Around the World with Portugal's eEscola Project and Magellan Initiative
When people think of projects around the world to blanket schools with low cost laptops, initiatives associated with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project often spring first to mind. On a country...
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As a result of reading the recent IDB study on the impact of the One Laptop Per Child project in Peru, my World Bank colleague Berk Ozler recently published a great post on the World Bank's Development...
View ArticleBig educational laptop and tablet projects -- Ten countries to learn from
Recent headlines from places as diverse as Kenya ("6,000 primary schools picked for free laptop project") and California ("Los Angeles plans to give 640,000 students free iPads") are just two...
View ArticleWho owns the laptops and tablets used by students and teachers, and how does...
Many countries and education systems around the world are currently engaged in large-scale efforts to introduce huge numbers of computing devices (PCs, laptops, tablets) into schools and into the hands...
View ArticleIn search of the ideal educational technology device for developing countries
In two weeks I'll visit BETT, the London-based event which is sometimes referred to as the 'world's biggest educational technology trade show'. While I don't know if it is in fact the 'biggest' (ISTE's...
View Article1-to-1 Educational Computing -- A report from Korea
no, we are talking about'1-to-1' (educational computing), not (five) 'won to Juan' (Mata) Not too long ago I did some advisory work in a country considering the purchases of lots of educational...
View ArticleTen observations about 1-to-1 educational computing efforts around the world
I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them This year's Global Symposium on ICT use in education in Gyeongju, Korea focused on "Transforming Education with 1:1 Computing: Learning from Practical...
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