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02/02/2010

Innovative aid meetings – CrisisCamp Haiti; The European Environment Agency's new online climate observatory; Apple's iPad – dawn of an era or yawn of the year?; teaching with technology in Lesotho.

Clark Boyd reports on worldwide online communities' aid meetings – CrisisCamp Haiti, the latest being held in Montreal; Jay Mukuro speaks with the developers of the European Environment Agency's new online climate observatory – Eye on Earth, which aims to combine academic data with local citizens' assessments; BBC's Mark Ward and Gareth Mitchell squeeze the pips of Apple's iPad; and ahead of next week's education-and-technology-themed programme, Gareth chats with the Moliehi Sekese, winner of 2009's Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards about teaching ecology with technology in Lesotho.

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Chapters

  • CrisisCamp Haiti

    Clark Boyd discusses the latest “CrisisCamp Haiti” held in Montreal, Canada, where a range of skills were pitted together to innovate help for Haiti.

    Duration: 05:47

  • Eye on Earth

    Jay Mukuro reports from Brussels on a partnership to create an online climate observatory - Eye on Earth - to blend academic data with local EU citizen's contributions.

    Duration: 06:38

  • iPad Launch

    Is it an underpowered laptop? Is it an oversized iPod? Digital Planet discusses the iPad, the latest glitzy product launched by Apple last week.

    Duration: 06:56

  • Moliehi Sekese

    Moliehi Sekese, teacher at Mamoeketsi Primary School in Lesotho, talks about her award-winning innovative use of technology in teaching ecology.

    Duration: 05:54

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  • Tue 2 Feb 201010:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 2 Feb 201015:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 2 Feb 201020:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Wed 3 Feb 201001:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online

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