Dell hosts a roundtable on education & technology
15th May 2012

Dell hosted a roundtable in conjunction with Apps for Good, the brainchild of non-profit organisation Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) Europe, on Tuesday 15th May 2012 at The Hoxton Apprentice in London. The Apps for Good initiative, which develops talented and employable young people by running courses on creating mobile and Facebook applications (apps), has grown from its first pilot course with 9 unemployed young people aged 16-25 in South London to launching in more than 40 schools across England within 2 years. By bringing together a mix of technology journalists, educators and entrepreneurs and key Dell employees involved with education, social good and young people, the roundtable - hosted by CDI Trustee Charles Leadbetter, a leading authority on innovation and creativity - hopes to reach out to a wider audience of partners, schools and experts to expand the Apps for Good initiative.

About Apps for Good

'Apps for Good' is the brainchild of non-profit organisation Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) Europe, part of the CDI global network. In partnership with Dell, and supported by people and businesses in techonology and the creative world including O2, ThomsonReuters and Ogilvy, Apps for Good develops talented and employable young people by running courses on creating mobile and Facebook applications (apps). The courses are run by Apps for Good, its affiliates and partners with significant input from industry experts with access to Apps for Good resources available on an open source basis.

Apps for Good aims to:

• Ignite a passion for technology and social enterprise in young people in the UK
• Encourage young people to use technology to tackle problems for social good
• Increase the entrepreneurial skills and confidence of young people
• Bridge the gap between young people and the business networks and knowledge that can help them
• Build a connected world of young people, business volunteers and educators, inspiring each other to solve problems and succeed through the wonders of mobile technology

During the Apps for Good course, students go through an entrepreneurial process identifying what is wrong with their world before designing a way of fixing it with a mobile app. The course gives young people a foundation in entrepreneurship, community involvement, problem-solving and team work as well as design and some technical skills.

Visit www.appsforgood.org for further information.

To become a partner visit http://appsforgood.org/course/partner-interest-form/ (closes on 31st May 2012).

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