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Convert simple phones to smartphones: free ebooks for simple mobile in Africa
Smartphone use is increasing dramatically in the Majority World. But for many poorer people who own mobiles or aspire to them, a simple phone is all they may afford for some years ahead.
So the new Worldreader system which turns these phones into smartphones of a sort, with cloud storage of ebooks, all accessed via the phone signal, is quite remarkable. Free ebooks can be placed in the hands of African school students, for instance.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7847
Total change: how digital communication is changes teens
Today's Western high school students are the first generation to have grown up with digital technology in their homes from birth. The first therefore to have their brains rewired, for better or worse, by 24/7 digital communication. This video and more detailed and insightful accompanying article give a stark picture of these changes.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4168
LWP - An Overview of Issues Affecting Evangelization in the United States
Major changes taking place in North America are affecting how Christians are engaging with those who do not believe and how they are perceiving the mandate to make disciples of all nations.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/lausannereports/942
LWP - University Student Mission with Slum Communities: Reflections After-the-Fact
The author reflects on how one trip to the garbage village in Cairo transformed lives, including his own
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/961
LWP - Introduction to Short-term Student Ministries with Slum Communities
This month, thousands of university students from the Global North will move into urban slum communities in the Global South to live alongside the poor.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/960