UNESCO is giving a high priority to the use of ICT for more equitable and pluralistic development in education, aiming to: expand the knowledge base about the issues,
The broad questions on which UNESCO focuses are:
How can one use ICT to accelerate progress towards education for all and throughout life?
How can ICT bring about a better balance between equity and excellence in education?
How can ICT help reconcile universality and local specificity of knowledge? and
How can education prepare individuals and society to benefit from ICT that increasingly permeate all realms of life?
Global SchoolNet's Projects Registry (PR) is the oldest (1995) and largest online clearinghouse for teacher-conducted global learning projects. The PR contains more than 3,000 annotated listings - and is searchable by date, age level, geographic location, collaboration type, technology tools or keyword. The Project Registry is a central place for educators to find global partners and announce projects.
Many projects are aligned with the 21 Century Learning Skills matrix, the ICT Literacy Maps, especially in Science, Geography and English and International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) NETS Standards for Students.
E-Learning Coordinator at Beijing (BISS) International School, China. This blog exists to share ideas about E-Learning, ICT integration and digital literacy in education.
Futurelab aims to inspire, challenge and engage all young people in rich and rewarding learning experiences that will equip them with the essential skills and attitudes for life, learning and work in the 21st Century.
We do this by making the most of new approaches to learning and through the innovative use of technology.
We take evidence of what works and turn it into practical tools and services to help teachers, schools and policy makers provide the best possible learning for young people.