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French President Francois Hollande promises to ban homework | GlobalPost - 0 views

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Carine Abi Akar on 12 Oct 12

Part of a socialist platform that aims to reform education. No homework at home, but a longer school week.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Part of a socialist platform that aims to reform education. No homework at home, but a longer school week. </div>

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Mobile phone boom in developing world could boost e-learning | Global development | gua... - 1 views

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Carine Abi Akar on 01 Oct 12

Along the lines of the discussions we've been having on the isites, mobile learning has major potential in the developing world. "Mobile phones are increasingly ubiquitous in poor countries, which now account for FOUR IN EVERY FIVE connections worldwide". This means that almost everyone owns or has access to a mobile phone. How can we leverage this reality? Well, we can't impose anything that requires a smart phone, since most of these mobile phones cannot access 3G or wifi networks. Perhaps we can start to send podcasts as voice notes? Audio wikis of information sent via sms? In-phone calculators for math homework completion? I think all we need is an educational system that supports this type of learning, and m-learning can possible change the face of education in the developing world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Along the lines of the discussions we've been having on the isites, mobile learning has major potential in the developing world. "Mobile phones are increasingly ubiquitous in poor countries, which now account for FOUR IN EVERY FIVE connections worldwide". This means that almost everyone owns or has access to a mobile phone. How can we leverage this reality? Well, we can't impose anything that requires a smart phone, since most of these mobile phones cannot access 3G or wifi networks. Perhaps we can start to send podcasts as voice notes? Audio wikis of information sent via sms? In-phone calculators for math homework completion? I think all we need is an educational system that supports this type of learning, and m-learning can possible change the face of education in the developing world. </div>

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Lenovo Acquires Classroom Management, Cloud Services Company Stoneware -- THE Journal - 0 views

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Carine Abi Akar on 19 Sep 12

Cross-platform classroom management tools now acquired by Lenovo. Lenovo plans to push it be used also outside of the Education field. Good idea?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Cross-platform classroom management tools now acquired by Lenovo. Lenovo plans to push it be used also outside of the Education field. Good idea? </div>

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