Women’s Empowerment through Mobile Technology Day 1

Who am I?  Independent Entrepreneur  Artist Artist  Arts advocate Arts advocate  Filmmaker & App designer Filmmaker & App designer  salty snack studios  Tonette Time Tonette Time

Stinky Maps Stinky Maps & The Book of Answers The Book of Answers

Who are you? & What are your goals?  Individual  Mother, Daughter, Wife, Sister  Organizer  Do you (your organization) have a website?  Do you have a blog?  Do you have a social network site?  Do you have a web application?  Do you have a mobile application?

Plan for the week  Demonstrate basic mobile tech  Show apps for personal, work and community use  Introduce apps to empower individual and community  Give tips to coordinate making an app

What is Powder Puff?  Definition : a traditionally male activity or event done or played by women  Example: Powder–puff Football

What is it when women command technology?women command technology  I call it Geek Puff!  It’s more than just mimicking boys/men.  Bring women’s concerns to technology.  See

iPod Touch Device Case Cable Charger Headphones

Get started Taps Swipes Pinching Home button

Tips & Tricks Video  Scroll to top  Domain Resolution  Domain Suffix Insertion  Hyperlink Options  Hot Corners  Quick Punctuation  Force Quit Apps

Personalize  Settings  Wifi ON or OFF?  Contact Information  Enter your name, address, , organization’s URL and Skype username  Camera  Take picture of yourself and add to your contact info

What is an App? What does that mean?

What is a Desktop Application ?  software installed on a single computer (laptop or a desktop ) and used to perform specific tasks  EX: Photoshop, GIMP & Word GIMP

What is a Web Application ?  an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet  e.org e.org  WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO

What is an SMS Application ?  Short Message Service (Texting)  Transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or IP address.  Messages must be no longer than 160 alpha- numeric characters and contain no images or graphics.

M-PESA  Mobile Money Transfer service  An SMS App  WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO  By Innovation.Org Innovation.Org

What is a Mobile Application ?  Also called an “App”  Software that can run on a mobile device that will allow the device to perform specific tasks that are typically restricted to a desktop computer.  Everything on your iPod Touch is an App.

What is Crowdsourcing ?  See CrowdSourcing.org CrowdSourcing.org  WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO  Ushahidi Ushahidi  Swahili for “Witness”  WATCH USHAHIDI VIDEO WATCH USHAHIDI VIDEO

Why use mobile technology?

It’s Everywhere  “Half of India’s homes have cellphones, but not toilets” “Half of India’s homes have cellphones, but not toilets” It’s Personal  On your person, convenient and intimate.

More phones than toothbrushes!

Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool 1.Banking 2.Activism  Report Violence Mobile ActiveMobile Active 3.Education  Watch Video Watch Video  Mxit Website Mxit Website  MoMath by Nokia MoMath  Watch Video Watch Video

Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool, cont.  4. Entertainment  5. Disaster Management  Refugees United Refugees United  Simple: Profile & Search  7 languages

Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool, cont. more.  6. Agriculture  iCow iCow  WATCH VIDEO WATCH VIDEO  7. Health  Tackle Counterfeit Medicine in Africa

iPeriod App Breast exam reminders Family planning Track symptoms Private/password protected

Any other reason to use Mobile Technology?

Bump App A Virtual Business Card. Watch video demo.

“A phone without a phone”

Using Mobile Technology Personal Professional For doing good

Social Networks & Micro-Blogging Apps How is Micro-Blogging different from Social Networks?

MOBILE Social Networking & Microblogging  Brief, fast and powerful by design  Immediate  Show others what you are seeing and doing in the moment  See and hear what others are doing right away  Get Answers  Wherever you are  Whenever you need them

Facebook Personal, Professional OR BOTH Driven by Who you know Event Promotion Product Promotion

Linked In Professional & Social Who you know Who your colleagues know

Twitter What you know Lightweight 140 characters or less

Blogger App Post to a blog from your mobile device Tonette Time Cambodia Blogging Summit Cambodia Blogging Summit

Micro-Blogging Apps more Tumblr Posterous Cowbird Pinterest

Homework on iPod Touch before next class do this:  Take Pictures  Set up Facebook accounts  Find Reading Materials

Geek Puff Inspiration The Bionic Woman See More Hear Further Be Faster Geek Puff is cheaper than surgery and more fun!