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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 »

Does Google Make Us Stupid? Attention, Thoughtfulness and Literacy in the Networked Age

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Tags: books, Digital Divide, Gutenberg divide, ICT Literacy, Ines Dussel, Marion Walton, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 16 Comments »

Technology in School Education: To Outsource ICT or Not

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Tags: Gurumurthy Kasinathan, ICT infrastructure, India, IT@Schools, Karnataka, Kerala, Mahiti Sindhu, Outsourcing
Posted in ICT Tools for South Asia | 9 Comments »

Improving ICT Assessment in Education

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Tags: Digital Divide, Education Matrix, GeSCI, ICT Policy, Information Age, Mary Hooker, Morel’s Matrix, Status Quo
Posted in Assessing ICT4E Evaluations | 11 Comments »

Designing a sustaining and sustainable ICT4E initiative

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Tags: ICT4E, James BonTempo, Jhpiego, KSDACON, Minimum Standards for Teaching, Motivation, National Educational Technology Standards, Sustainability, Sustaining
Posted in ICT4E Sustainability | 4 Comments »

Key to ICT4E Sustainability: Cost-Benefit Analysis

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Tags: Atanu Dey, Berkeley, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Educational Ecosystem, Feedback Loop, India, interdependence, Maharashtra
Posted in ICT4E Sustainability | 5 Comments »

Girls ICT Skills Gap: What Can Be Done?

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Tags: e-Skills, European Comission, ICT Literacy, ICT Skills, ICT Tool, Networking Academy, TechCareer, Tinkquest
Posted in Gender Equality in ICT Education | 1 Comment »

Low-Cost ICT Devices Are Driving Proprietory and Open Education Resources

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Tags: Angus Scrimgeour, e-Books, eBooks, OER, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Proprietory Content
Posted in Creating Electronic Educational Content | 18 Comments »

Oscar Becerra on OLPC Peru’s Long-Term Impact

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Tags: 1:1 laptop, doomed to failure, Educational Resource Center, elementary school, Huascarán project, ict industry, ICT4E, Ministry of Education, OLPC, OLPC approach, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, Pedagogy Innovation, Peru, Primary School, Public school, Una laptop por nino, XO Laptop
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 25 Comments »

SchoolNet SA is Learning from Experience

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Tags: e-Education White Paper, ICT, ICT Leadership for Education Managers, Intel Teach, Janet Thomson, Microsoft, NOKIA MoMaths, Partners in Learning, Peer Coaching, SchoolNet, Student Help Desk, teacher technology, Teacher Training
Posted in Teacher Professional Development | 12 Comments »