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How Can Educational ICT be Relevant to the Poorest of the Poor?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

Tags: Educational ICT, EduTech, Gaurav Tiwari, NEPAD e-Schools, Poor, socio-economic background
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | 1 Comment »

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 »

Tablets are Good, Content is Better, and Teachers are the Best Educational ICT Investment

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Tags: African Populations, Apple, Chalk and Talk, Content, eBooks, ICT in Education, iOs, ipad, slide2learn, tablet pc, Teacher Training, Wikipedia
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 17 Comments »

Is Teacher Training the Solution to Better ICT Usage in Education?

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Tags: Assessment Drives Instruction, Canadian Education Association, Economy of Scale, ICT, ICT4E, Mid-Adaptor, Professional Development, School Board
Posted in Teacher Training | 3 Comments »

Is Teacher Training the Solution to Better ICT Usage in Education?

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Tags: ict education, in-service training, Teacher Engagement, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Productivity, Teacher Support, Teacher Training
Posted in Teacher Training | 15 Comments »

The question is not whether, but how ICT can be useful in education

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Tags: Athens, Constructivist, Debate, Drill, Educational Technology, happiness, health, ICT4E, Lycurgus, Socrates, Sparta, Teacher Productivity, Virtual Classroom, Wealth
Posted in ICT in Schools | 17 Comments »

3 Reasons Why Sloppy Thinking Leads to Careless Educational ICT

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Tags: Careless Policymaking, Disruptive Innovations, Failure of Computers, Internet Access, Liberating Learning, magical thinking, Sloppy Thinking, Technological Enthusiasts
Posted in ICT in Schools | 9 Comments »

Are ICT investments in schools an education revolution or fool’s errand?

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Tags: Childrens Machine, Claudia Urrea, Cristobal Cobo, Flickering Mind, ICT4E, Kentaro Toyama, Larry Cuban, Lowell Monke
Posted in ICT in Schools | 9 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 »

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 | 3 Comments »