We present our twice-monthly snapshot of interesting tweets in the technology for global development space. For up-to-the-minute updates from E4C on Twitter, please follow us at @Engineer4Change.
Why #sanitation should be sacred via @TheEconomist http://t.co/fabZt1xv4a
— Ned Breslin (@NedBreslin) April 23, 2014
“Poo matters,” The Economist says. Truer words…
Interesting MT @iana_aranda: School lessons aren’t useful for students. Better to swap trig & volcanoes w/car mechanics? #ASMEdialogues
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) April 24, 2014
This interesting take on school curricula was one of several thoughtful tweets from ASME’s Decision Point Dialogues. Thanks to E4C’s content strategist Iana Aranda.
Conclusion: Good value for the price RT @ICT_Works: How Does the New Haitian Sûrtab Tablet Measure Up? http://t.co/aPxdIRiQ1n #ict4d
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) April 18, 2014
ICTWorks reviews a new tablet manufactured in Haiti.
Good Q MT @amplesser: How do we give kids perseverance to solve hard problems? Neat, tidy 1hr outreach activities may be misleading #AskSWE
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) April 18, 2014
How to teach perseverance in solving hard engineering problems was one of the issues raised at the monthly tweet chat by the Society of Women Engineers.
.@poo2loo ‘s anti-open-defecation song is catchy. Nauseatingly catchy http://t.co/NtB1tPtKSW #WASH #sanitation
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) April 17, 2014
Does public education about the dangers of open defecation have to be this… gross? On the other hand, the song’s catchiness probably helps to remind people.
