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Entries Tagged "ICT4E"

The greatest challenge: starting with the solution, not the problem

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Tags: Curriculum, Feature Phones, FM Radio, Human Constraints, ICT in Schools, ICT interventions, ICT4D, ICT4E, ICT4EDU, Language, Literacy with ICT, low literacy, Market Failure, Samantha Burton, technology restrictions, Total Cost of Ownership
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 16 Comments »

Hardware Costs are not a Barrier for ICT Use in Literacy and Reading

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Tags: Aakash, Basic literacy, digital curriculum, e-reader, Early Grade Reading Assessment, eBooks, Evaluations, Grand Challenge, Hardware, ICT, ICT intervention, ICT4E, ICT4EDU, ipad, kindle, Laptop, literacy, OLPC, Plan Ceibal, Reading, Reading ICT, Reading Skills, Tablet, TCO, Total Cost of Ownership, UbiSlate, USAID, Vital Wave Consulting
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 4 Comments »

Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Tags: appropriate hardware, Content, Developing World, eBooks, Human Constraints, ICT infrastructure, ICT tools, ICT4E, literacy, Market Failure, Primary Schools, Reading, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading ICT, Software, Technology
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 10 Comments »

Improving Reading Skills Through Personalizing Literacy Instruction

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Tags: adaptive materials, Charles Callis, Early Reading Program, ICT4E, Individualized Instruction, personalized literacy instruction, Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, remediation, repetition, Waterford Early Learning, Waterford Institute
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 2 Comments »

What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools?

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Tags: Accountability, Ethiopia, Global Education Strategy, ICT4E, Primary School, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, RFP, Technology, Transparency, USAID
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 10 Comments »

Making Interactive Radio Instruction Truly Interactive with Community Radio and Mobile Phones

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Tags: Amazon, Community Radio, Curriculum, EDC, ICT4E, Interactive, Interactive Radio Instruction, IRI, Literacy Bridge, Mary Myers, Mobile Phones, Revi Sterling, WiFi Phones
Posted in Open Discussion | No 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, nook, slide2learn, students, Teachermate, Teachers
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 32 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 »

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 | 16 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 | 15 Comments »