{"id":2184,"date":"2011-11-17T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2012-09-27T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T14:39:01","slug":"the-greatest-challenge-starting-with-the-solution-not-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/literacy-ict-challenges\/the-greatest-challenge-starting-with-the-solution-not-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest challenge: starting with the solution, not the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The greatest challenge with promoting literacy with ICT is that ICT may not be<\/em> the most appropriate tool to promote literacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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 addressed?”<\/p>\n

This might seem like semantics at first, but there is a fundamental difference between those two questions:<\/p>\n