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Cara Whitehead

Reading Comprehension - 2 views

www.spellingcity.com/reading-comprehension.html

reading comprehension

shared by Cara Whitehead on 27 Jan 13 - Cached
  • Cara Whitehead on 27 Jan 13
     
    Great article on relationship of reading and spelling
Beatriz Lupiano

The Multiliteracy Project - 0 views

www.multiliteracies.ca

evomlit multiliteracy project vancouver

shared by Beatriz Lupiano on 20 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Beatriz Lupiano on 20 Feb 10
     
    A research collaboration of students,educators and researchers. Seems very comprehensive (I haven't explored all of it)
Alexandre Enkerli

http://www.miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390.print - 2 views

www.miller-mccune.com/...computer-error-1390.print

shared by Alexandre Enkerli on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • glitterati
  • Silicon Valley
  • World Economic Forum
  • ...69 more annotations...
  • emotional resonance
  • we all know and value
  • looked good
  • aspired to
  • countries without comprehensive electrical grids
  • soured
  • underperformed
  • 50 percent of staff were being laid off and a major restructuring was under way
  • the project seems nearly dead in the water
  • And that may be great news for children in the developing world.
  • Innovate
  • Negroponte and other techno-luminati
  • lobbied national governments and international agencies
  • technology optimists
  • take control of their education
  • There's no question that improving education in the developing world is necessary.
  • trending dramatically upward
  • school attendance
  • highly respected center
  • they don't seem to be learning much
  • international science exam
  • powerful argument
  • the goal is improving education for children in the developing world, there are plenty of better, and cheaper, alternatives.
  • instinctive appeal
  • precious little evidence
  • circumstantial evidence
  • The OLPC concept has been pioneered in a number of school districts in the United States over the last decade
  • the technology didn't work any better than a normal classroom teacher
  • the teachers simply weren't using the computers
  • few experimental studies to show a positive impact from the use of computers
  • substituting computers for teachers
  • supplement
  • Negroponte has explicitly derided
  • It must be said
  • academic
  • teachers limited access to the computers
  • had not been adequately trained
  • not silver bullets
  • surveys of students
  • parents rolling their eyes
  • evaluation of an OLPC project in Haiti
  • Repeated calls and e-mails to OLPC and Negroponte seeking comment on OLPC did not receive a response
  • ironic
  • a leader in
  • the Third World
  • cheap
  • proven successful
  • etting children in developing countries into school and helping them learn more while they are there
  • There are
  • deworming
  • technology-based approaches to improving student learning in the developing world
  • show more promise than one laptop per child
  • the J-PAL co-founder
  • Remedial education
  • A study in Kenya
  • expensive
  • quarter of the cost
  • cheaper
  • it didn't matter
  • co-founder of J-PA
  • $2 per month
  • $3 per month
  • $2.20
  • 30 percent increase in lifetime earnings
  • $4 per student per year
  • 50 cents per child per year
  • tens of millions of dollars
  • children
  • children
Paul Beaufait

Being a Better Online Reader - The New Yorker - 3 views

www.newyorker.com/...being-a-better-online-reader

comprehension deep reading ebooks literacy reading self-regulation online reading print

shared by Paul Beaufait on 28 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • We read more efficiently when text is arranged in a single column rather than multiple columns or sections
  • Paul Beaufait on 28 Jan 15
     
    In this post, Konnikova provided a digest of research findings about reading across digital and printed media. Lots of links to explore!
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