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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

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

Groups and Grandma: Home Computer Use Boosters

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Tags: Biotechnology, Ethan Zuckerman, Grandmothers, Group Learning, Hole in the Wall, Inida, Professor Sugata Mitra, Self Organised Learning Environments, Shared Computing, Skype, SOLE, TedTalks
Posted in Educational ICT at Home | 9803 Comments »2010-07-19+13%3A30%3A58wayan

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

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

Wayan Vota: Technology in Schools, in Education, is Not Wasted

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Tags: FM Radio, ICT4E Assessment, Interactive Radio Instruction, IRI, Lesson Plans, Mobile Phones, Parent Teacher Association, Rote Learning, Spreadsheet, TV, Video, XO Laptop
Posted in Is ICT in Schools Wasted | 887No Comments »2010-05-20+13%3A42%3A14wayan

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