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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

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

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

Sam Carlson: There is Enormous Wastage in the Implementation of Education Technology for Schools

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Tags: Board Exams, CBSE, Examination System, ICT Literacy, Iterative Training, Sam Carlson, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Teacher Training, World Bank India, World Links
Posted in Is ICT in Schools Wasted | 8788 Comments »2010-05-18+13%3A12%3A56wayan

English in Action Across Bangladesh

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Tags: Bangladesh, Cluster Meetings, English in Action, English Language, ICT4E, MP3, Teacher Training, Teaching Qualification
Posted in ICT Tools for South Asia | 7695 Comments »English+in+Action+Across+Bangladesh2010-04-16+13%3A10%3A10wayan

Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) Improves Indian Student Learning

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Tags: English, India, Interactive Radio Instruction, Kannada, Life Skills, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Tamil, Technology Tools for Teaching, Telugu
Posted in ICT Tools for South Asia | 7602 Comments »2010-04-12+13%3A17%3A30wayan