November 2011
Literacy ICT Challenges
Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?
Building on last month’s Educational Technology Debate on the theme of What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools?, for this month, we will focus on why there are so few ICT tools available that promote and facilitate reading and literacy skills at the primary school level in educational systems of the […]
Hardware Costs are not a Barrier for ICT Use in Literacy and Reading
If you looked at the buzz in ICT for education, you would think the solutions to problems of teaching literacy and reading are mainly around hardware price points. You have everyone talking endlessly about $100 laptops, $30 tablets, $15 teacher laptops and projectors, and $10 talking books. But all this is fluff. The sideshow to […]
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We Need More Teacher-Centered Solutions in ICT for Literacy
I’m not convinced that the challenge of promoting literacy ICT is a market failure, a human constraint, or a technological constraint. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. The tech capabilities are there, teachers will use good literacy tools, and the market exists. But what is lacking is the connection between all three of these […]
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The greatest challenge: starting with the solution, not the problem
The greatest challenge with promoting literacy with ICT is that ICT may not be the most appropriate tool to promote literacy. The issue here is that we are starting with the solution instead of the problem. We are asking: “How can ICT help address low literacy levels?” Instead of: “How can low literacy levels be […]
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