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Ashley Lee

Mobile phones close literacy gap in Pakistan | Articles | FutureGov - Solutions for Gov... - 0 views

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    a literacy program delivered through mobile phones helped close literacy gap in pakistan
Andrea Bush

Schools Are Using Social Networking to Involve Parents - 1 views

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    Profile of schools and districts looking to not only bring parents into the fold via technology, but also to improve parents' tech fluency.
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    Parental involvement--an important step in encouraging early literacy...necessary for narrowing academic gaps.
Devon Dickau

BBC News - US schools may get unused fibre links - 0 views

  • high-speed web access for schools was vital "in order to participate in a 21st Century economy"
  • looking at the role of technology in learning
  • educational opportunities like properly wired classrooms, the right kinds of software or textbook opportunities they should hav
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  • We are falling behind and it's obvious in a global economy that other countries are doing a better job than we are
  • The back-to-school forum highlighted three main goals to help move the country towards a digital future that puts the US back on the map: ensuring every child is digitally literate by 8th grade, around 14 years old educating parents about technology and its value
  • making every classroom a 21st-Century classroom
  • Digital literacy is vital
  • there is a huge entrepreneurial opportunity to fill in that gap
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    Really interesting article about the perceived importance of Internet to the K-12 student and suggesting how other entities and organizations are supporting equal access in this way.
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