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How Can We Protect Our Environment?
How can technology protect our environments and reduce carbon footprints? Explore student entry points, solar energy calculations, and nature-inspired solutions.
Empowering a Generation of Youth Innovators
In 2011, over 10,000 students from five continents acted as classroom think-tanks, designing technologies for public good and presenting their Manifesto for Change to global decision-makers in Geneva.
10,000+ Student Ideas
What was World 2011?
World 2011 was a landmark global classroom metaconference. It invited school children aged 8-18 to design innovations addressing the world’s most pressing problems. Instead of treating young people as mere consumers of digital tools, this initiative engaged them as active creators. Through classrooms worldwide, students brainstormed, built prototypes, and challenged panels of international experts on key areas of information and communications technology (ICT).
Learn how classrooms participatedCentral Research Themes
Students structured their research, ideas, and prototypes around two critical global challenges:
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How Can We Alleviate Poverty And Hunger?
How can we leverage digital tools to secure clean water, improve agricultural yields, and address global hunger? Discover lesson ideas and student challenges.
Featured Student Stories
Read about campaign milestones, student experiences, and video pitches created during the metaconference.
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Summing up #world11kids: the ITU Telecom World 11 Metaconference
A summary of the incredible work done by over 10,000 students across the globe who researched, ideated, and prototyped solutions for global issues.
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Creative Writing: 2 Video Projects from Students in Iowa
Iowa students use creative writing and video projects to address global issues like hunger and clean water.
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Girls! Ever considered a career in technology?
ITU has launched a brand new Girls in ICT portal to encourage girls and young women to pursue opportunities in the technology industry.
Bring Innovation to Your Classroom
The World 2011 campaign proved that when students are given real responsibility, their learning becomes profound. Explore our structured frameworks for integrating global issues and technology design into school curricula.
Explore Classroom Frameworks