EarthWalk partnered with the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and the Intel Corporation under the ERfKE Support Project (ESP) for the Computers-on-Wheels (COW) Pilot to help transform the way Jordanian students develop essential 21st century skills. The approaches to this pilot include providing students and teachers with access to effective information and communications technology (ICT) resources and delivering effective professional development to teachers that enables successful integration of ICT into teaching and learning.

This project uses EarthWalk’s SmartCart™ mobile labs and rugged eBuddy™ wireless laptops. The labs are wheeled into classrooms so that teams of students with their teacher can work on the laptops without having to move to a fixed computer lab. Moving the computers to the students rather than move students to labs increases the amount of productive time spent with computers. The EarthWalk equipment were implemented into classroom at four different schools—two boys and two girls. Teachers at the schools have been trained in project-based learning using the EarthWalk mobile lab technology for accessing the Internet and for collaborative projects, research, and e-learning.

Please visit the ERfKE Support Project page to learn more about the Computer-on-Wheels Pilot.