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You May Eat Too Much, But You Can Never Know Too Much

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Tags: Flynn effect, hyperlinks, Nick Carr, Rob van Son, television
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 1081No Comments »2010-08-31+15%3A51%3A19Kevin_Donovan

Book-Poor, but Mobile Phone-Rich? Look to M-Novels

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Tags: books, Connectivity, distraction, Kontax, mobiles, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 10712 Comments »2010-08-26+13%3A30%3A19Kevin_Donovan

New Media Is the Future, Let’s Make the Most of It

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Tags: Ines Dussel, Latin America, new media, Nick Carr, Pedagogy
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 10412 Comments »2010-08-24+13%3A31%3A48Kevin_Donovan

Deep Thoughts or Deep Prejudices?

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Tags: m-novel, m4Lit, Marion Walton, mobile literacies, MXit, Nick Carr, Shuttleworth Foundation
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 10132 Comments »Deep+Thoughts+or+Deep+Prejudices%3F2010-08-17+13%3A30%3A37Kevin_Donovan

Does Google Make Us Stupid? Attention, Thoughtfulness and Literacy in the Networked Age

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Tags: books, Digital Divide, Gutenberg divide, ICT Literacy, Ines Dussel, Marion Walton, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 99013 Comments »2010-08-02+13%3A30%3A44Kevin_Donovan

Frameworks for Interpreting the Romania and North Carolina Home Computer Use Studies

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Tags: Change, Curriculum, English, Learning, Literacies, Math, North Carolina, OLPC, Power, Romania, Technology
Posted in Educational ICT at Home | 9711 Comment »2010-07-15+13%3A22%3A25wayan

Let’s Focus on Educational Media, Not ICT Devices

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Tags: $10 Computer, 8-bit computer, Copyrights, Derek Lomas, Digital Educational Media, Intellectual Property, Millee, NYU, Oregon Trail, Playpower, Video Games
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 9378 Comments »2010-06-24+13%3A34%3A30wayan

TeacherMate: Individualized, Teacher-Assisted Instruction

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Tags: Handheld Device, Individualized Instruction, Innovations for Learning, K-12 Basic Education, Seth Weinberger, Teacher Support, Teachermate
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 9208 Comments »2010-06-15+13%3A39%3A06wayan

One Mouse Per Child: Simultaneous Participatory Educational Interaction

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Tags: Chile, Intelligent Tutoring System, Miguel Nussbaum, One Mouse per Child, Participatory Interactions, Pedagogy, Pointing Device, Power Point
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 9118 Comments »2010-06-08+13%3A30%3A03wayan

Closing Statements on: Are ICT Investments in Schools Wasted?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Tags: Ashish Garg, Atanu Dey, Benjamin Vergel De Dios, Inida, Live Debate, Robert Lattimore, Sam Carlson, Tim Kelly, Wayan Vota
Posted in Is ICT in Schools Wasted | 8951 Comment »2010-05-25+13%3A30%3A07wayan