmer - Magazine

Over 80 printable magazines on farming from Kenya. Used by over 60,000 farmers for guidance and practical tips on securing and increasing their harvests through simple, environmentally friendly means.

Kolibri

Kolibri makes high quality education technology available in low-resource communities such as rural schools, refugee camps, orphanages, non-formal school systems, and prison systems.

Math Expression

Math tutoring materials including videos, study tips, practice questions and step-by-step solutions.

For each lesson, read the study tips carefully and take note of the important concepts/ideas before watching the video. These tips will guide you in your math thinking strategies.

Mustard Seed Books

Mustard Seed Books provide high quality books in English for beginning readers.

OER4Schools

A professional learning programme for interactive teaching and learning with and without ICT. This module is provided by Kiwix and World Possible.

OER Africa - Reading

Reading is an essential skill for all of us and developing our skills in reading is a good investment. This unit is packed with practical activities which are aimed at making reading more enjoyable and rewarding. This unit also includes sections on how to read actively and critically.

OER Africa is a ground-breaking initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide). We play a leading role in supporting higher education institutions across Africa in the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to enhance teaching and learning. Click here to download the OER Africa brochure.

OLPC Educational Packages

A collection of educational materials consolidated by the OLPC project.

Peacebuilding Resources

This collection of articles, guides, and videos on building peace is a valuable resource for addressing issues that arise in conflict zones.

Practical Action

Well organized and illustrated information on a wide range of agricultural, environmental, and health topics.

Proof Wiki 2021

ProofWiki is a collection of mathematical proofs! Pr∞fWiki is dedicated to providing a place where people can take their knowledge of math proofs and share it with everyone. This module is provided by Kiwix and World Possible.

Rapid Typing

RapidTyping is a convenient and easy-to-use keyboard trainer that will help you improve your typing speed and reduce typos. With its lessons organized around various keyboard groups, the RapidTyping software will teach you touch typing in a short time.

Download Rapid Typing 64bit (Recommended)

Download Rapid Typing 32bit

WARNING: These links are only for use by Windows computers that connected to the TIB server.

MIT Scratch

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art.

As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. Scratch is designed especially for ages 8 to 16, but is used by people of all ages.

WARNING: These links are only for use by Windows computers that are connected to the TIB server.