MOBILE LEARNING LAB

The iSisters Mobile Learning Lab is a new project that will take iSisters' award-winning technology training workshops to young at-risk women in Ottawa in 2011-2012.  We will partner with two community organizations who offer shelter and drop in services to young women. 

The iSisters Mobile Learning Lab is featured in the

TELUS 2011 Community Affairs Page.

Breaking News!

iSisters has been awarded the TELUS 2011 Innovation

Award for our Mobile Lab project! 

September, 2011. 

TELUS Ottawa Community Board Chair, Arnie Vered and Shannon Gorman, Director Community Affairs present the Innovation Award to iSisters Board Member, Carolyn Scott.

August, 2011

Students learn how to build and design a website on an open source platform. 

At Tewegan House.

At Operation Come Home.

July, 2011

Accenture volunteers and iSisters staff unpack and

prepare the new laptops for our Mobile Lab launch.

Thanks to our funders TELUS, the Community Foundation of Ottawa, the City of Ottawa and Accenture for their generous support for this new project.

Backgrounder on the Mobile Learning Lab: 

It is a misconception that all young people by virtue of their age and generation are technologically literate. Digital literacy, computer skill development, internet access and its use are closely aligned through economic and cultural factors and those living on the margins, even in a technology rich society, are being left behind. Our partners in this project tell us that the young women accessing services in their shelters and drop-in centres have missed out on opportunities to learn technology skills. The iSisters Mobile Learning Lab Project will offer 21st Century technology skills to these young women in an effort to help them to move forward with their lives and lead them toward further training, education and employment.