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Parents, Mentors, Society Matter Most for Girls to Enjoy ICT

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Tags: Clayton R Wright, Ed Gable, gender balance, girls, ICT, Ingotian, mentors, parents, Stephen Lockyer
Posted in Gender Equality in ICT Education | 1 Comment »

5 Key Barriers to Educational Technology Adoption in the Developing World

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Tags: Clayton R Wright, Electrical Power, Internet Connectivity, Sustainability, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Value Teachers
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | 44 Comments »

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 »

Math4Mobile: Design & Implementation Challenges

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Tags: collaborative thinking, computerized tools, Fit2Go, Graph2Go, Math Education, math4mobile, Mathematics, Mobile Phones, Quad2Go, Sketch2Go, VisualMath
Posted in Affordable Technology | Comments Off on Math4Mobile: Design & Implementation Challenges

Partners in Learning Network: Trials and Triumphs

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Tags: African Teaching Community, courseware, curricula guidelines, Microsoft, Partners in Learning Network, PiLN, Windows Live ID
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | Comments Off on Partners in Learning Network: Trials and Triumphs

Technologies for Learning vs. Learning about Technology

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Tags: Costa Rica, El Silencio, Home Learning, Microworlds, Seymour Papert, Student Learning, Student Ownership, Teacher Engagement, Technology Adoption, Technology Fluency
Posted in ICT in Schools | 25 Comments »

There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good Education

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Tags: 9 Myths of ICT4E, Computers, Educational Outcomes, EduTech Hubris, ICT4E, Justified Educational Technology, TCO, Teacher Training, Technology Cycle, Total Cost of Ownership
Posted in ICT in Schools | 158 Comments »

10 Global Trends in ICT and Education for 2010 and Beyond

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Tags: 1:1 Computing, 2010 Trends, Cloud Computing, Gaming, Horizon Report, ICT4E, Learning Spaces, Mobile Learning, Open Content, Robert Hawkinds, Teacher Mentors, Ubiquitous Learning
Posted in 2010 ICT4E Trends | 6 Comments »

Female ICT Role Models, on TV and YouTube too!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Tags: ICT, ICT4D, Inveneo, Krisitin Peterson, Role Model, TV, YouTube
Posted in Gender Equality in ICT Education | 3 Comments »

Women Succeed in ICT with Parents and Role Models

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Tags: AT&T, career path, Carly Fiorina, Carol Bartz, Glass Ceiling, karen coppock, Margaret Whitman, Mathematician, NASA, parents, telcom industry
Posted in Gender Equality in ICT Education | 5 Comments »