Non-ICT Reading Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It.

Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It. Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed. Center for Global Development. Published December 2006. Online April 2007"The widespread neglect of the education of girls is one of the most distressing problems in the world today, which blights their future and damages the rest of the society as well. This is a very welcome report on an extraordinarily important problem …." Amartya Sen, .… Available in book form and online in pfd.

Informative Reading International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 3, No. 1 (2007). IJEDICT. Online April 2007. … was published in March. (GW Note: A good way to get an overview of all the articles is to go directly to the Editorial: Using ICT to transform education http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=328)

Informative ReadingTell Students to Feed Their Brains.

Tell Students to Feed Their Brains. Milton Chen. Edutopia. Online March 2007. Stanford University professor Carol Dweck discusses her research on intelligence. …

News from MicrosoftBill Gates urges investment in technology to improve education, healthcare

Bill Gates urges investment in technology to improve education, healthcare. AP. MIT Technology Review. Online April 2007. …Gates on Thursday unveiled his company's latest effort to bridge the digital divide worldwide, announcing several new ventures, including US$3 (euro2.21) software packages for government-subsidized student computers. … Student Innovation Suite, which includes Windows XP Starter Edition and Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, for US$3 each to governments that subsidize a certain percentage of the cost of PCs for primary and secondary students for use at home and at school, starting in the second half of the year. … Also see NYTimes article.

ICT SupportQuickMuse.com shows the creative-writing process as it unfolds

QuickMuse.com shows the creative-writing process as it unfolds. Damien B. M. English. Edutopia. Online April 2007. …In an exercise of literary improvisation, two poets are given a topic, a quote, a picture, or some other prompt and then have fifteen minutes to compose a poem. The process is recorded and posted online using a "poematic system," a keystroke-logging … The site also vividly illustrates the malleability of language. "Any poet knows how much revision goes into a piece, but the nonprofessional, the sixteen-year-old in the classroom, has no idea," says Gordon. "This site really shows revision in its most… elemental state. By making that visible, we are providing a very powerful example for would-be writers." … The resulting "main event" is archived on the site and can be played back, giving students (including aspiring young poets) the rare chance to look over the poet's shoulder as the work takes shape. … www.quickmuse.com

Informative ReadingsContributions of Technology and Teacher Training to Education Reform and M&E of ICT in Education Projects:

Contributions of Technology and Teacher Training to Education Reform: Evaluation of the World Links Arab Region Program in Jordan. Robert Kozma. Online April 2007. (Ginny notes: Kozma always delivers an informative report and this is no exception. Findings will inform projects at any level in any location.)
Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects: A Handbook for Developing Countries. Wagner et al. Published 2005. Online April 2007. (Ginny notes: While this was originally published in 2005, it has recently been reformated for easier access.)