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Poncelet Ileleji
Website: www.ymca.gm
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Personal Statement
Poncelet O. Ileleji, is a computer Scientist by Profession with 13 years in the field, for the last 10 years he has been involved with the use of ICT as a tool for sustainable development both as a lecturer and consultant for the Gambia YMCAs, where he his the coordinator of the computer training centre and digital studio.
He also oversees the sports unit of the Gambia YMCAs and is involved with a lot of development programs within the Gambia YMCAs, he coordinates the internship program for the Go Global program of the New York YMCAs that brings interns to serve in the computer centre of the Gambia YMCAs and also coordinates interns from the YM/YWCA of Sweden too and other international collaborative educational projects the Gambia YMCAs is involved in. He is also the ICCP recruiter (International YMCAs of New York International camp counselor program) for the Gambian YMCAs.
Poncelet is the country coordinator for the World Links program in the Gambia (www.world-links.org) whose pilot phase in Gambia ended in July 2005. He trained over a 500 teachers in use of ICT in teaching and learning through the world links program, in public senior secondary schools in Gambia between April 2001 and 2004 and got 47 teachers to complete the World Links e learning pilot project in the Gambia. Poncelet is also involved with School Net Africa since(www.schoolnetafrica.net) 2003, and coordinates two School Net Africa flagship program in the Gambia, namely Mtandao Afrika and Global Teenage Project.
He his a founding member of the Information Technology Association of the Gambia (www.itag.gm) a member of ISTE (www.iste.org) and is the national expert of the WSA expert panel for the Gambia (www.wsis-award.org/content/expertpanel.htm). Poncelet has also carried out several presentations and publications, on ICT and sustainable development, notably, The Internet and Africa from a sub Saharan perspective - Paper presentation at the Association For The Advancement Of Computing In Education (AACE) in Orlando , Florida - Nov 2001
He is also a member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
Poncelet is married with a son Poncelet Jr, educated in Nigeria, United Kingdom and the US. A keen reader, writer and sports enthusiast. A big fan and life support of Manchester United football club.
His major interest includes use of ICT in the classroom as a pedagogical tool for learning, content management, e learning and ICT uses as a tool for sustainable development.
Favourite Quote: - Dealing With Change
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent. But those most responsive to change". Charles Darwin"
ICT Interests
My experiences include training teachers on use of ICT in the classroom, under the world Links program in the Gambia, where am the country coordinator. I have also conducted principal's workshop on ICT usage in schools, carried out an e learning project for 100 teachers in the Gambia and coordinated use of HP Ipaq's for data collection under an EFA project.
I advise schools as as IT consultant for certain private schools on the use of ICT resources for both teaching and learning. I also introduced open source software to young people in the YMCA and belief in developing countries as long as professional development of technical people is done well, Open source is the key.
I have also done a lot of training on ICT and Gender with the Peace Corps in relation to classroom management.
As head of the computer Training Centre in the Gambia YMCAs, I also train young people on ICT and give customised ICT training top organisations like the Medical Research Council stations in the Gambia, As a CIE registered centre in the Gambia we run all CIE IT courses.
Apart from several publications I have done at conferences, workshops and paper presentations.
Recent Projects
Inventory management system for ICT resources in schools developed using open source software.
Concern Universal Office the Gambia ICT Infrastructure development for seven partnering NGO's of Concern Universal Gambia Office, project ongoing since early 2008
Advisory board member of Peace Corps Office the Gambia Education / ICT volunteers project April 2008 to 2011
Publications
¨ YMCA and the Environment – YMCA World Magazine – 1998
¨ The Internet and developing countries – Radio Interview on Radio Extrem Finland August 2000
¨ Using Information Technology to break the great digital divide between the West and Developing Countries focus on Women in IT using the YMCAs of Gambia Computer Training Centre – Presentation voices of change conference Homerton College – Sept 2000
¨ A National and Regional Asset – The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre - (Sept 2003, YMCA World Publication
¨ ICT and Gender Training Report For World Links – 2002 and 2003
¨ The Internet and Africa from a sub Saharan perspective – Paper presentation at the Association For The Advancement Of Computing In Education (AACE) in Orlando , Florida – 2001
¨ World Links Coordinators country Coordinators, Conferences, Washington DC, 2001,2002 and 2003
¨ ICT Assessment survey for the University of the Gambia (UOTG) – October 2005
¨ Participated in the World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) in Rome October – 2006
¨ Global Teenage Project Coordinators Conferences, Cairo, Egypt – September 2005
¨ SIDA, Sweden funded conference on Internship programs NGO’s partnering Swedish NGO’s , June 2006, Nairobi
¨ World Congress on Communication For Development Conference, FAO Headquarters, October 2006 Rome, Italy.
Lead trainer for local journalist on using the Internet as a tool for research funded by UNESCO Office in the Gambia, September 2007
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