This is a project that will help to narrow the digital divide and demonstrate the potential of online education tools when used on a safe, global platform. More information about the Jubilee Time Capsule here: www.Jubileetimecapsule.org At the Thai Cyber University International E-Learning Conference 2012 i will share with conference how the Jubilee Time Capsule has demonstrated the potential of on-line educational tools.

1. The Commonwealth Jubilee Time Capsule
The digital archive of The Queen’s reign – 1952 to 2012
Capsool Limited, Registered in England
and Wales
Company Registration Number: 6269648

2. In March 2012 a unique digital time
capsule will be launched to
commemorate HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s
Diamond Jubilee.
Taking the form of a people’s history,
people from all over the Commonwealth
will make entries relating to their lives,
communities and nations over the last 60
years.
Capsool is working in partnership with
the Royal Commonwealth Society to
create this unique project.
The time capsule will exist in a number of
forms;
- An online repository for public access
- An open source archive of the
Commonwealth’s history
- A unique digital gift for The Queen
The capsule and archive are one of a
number of official projects being run as
part of the Diamond Jubilee
celebrations.

3. India, the second most populous country in the
world, the world’s biggest democracy and tenth
fastest growing economy in 2009.
Canada, the world’s second largest nation by
geographical area, Vancouver listed as the
The Commonwealth is potentially the
fourth highest standard of living in the world
world’s most exciting network, consisting
of fifty-four diverse nations.
Trinidad & Tobago, petrol and gas economy
From Antigua & Barbuda through to famous for carnival and the birthplace of
Canada, Cyprus, Malta, St Lucia, India,
Kenya, Australia and the United Kingdom.
steelpan, calypso, soca, and limbo.
The Commonwealth is a fabulous and
remarkable network, tied by schools
exchange, common language, common The United Kingdom, current seat of the
human values, history and aspiration. Commonwealth Secretariat and home to the
Monarch.
54 nations.
2,100,000,000 people. Australia, ranked 2nd for quality of life in the world
by the 2010 Human Development Index.
290,000,000 Internet users.
21,915 days.
1 digital archive for the global
South Africa, a land of eleven official languages,
celebration.
three capital cities and post-apartheid
Our project is not limited to democracy.
Commonwealth residents, but anyone
who has lived in a Commonwealth
country, or is a citizen of one of the New Zealand, ranked 3rd for quality of life in the
member countries. 2010 Human Development Index, with Auckland
ranked 4th best city by Mercer.

4. Antigua & Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize
Botswana Brunei Darussalam Cameroon Canada Cyprus Dominica
Fiji Islands The Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana India
The Commonwealth
Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia
Maldives Malta Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru
New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia St Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore
The Commonwealth is potentially the
world’s most exciting network, consisting
of fifty-four diverse nations. Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Vanuatu Zambia

5. Contributors will be asked to contribute photos and video, or
write a story reflecting what happened in their family,
community or country on a particular day in the last 60 years.
Prizes will be awarded for the best regional entries, the best
under 25 entries and in overall categories, before the sealed
time capsule is presented to The Queen on Commonwealth
Day 2012 (12 March).
After March 2012 the material will be safely secured online in
the Commonwealth Jubilee Archive, and offline in teaching
A digital, online time capsule made up of materials for schools created by the RCS.
content generated by people around the
Commonwealth. It will be presented to
Queen Elizabeth II.
The capsule will be built in the Capsool.com digital time
Contributors will submit content relating capsule system.
to one of the 21,915 days between the
Queen’s ascension in 1952 and the
Jubilee in 2012. At Capsool.com we are building the world’s time capsule, one
person and one story at a time. We focus on the emotional
It will be a large and diverse archive
about people, places and events.
connections between people, reflected in the media we create
around our life events.
Initially, it will be focused upon a network
of schools but will later be open to wider
public participation. All life is here. And it won’t be forgotten.
This is a project that will help to narrow
the digital divide and demonstrate the
It is a unique social network that adds in the crucial elements
potential of online education tools when that all the rest have forgotten. Time and emotion.
used on a safe, global platform.