Learning activity 1 planning and conceptualizing an ict project for social change
ICT can enable disadvantaged individuals and communities to participate in the national and global policy decisions that can change their lives and empower them to take actions that can financially, socially, and politically benefit them.
Planning – involves the following task :
Conceptualizing:
Before starting your project, your group should be able to do the necessary paperwork. This allows experts to see if your project is doable over the time frame that was given and if it is significant enough to be made into reality.
A concept paper is a document used to convince a panel of potential funders to help a product, program, or service to become a reality.
There are five elements of a concept paper:
1.Introduction-includes tour group’s mission and vision and a brief introduction of your project.
Purpose-includes the reasons why this project is worth your group and your sponsor’s time, effort and money.
3.Description-includes all the necessary information about the project. In ICT, it involves the sites you are going to produce and the purpose of each and how they work in unison.
4.Support-contains the budget needed for the project. Some concept papers do not specify any amount requested from the sponsor.
5.Contact information-includes information on how the group be contacted.
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