The Granny Cloud StoryLooking Forward

18th Feb. 2016 at A4 - Phaltan

School in the Cloud - Granny CloudIndia Convention

Suneeta Kulkarni

The Beginning

May 2009 & before

OGEF ProjectHyderabad & Shirgaon

Has anything really changed?

The Challenge

• Lack of English skills• Limited computer

skills• Limited ‘on ground’

support / apathetic schools

The Lean PeriodWhere was the Granny Cloud?

• KHELGHAR• NEELBAGH• GLC• RWADI• NEHS• PSS• Villa Mayor

Why were these locations/organizations taken on in the Granny Cloud ?

Current ScenarioPresence of The Granny

Cloud in SinC labs

• A0 Gocharan• A1 Korakati• A2 Chandrakona• A3 Kalkaji• A4 Phaltan

Presence of The Granny Cloud outside SinC

• India – GLC Varanasi / Khelghar Pune / QUEST Wada / NEHS Panchgani

• Greenland – Kangaamiut / Atammik Nuka

• Mexico – Julian Carillo• USA – SOLE NYC

DORMANT• Colombia• Cambodia

Granny PresenceCurrent & Over the years

• Numbers• Grannies across the globe!

• Lab/centre locations

Challenges: Using the Granny Cloud

Technology connectivity Websites

Target group characteristics always new children unfamiliar languages absence of computer related skills

Challenges & Strategies Challenges

• Time zones • Maintenance-Sustainability • Child Protection • Retention of Grannies

Potential Strategies• Granny Support: FB /

email or DM / skype peer chats / local coordinator

• Granny Clusters

Supporting new centres

Going Forward…Who is the Granny Cloud

For?How will disadvantaged status / remoteness be determined ?

What’s the case for apparently advantaged locations?

Going Forward…

What will the Granny Cloud have to be careful about?

• Orientation/approach of grannies to skype sessions

• Sharing information about children

• Ensuring shared vision re purpose

Going Forward… 2 What strategies will be

needed as the Granny Cloud grows?

• Granny Recruitment & Support Process

• User [Granny] Friendly website & communication tools

• Granny Clusters• Protective

measures [children & Grannies]

• Asynchronous interaction

YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!