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An NGO in Uganda has teamed up with mobile phone companies to create a database for refugees to register their personal details.
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Seven ways mobile phones have changed lives in Africa - CNN.com - 0 views
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Nokia capitalized on the growing popularity of social networking in South Africa to launch MoMath, a mathematics teaching tool that targets users of the instant messaging platform Mxit. Mxit is South Africa's most popular social media platform, with more than 10 million active users in the country, the company says. The potential for transforming the continent's dysfunctional educational system is immense, as mobile phones -- cheaper to own and easier to run than PCs -- gain ground as tools for delivering teaching content. It is hoped that mediating education through social networking will help reduce the significant numbers of school-age African children who are not receiving any formal education.
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CNN highlights how cell phones are revolutionizing Africa, including in the realm of education. The cells phone is the PC of Africa.
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The ramifications of this story may be far-reaching. I've often wondered how technology can be the great equalizer. This story shows just some of the ways.
Bookshare helps San Jose students with disabilities learn - San Jose Mercury News - 0 views
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It's amazing boundless the applications for technology such as the Ipad are. In this article, I liked the quote : "Making things less complicated can actually make a lot of money,"
5 K-12 Ed Tech Trends for 2012 -- THE Journal - 0 views
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While it is interesting for me to see what is expected to be coming down the pipe in 2012, it's also moderately depressing to compare where my current school is to where things should be going. We're already miles behind and with the current financial woes in the district (and the state), I don't see how things are going to get any better. We have a tech charter high school that has expanded to include 7th and 8th grade. I know they are getting resources and professional development, but among the rest of us, the only innovations are coming at the hands of educators who are seeing it on their own. There is no money. No district support. No recognition of the fact that our kids are being left behind.
Digital Storytelling in Ed Tech - List | Diigo - 1 views
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I've been learning about using digital storytelling in the classroom, and University of Houston's website is one of the most engaging and interesting that I've seen. I've bookmarked it on my Diigo page and will continue to add bookmarks to this list as I find them.
Hummer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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In 2009, a Chinese manufacturer, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company, announced that it would acquire Hummer, pending government approvals, but later withdrew its bid.[1] On February 24, 2010, Reuters reported that the Chinese ministry of commerce had prevented the deal,[2] although a ministry spokesperson denied rejecting the application, which had been stalled for eight months.[3] At the end of February, General Motors announced it would begin dismantling the Hummer brand.[4]
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Sale was only pending at the time. Sale had collasped before the end of 2009. Not really sure why that is pertinent as Chinese technology far surpasses us currently and certainly is superior to the archaic Hummer.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HzJ_Jkqa2Q Watching Feenburg's video. Should have included that link to reference reader to video. Ideas for adding a sticky note to video would be helpful.
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The Technology Source Archives - 0 views
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This website has a lot of useful articles on technology in the classroom and it is quite easy to browse and read whatever is of interest to educators. I use Diigo with my classes for bookmarking news articles which students can later use to write their economic commentaries for International Baccalaureate Internal Assessment.
Education Week: Parents See Social-Media Benefits for Children - 0 views
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More than half of the 728 parents surveyed thought social media made their children more open-minded.
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Of the parents surveyed, 71 percent believe that 13 is the right age to let their children use Facebook. Christophersen said that’s usually the right choice.
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Lynch ruled out Facebook for her children until they hit high school. Internet browsing is restricted to G-rated sites and cut off altogether after 9 p.m. and on Sundays. Cell phones cannot charge overnight in the bedroom. That keeps her children from texting in the middle of the night. “I feel like I’m alone,” she said. “There aren’t many people that have a plan like this in place.”
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"Many parents think that social media made their children open minded" according to a very recent survey. This article also discusses a very important issue: online bullying among children)and are the schools doing enough to prevent this issue.
Which Academic Fields will Dominate Mobile Apps? | The New Media Consortium - 0 views
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How to use mobile/table devices with PE? Coaches Eye for 1:1 performance review...gather data on execution of skill sets in practices and games?
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Why Apple iAd Is Really Great? | bees4honey blog - 0 views
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What about developers? It’s really easy to add Apple iAd advertising to iPhone or iPad apps. You just need to add iAd.framework and put iAd banner onto your screens. Also developers need to make advertisement agreement with Apple in Developer Portal. Then you need to set up your advertisement setting, specify excluded word and that’s it – wait for revenue! :)
Households with Telephones, Computers, or Internet Access statistics - USA Census numbers - 1 views
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1998 - 50% with computers and 28% with Internet access 2000 - 55% with computers and 42% with Internet access 10% increase (50% to 55%) in 48 months in computer ownership 50% increase (28% to 42%) in same time period for Internet access
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Nice job, Scot. http://www.internetworldstats.com/am/us.htm 2000 - 44.1% internet usage nationwide 2010 - 77.3% internet usage nationwide That jump is amazing. Curious about Idaho stats. Am looking now.
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Internet Broadband Subscribers in USA Subscriber Statistics - June 30, 2009 Providers - Total Subs. at End of 2Q 2009 - New Subs. during 2Q 2009 - Change (%) Cable Companies - 38,005,172 - 249,471 - 0.66 % Telephone Companies - 31,897,117 - 384,488 - 1.22 % Total Broadband - 69,902,289 - 633,959 - 0.92 % This supports that one can indeed have some sort of access but still not taking full advantage of the computer/device by not connecting to broadband.
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daho 16000 94.1 50.0 27.4 54.5 42.3
United States Internet and Facebook Usage State by State - 0 views
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Idaho - 2010 and 2011 data on Internet and FaceBook useage
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