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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

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

The Reality of ICT in the Classroom Doesn’t Live Up to the Potential

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Tags: books, cognitive overload, Digital Divide, hyperlinks, Nick Carr, The Shallows
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 98820 Comments »2010-08-10+13%3A30%3A18Kevin_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

Do Computers and Internet Access at Home Reduce Student Test Scores?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Tags: Home Computers, Household Internet Access, Human Capital, Jacob Vigdor, Low-Income Students, North Carolina, Ofer Malamud, Romania, Test Scores
Posted in Educational ICT at Home | 95219 Comments »2010-07-12+13%3A32%3A32wayan

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

Input Your Favorite Low-Cost ICT Device for Education Today!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Tags: ict education, ICT integration, ICT Tool, ICT4E, infoDev, Low-cost ICT, Quick Guide, World Bank
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 9313 Comments »2010-06-22+13%3A22%3A59wayan

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

What Low-cost ICT Devices are Available to Educators Today?

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Tags: Developing World, Education, ICT Devices, infoDev, low-cost, Netbooks, Quick Guide, slate tablet, Teacehrmate, World Bank
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 90311 Comments »2010-06-02+13%3A25%3A01wayan