They (Asantehene (King of Asante kingdom) and his wife) went to Israel and saw the various CKCs in Israel and thought that will be a wonderful thing to implement in their kingdom- the Asante kingdom. So that made them decide to build four in different locations in the Ashanti region to train the citizens in IT and other related courses.
Having known a little about the history, let's dive into the week and its activities.
The event happened in the first week of July and was held for different audience and these audience were taught different Google products that will be suited to making them innovative, effective and efficient in doing their work. The event was for free. It was partnered by Google Web Academy and Appleseeds Academy.
The first day was for SMBs specifically SMIDO, a local organisation of auto mechanics and entrepreneurs who do car related jobs. They learnt about Gmail and all of them created their Google accounts,Drive to create inventories and manage their business, YouTube for advertisements (by making one to upload) and searching, Trader for creating listings about their products and services and Google + to manage their social networks. They were very appreciative of the gesture in that they got to know of the different uses of Google and that its not only a search engine.
The second day had Teachers and Educators. These were introduced to Drive using monitor their work, plan feedback forms, Gmail to control their mails and schedules with Calendar,YouTube to upload certain topics and Maps to aid and facilitate teaching. They also got to learn about using Google + as a means of managing their social networks and for educational purposes as well.
Then the third day was for Youth and Students and they learned how they could use Google products in their jobs as well as on the go. They created Gmail accounts, learned of Drive, YouTube and Google + which they enjoyed. They made YouTube videos where they danced azonto, al-qaeda! ...yes that's a dance name in GH, tip-toe and grind (I got to know of that dance on that day :)
I'll ask for permission from them and post one of the videos for us to see :-)The last day was for NGOs and they learnt how to use the cloud and Google's services i.e. Drive and Gmail to their advantage..to get a lot of people to know about their organisations and help a lot more people. They also learnt Google +, YouTube,Trader, Calendar and Maps.
It was a great week and I was glad I was a part of it to help put smiles on the faces of these people by motivating them with this event, and to help them get more out of their businesses and schools using Google products!http://youtu.be/zecYcr7QAaQ
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