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mbarek Akaddar

Huge database ! Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher - 1 views

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web2.0 tools

shared by mbarek Akaddar on 29 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher An Internet Hotlist on Web 2.0
Lisa Byrd

Famous Fonts - 2 views

mashable.com/...famous-fonts

fonts

shared by Lisa Byrd on 17 Jul 12 - No Cached
Alexandre Enkerli

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

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  • 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
Lisa Byrd

BirdFont - 3 views

birdfont.org

fonts

shared by Lisa Byrd on 19 Jun 13 - No Cached
mbarek Akaddar

Splashtop OS beta - 1 views

os.splashtop.com

beta splashtop web2.0

shared by mbarek Akaddar on 09 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Follow us on Introducing Splashtop OS beta – the fastest way to the Web ! DownloadSplashtop OS beta Version 0.9.0.8 Installs via Windows (size: 2MB) Supports multiple models* and languages See Supported Devices    1 2 For years Splashtop has been the leader in instant-on computing, powering notebooks and netbooks from leading PC makers around the world. Now for the first time, anyone can upgrade a Splashtop-based system* to this all-new, super-streamlined browser-based OS designed to get you on the Web in seconds.
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