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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 »

What is the Potential Impact of the iPad, Kindle, and other Tablet Computers in Education?

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Tags: administrator, children, Classroom, Developing World, Education, ICT4E, ipad, kindle, Learning, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, nook, slide2learn, students, Teachermate, Teachers
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 32 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

Technology in Education is Classist

Monday, May 27th, 2013

Tags: Affordable Private Schools, edtech tolerance, EduTech, ICT4E, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technologies, private schools, public schools, SMS, Technology
Posted in Public vs Private Schools | Comments Off on Technology in Education is Classist

Will MOOC Technology Break the Education Cartel?

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Tags: Apple Educator, Clay Christensen, Jonathan Nadler, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, OLPC, Pandora, World Reader
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | Comments Off on Will MOOC Technology Break the Education Cartel?

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 »

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 »

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 »

African NRENs can expand educational opportunities across education sectors

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Tags: African NREN, ASREN, cyberinfrastructure, HDTV, Information Age, IPv6, KENET, Middleware, NREN, Peering, RENU, telepresence, TENET, UbuntuNet Alliance, Xnet
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | 3 Comments »