Recent postings and updates about information and communication technology used in support of education development and reform internationally with special attention to North Africa and the Middle East. Also includes news from funders, support for ICT in education, citings of informative articles and books and an occasional posting about politics that might affect education development. Please send your project updates and suggestions for inclusions to gwoolley@link.net.
Second Earth. Wade Roush. MIT Technology Review. Online June 2007. The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an immersive environment combining Second Life and Google Earth. (GW Note: A long, informative, entertaining look at the possibilities and opportunities of Web 2.0)
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posted by Ginny Woolley @ 7:22 AM
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A Better Way Than Unplugging Our Kids: An op-ed in response to a May 4 New York Times article entitled, "Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops.". Leslie A. Wilson. Converge. Online June 2007. ... The NY Times article dated May 4 glosses over significant points about technology integration in schools. It makes a giant conclusion based on little evidence and a thin premise. …Liverpool School District's decision to abandon its seven year-old one-to-one laptop initiative because it found that some students were misusing their laptops, the district's network and the laptops experienced breakdowns and student test scores had evidenced little change …we encountered many of the same problems that Liverpool faced. But we did not throw in the towel. … For one-to-one initiatives to succeed, we have found that a number of factors must be considered, honed and incorporated into programs, including: * effective leadership; comprehensive professional development for teachers/administrators/technology staff/parents & caregivers; strong public relations and communications; formative and summative evaluations; appropriate infrastructure/hardware/software standards and performance capacity; and plans for sustainability and replicability. …
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Get Your Web 2.0 On: Learn about tools fueling the latest Internet wave and how they might serve schools. Amy Poftak. School CIO. Online June 2007. http://www.schoolcio.com/showArticle.php?articleID=188500340. With links to 7 current tools for 2.0-ing.
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The Innovate Gateway: Journal of online education. June/July issue now online. Innovate. June 2007. … This issue opens with two features that explore the characteristics, needs, and expectations of current students in higher education, followed by three features that illustrate specific examples of innovative practice. Our issue then concludes with two features that provide models of faculty development and technology-enhanced teacher education. …
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Ginny Woolley is a consultant in education reform, specializing in the use of ICT in teaching and learning. Most recently, Ginny was part of the USAID-funded "Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes" (TILO) project, working with 280 government schools throughout Egypt. For more information, contact Ginny at gwoolley@link.net.
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