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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 »

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 »

Open Educational Resources Expand Educational Inequalities

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Tags: blog, educational inequalities, Gates Foundation, Graduate School of Education, Harvard, Hewlett Foundation, Honors Students, inequality, John Rawls, Justin Reich, Khan Academy videos, multimedia publications, National Science Foundation, OER, open educational resources, pedagogical models, social technology, Wealthy Schools, wiki
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 19 Comments »

Which Low-Cost Laptop is Best for Education?

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Tags: Apple, Asus, Asus EeePC, Classmare PC, Educational Ecosystem, Form Factor, Intel, ipad, Low Power Computers, Low-cost ICT, mEducation, mLearning, OLCP, One Laptop Per Child, Vital Wave Consulting
Posted in Affordable Technology | 8 Comments »

Affordable Technologies for Supporting Learning and Collaboration in Africa

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Tags: Affordable Technology, eTransform Africa, ipad, Laptops, Mobile Phones, OLPC, Policy Makers
Posted in Affordable Technology | 16 Comments »

Eventually Tablets will Facilitate more Personalized and Interactive Learning

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Tags: Folding Keyboards, iOs, ipad, iPad Usage, K-12 schools, Laptop, mobile operating system, Netbooks, One to One, tablet pc, US school district
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 6 Comments »

Assessing the Impact of iPads on Education One Year Later

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Tags: App Market, Battery Life, Consumption Device, Educational Device, eTextbooks, GarageBand, Instant On, ipad, iPad Usage, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Sam Glicksman
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 13 Comments »

We Cannot Train More Teachers, We Must Empower Them with Technology

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Tags: Digitizing Textbooks, eBooks, ICT4E, India, OECD, OLPC, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Retraining Teachers, Teacher Mentors, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Training, Textbooks
Posted in Teacher Training | 20 Comments »

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 | 4 Comments »

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 | 10 Comments »