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OLPC Showed Childrens Computer Security is Possible

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Tags: Authentication, Bitfrost, Child Safety, Cyber Security, firewall, Ivan Krstić, malware, OLPC Security Model, Porn, security, Winter
Posted in One Laptop Per Child Impact | 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

Creating Indigenous Language Content with Universal Design In Early Literacy

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Tags: Content, iLearn4Free, Indigenous Language, Isabelle Duston, Linguistic Context, Malagasy, Multicultural Approach, Papiamento, social enterprise, Universal Design
Posted in Open Discussion | 6 Comments »

Learning with Mobile Devices Somewhere Near the Bottom of the Pyramid

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Tags: Africa, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Base of the Pyramid, Funders, ICT, John Traxler, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Pilots, Policy Makers, South Africa
Posted in Affordable Technology | 4 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 »

NREN Impact: Reflections based on the INTERNET2 experience

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Tags: Africa-wide REN, BTOP, Community Anchor Network, High-Speed Network, Internet2, k20 Initiative, Kabul University, NREN, public key infrastructure, SEGP, USA, USHER
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | Comments Off on NREN Impact: Reflections based on the INTERNET2 experience

EMIS opportunities and challenges for mobile data collection and dissemination

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Tags: Broadband, EMIS, GATHER, Ghana, GIS, ITU, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, Mobiles4Dev, PDA, Shem Bodo, SMS, Text Message, Uganda
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 11 Comments »

Teacher Training on ICT Cannot Be a One-Time Event

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Tags: AED, CBAM, Classroom Usage, Concerns Based Adoption Model, Laura Hosman, Macedonia, Macedonia Connects, Maja Cvetanoska, Ministry of Educational Development, multi-disciplinarity, Pedagogy, Teacher Training, Technological Expertise
Posted in Teacher Training | 4 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 »

What is reasonable to expect from information and communication technologies in education?

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Tags: Constructionist, ICT4E, Multi-Grade Classroom, OECD, OLCP Peru, One Laptop Per Child, Oscar Becerra, Papert, pedagogical approach, Teacher Resourc Centers
Posted in Computer Configurations for Learning | 14 Comments »