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ICT and the Early Grade Reading Assessment: From Testing to Teaching

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Tags: Android, assessment software, Carmen Strigel, continuous assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, data collection, Early Grade Reading Assessment, EGRA, Ethiopia, ipad, iProSurveyor, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile ICT Device, Mobile Phones, RTI International, Tablet
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 5 Comments »

Should We Shift ICT4E Assessments From Technology to Adoption?

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Tags: Change Management, Clayton R Wright, Educational Ecosystems, ICT4E, John LeBaron, Mary Hooker, Rob van Son, Socio-Cultural Context
Posted in Assessing ICT4E Evaluations | 12 Comments »

Stop Wasting Children with ICT4E Assessments

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Tags: Assessments, benefits, Computers, David Hestenes, Evaluations, Free Software, ICT4E, PISA Scores, Rob van Son
Posted in Assessing ICT4E Evaluations | 20 Comments »

ICT4E Assessments Help Avoid Wasteful Tragedy

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Tags: Assessment, GeSCI, Global e-Schools and Community Initiative, grammar of schooling, ICT integration, ICT4E, M&E Research, Mary Hooker, Patti Swarts, Robert Kozma, Tim Unwin, Wasteful Tradegy
Posted in Assessing ICT4E Evaluations | 4 Comments »

The Makerere E-Learning Experience Providing Professional Development to Academics

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Tags: African Virtual University, assessment methods, Intellectual Property Laws, LMS, Makerere University, Online Education, Provision of Content, Quality Assurance Framework, Sub Saharan Africa, Tito O.OKUMU, Uganda
Posted in Teacher Professional Development | 3 Comments »

Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Tags: 2014, Clayton R Wright, Conference, EduTech, event
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | Comments Off on Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

We Should Celebrate Educational Technology in Affordable Private Schools

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Tags: Affordable Private Schools, Affordable Technology, APS, Educational Technology Debate, ICT4E, India, Indian Schools, Private School, tablets
Posted in Public vs Private Schools | Comments Off on We Should Celebrate Educational Technology in Affordable Private Schools

Mobiles For Teaching And Learning: Translating Theory into Practice

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Tags: measurement of learning, mEducation, microlearning, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Mobile Teaching, multimedia learning, Sarah Pouezevara, Teachers, technocentric
Posted in Mobile Teaching | 1 Comment »

Distance Education Should Be a Viable Solution to Create Quality Teaching

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Tags: asynchronous communication, Distance Education for Teacher Training, high-quality teacher, high-quality teaching, instructional skills, Learning Outcomes, Mary Burns, Online Learning, predictor of student achievement
Posted in Distance Education for Teachers | 1 Comment »

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 »