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How Can Educational ICT be Relevant to the Poorest of the Poor?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

Tags: Educational ICT, EduTech, Gaurav Tiwari, NEPAD e-Schools, Poor, socio-economic background
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | 1 Comment »

How Can Cultural Heritage and Language Be Preserved via ICT?

Monday, July 8th, 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, culture preservation, Education, ICT, ICT4E, Languages, Unesco
Posted in Cultural Heritage | Comments Off on How Can Cultural Heritage and Language Be Preserved via ICT?

All 1-to-1 ICT4E Programs Around the World and Evaluation Metrics For Them

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Tags: 1-to-1 computing, Classmate PC, croudsourcing, donor agencies, Global list, governments, ICT4E, ICT4E Deployments, laptop programs worldwide, Laptops, Netbooks, NGOs, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, tablets, XO Laptop
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 7 Comments »

Where is the Focus of OLPC in Peru and ICT4E in General?

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Tags: Arahuay, Carmen Strigel, children, early reading, explicit objectives, extreme poverty, focus, ICT for Education, ICT4E, IDB, intervention planning, Monitoring and evaluation, OLPC Peru, pedagogical support, rigorous, Specific problems, Student achievement, students, systematic
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 4 Comments »

What Do OLPC Peru Results Mean for ICT in Education?

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Tags: Amos Cruz, ICT4E, ICT4E Assessment, IDB Stuy, Netbooks, OLPC, OLPC Deployment, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, One to One, pedagogical application, pedagogical support, randomized control trial, Technology Salon, Uruguay, Walter Bender, XO Deployment
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 2 Comments »

We Need More Teacher-Centered Solutions in ICT for Literacy

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Tags: adaptive test, artificial intelligence, Classroom teacher, ESL, fluency level, ICT Tool, language tools, phonemic awareness, phonics, reading adoption, reading comprehension, student confidence, Teacher-Centered Solutions, Toni Maraviglia, vocabulary words
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 5 Comments »

Hardware Costs are not a Barrier for ICT Use in Literacy and Reading

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Tags: Aakash, Basic literacy, digital curriculum, e-reader, Early Grade Reading Assessment, eBooks, Evaluations, Grand Challenge, Hardware, ICT, ICT intervention, ICT4E, ICT4EDU, ipad, kindle, Laptop, literacy, OLPC, Plan Ceibal, Reading, Reading ICT, Reading Skills, Tablet, TCO, Total Cost of Ownership, UbiSlate, USAID, Vital Wave Consulting
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 4 Comments »

Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Tags: appropriate hardware, Content, Developing World, eBooks, Human Constraints, ICT infrastructure, ICT tools, ICT4E, literacy, Market Failure, Primary Schools, Reading, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading ICT, Software, Technology
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 10 Comments »

The Bottom of the Pyramid needs Reading ICT Solutions too

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Tags: English Language, Flash Cards, Hindi Alphabet, illiterate women, India, Laubach, Literacy Program, Local Languages, Reading ICT, Reading Skills, Tara Akshar, Victor Lyons, Video Game, Writing Books
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 4 Comments »

ABCs and ICTs: Delivering Scale and Value with a Whole Class Learning Solution

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Tags: Columbia University, CyberSmart Africa, Earth Institute, ICT, infrared pen, Interactive White Board, national curriculum, netbook, Professional Development, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading Skills, SMS, Teacher Training, Total Cost of Ownership, USAID Senegal, video projector, whole-class learning
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 10 Comments »