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Entries Tagged "Technology"

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

Building the Knowledge Base in Education and Technology

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Tags: Education, Eugenio Severín, ICT4E, Julian Cristia, Laptops, Latin America, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, randomized controlled trials, Santiago Cueto, Technology
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 2 Comments »

How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Content, free public education, free public libraries, ICT, OER, Open Education Resources, Open Learning Exchange, Richard Rowe, School BeLL, Teachers, technical infrastructure, Technology, Twenty-First Century skills
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 18 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 »

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 »

High Tech Society Requires a High Touch Childhood

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Tags: Acceptable Use Policies, Charlotte’s Webpage, Education Unplugged, Faustian bargain, ICT, Net Nannies, psychological counseling, Tech Time Out, Technology, The Future Does Not Compute, Understanding Media
Posted in ICT in Schools | 12 Comments »

Frameworks for Interpreting the Romania and North Carolina Home Computer Use Studies

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Tags: Change, Curriculum, English, Learning, Literacies, Math, North Carolina, OLPC, Power, Romania, Technology
Posted in Educational ICT at Home | 2 Comments »

Atanu Dey on Why Most Investments in Technology for Schools are Wasted

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Tags: Atanu Dey, Computers, Government Funds, Live Debate, Shakespeare, Taxpayer Money, Technical Solution, Technology
Posted in Is ICT in Schools Wasted | Comments Off on Atanu Dey on Why Most Investments in Technology for Schools are Wasted

We Need a Three-legged Stool of Content, Technology and People

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Tags: Content, courseware, eBooks, Handwriting, People, Quality and Universal Basic Education, QUBE, Shuttleworth Foundation, Siyavula, Teachers, Technology
Posted in Creating Electronic Educational Content | 12 Comments »

Are ICTs the Best Educational Investment?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Tags: Educators, ICT4D, Learning Outcomes, Technology
Posted in ICT in Education | 35 Comments »