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At the m4Ed4Dev Lecture Series at USAID, David Stevenson of Wireless Generation was asked which form factor he thought worked the best for classroom teachers to use in lessons and child assessment.
His response: The 7-inch tablet form factor is perfect for classroom educators. The screen is big enough for quick touchpad input and fast content reading, but small enough not to be intrusive in the teacher-child interaction
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In the footsteps of the OLPC XO and Intel's Classmate Laptop, here's a concept sketch of an integrated laptop and PDA. The touchscreen of the PDA would double as a touchpad for the laptop when docked (otherwise a trackball in the dock could be used instead). The capabilities built into the PDA could also be used to augment those of the laptop - e.g. built-in microphone, speakers, possibly even camera or even processor; or the PDA screen could provide "soft keys" for extending the capability of the laptop.
The World Bank conference room was full at the live debate on "Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?" in New Delhi, India.
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Dr. Tim Kelly opened the live debate on "Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?" in New Delhi, India.
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I was a participant in the live debate on "Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?" at World Bank offices in New Delhi, India.
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Kasis Basisc School Senior Teacher, Sister Kanyimbo with Members of Parliament and Press walking to a grade one class.
A total of seven Members of Parliament from the "Committee on Education, Science & Technology" visited two iSchool pilot schools on Thursday, July 17, 2014 to interact with the children, observe how the ZEduPad educational tablets are being used in schools and gain a practical perspective on the application of the iSchool system, its adaptability and the inherent value it offers for schools that are using it.
iSchool is a complete blended eLearning solution that covers the entire Zambian primary school curriculum. It provides detailed lesson plans for teachers (some 5,000 in total) guiding them towards interactive enquiry-based learning. For students, there are thousands of fun, colourful, inetractive, multi-media lessons, available in English and for early grades in 8 local languages (Bemba, Tonga, Luvale, Lunda, Kaonde, Lusaka Nyanja, Nyanja and Lozi).
iSchool uses a low-cost, high-quality, low-power called the ZEduPad tablet which is pre-loaded with all the iSchool learning content and requires no internet connection to access lessons. It can be run off solar power thereby making it possible for schools in the deep rural areas of Zambia and Africa to use it for their learning.
Our prescriptive method of teaching will ensure that teachers, even untrained teachers, can raise their students to international levels of learning.
The detailed lesson plans and ideas for every lesson, make class and syllabus management easier for all teachers, no matter their qualification and level of experience, and also encourages the teacher and learners to be able to use things from their surroundings to plan for and engage in the learning process.
Ultimately, our goal is not only to teach a child but to instill a love of learning that will stay with a child as they grow and take their place in life. Developing or cultivating a passion in children is important because children who develop a love of learning at an early age continue the process throughout their lives and are generally more capable, more adept and more successful than those who don't.
To learn more about our work, please visit www.ischool.zm
are about to open the digital Thermopylae for Greek school teachers to enter! :-)
For more check out related blog post: blog.edu.gr/archives/751
Wayan Vota presenting his case in the live debate on "Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?" Wayan spoke against the motion, arguing that most investments are NOT wasted - but do have benefit when looked at holistically.
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As a group, we spoke against the motion in "Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?" in New Delhi, India.
As a team we believe that educational investments are not wasted.
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Dr. Kam found there were no learning outcome differences between public schools and private schools in India once household differences are factored out (ie. wealth, income, education of parents)
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A very exciting day for us! Last night #iSchool Zambia was awarded the Silver award at the AAPAM Awards in Morocco as Zambia’s entrant. The awards recognize persons and institutions in the public service that have made outstanding contributions in the field of Public Administration and Management in Africa. They also aim to set standards of excellence for others to aspire and enhance the image of public sector as a worthy domain for career pursuits.
Member of Parliament for Chipata Central Constituency Honourable RP Mtolo, with two grade one pupils from Kasisi Basic school listening to their lesson on the ZEduPad educational tablet.
A total of seven Members of Parliament from the "Committee on Education, Science & Technology" visited two iSchool pilot schools on Thursday, July 17, 2014 to interact with the children, observe how the ZEduPad educational tablets are being used in schools and gain a practical perspective on the application of the iSchool system, its adaptability and the inherent value it offers for schools that are using it.
iSchool is a complete blended eLearning solution that covers the entire Zambian primary school curriculum. It provides detailed lesson plans for teachers (some 5,000 in total) guiding them towards interactive enquiry-based learning. For students, there are thousands of fun, colourful, inetractive, multi-media lessons, available in English and for early grades in 8 local languages (Bemba, Tonga, Luvale, Lunda, Kaonde, Lusaka Nyanja, Nyanja and Lozi).
iSchool uses a low-cost, high-quality, low-power called the ZEduPad tablet which is pre-loaded with all the iSchool learning content and requires no internet connection to access lessons. It can be run off solar power thereby making it possible for schools in the deep rural areas of Zambia and Africa to use it for their learning.
Our prescriptive method of teaching will ensure that teachers, even untrained teachers, can raise their students to international levels of learning.
The detailed lesson plans and ideas for every lesson, make class and syllabus management easier for all teachers, no matter their qualification and level of experience, and also encourages the teacher and learners to be able to use things from their surroundings to plan for and engage in the learning process.
Ultimately, our goal is not only to teach a child but to instill a love of learning that will stay with a child as they grow and take their place in life. Developing or cultivating a passion in children is important because children who develop a love of learning at an early age continue the process throughout their lives and are generally more capable, more adept and more successful than those who don't.
To learn more about our work, please visit www.ischool.zm
Participants in our #edutech workshop on Design Thinking explored how the process couples with tech startup strategies to provide a robust means to implement innovations in school, and also saw how these decision-making tools transfer to planning genuinely student-led, student-owned learning.
Immediately useful but challenging long-term status quos, the feedback from our workshop was fantastic, showing that most people were leaving with pragmatic next steps in both school leadership and lesson-by-lesson decisions.
'BOOT 8'
ENInr.: 02206150 vlag: NL
werf: gdanska stocznia remontowa, gdansk (PL)
bouwjaar: 1964
1964: 'grazyna' - ?? (PL)
1991: 'grazyna' - verkerk charters, maarssen
++++: 'grazyna' - amstel & vecht charters, maarssen
2013: 'boot 8' - vof. edutech watersport, amsterdam
foto: Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal (diemen), 20160418
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Mark Yim talks about detaching students from disruptive technologies in the classroom. Engaging Students Through Technology symposium, October 2010.
Hahahah see what I did there?
The past 5 years have been a whirlwind of events. First, the biggest, was the World Skills Festival. Or Was it IAMDA US and UK? Can't remember. One or the other. Then it was BETT four years in a row, MCM, EGX, The Gadget Show, Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, Teentech, The Royal Academy, The Barbican, Magic Summer and a good few I think I've forgotten. I've organised, mostly on my own, a lot of touch screen art happenings in a lot of places. It's been fab.
On my own? Never. The organising maybe, but the stars of the shows are the students who work nearly tirelessly and nearly uncomplainingly :) For 12 hour days, often, when travel is taken into account. And they're fab. Fab to work with.
So I try and make a montage picture to show off what we're doing. This year? OH BOY time is against me, but still there was time for this. Drawn by my students; the LSCC Secret Draws mural. Drawn by a LOT of students, collated on Photoshop.
If you're at LSCC come say hi. We've got a small ish stand (OBLIMES how big???) and we'll be drawing on touch screen, teaching drawing on touch screen and a few other cool things beside.
Seriously: it'll be awesome.