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Sheryl A. McCoy

Present Shock - 0 views

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    perception of time and our place; s imilar to topic of "time famine" in Arianna Huffington
Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Invitation to Join Our Video-conferences - 4 views

We are happy to announce that the video-conferences will continue today, November 7, 2009! Join us in Wiziq and meet our guest speakers who will be sharing with us their ideas on: WikiEducator: A...

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EdTechReview Community

20 Options for Real-Time Collaboration Tools - 5 views

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    20 options for real-time collaboration tools for you to select from.
Paul Beaufait

Athabasca University Press - Mobile Learning - 0 views

  • This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, and researchers in the field, as well as the most recent initiatives in mobile learning research. Businesses and governments can learn how to deliver timely information to staff using mobile devices. Professors can use this book as a textbook for courses on distance education, mobile learning, and educational technology.
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    "This collection is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, and researchers in the field, as well as the most recent initiatives in mobile learning research. Businesses and governments can learn how to deliver timely information to staff using mobile devices. Professors can use this book as a textbook for courses on distance education, mobile learning, and educational technology." (Details, ¶1)
Cara Whitehead

What's New? - 1 views

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    Two New Free Games! Just in time for the Holiday Season - two brand new games! Test-N-Teach (TNT) is our new spelling game and Read-A-Word is our first-ever reading game. Both games are available to everyone!
Cara Whitehead

Busting the Myths of Digital Learning - 3 views

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    Survey from JogNog reveals schools unprepared to support digital learning - EdTech Times
Carol Clark

VoIP Service Providers at a Glance - 1 views

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    Voice over Internet Protocol technology has been in the market for quite some time now. Demand for Voice over IP service is increasing at an alarming rate, which is pulling new Voice over IP service providers in the market on a daily basis.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch

21st Century learning for the EFL class: introductions by Doris Molero - 0 views

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    The first meeting of a series of on line meetings for a professional development course for EFL teachers in the 21st Century. The program for this session: * Participants will introduce themselves to the group and interact among each other. * Presenters will be discussing the following topics: 1. Learning in the 21s century 2. Multiliteracies in the EFL class 3. What is Web 2.0? Friday March, 13th. Time in Venezuela and around the world: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=13&year=2009&hour=17&min=0&sec=0&p1=559
Carol Clark

Residential VoIP - Setup VOIP Phones throughout Your Home Premises and Start Saving on ... - 1 views

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    Once upon a time, when Traditional phones had been introduced, it seemed that nothing can ever be created in the history of mankind as great as a telephone.
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Australian researchers create seven atom transistor, open door to smaller and faster co... - 2 views

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    It's no small feat-big-time computer components are going microscopic. Australian scientists have developed a transistor consisting of just seven atoms, and the discovery could lead to more processing power in a smaller package, reports the BBC.
Alexandre Enkerli

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

  • glitterati
  • Silicon Valley
  • World Economic Forum
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  • 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
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