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Published on: Dec 07 2011 by Lindsay Poirier - Comments Off on 10 Guidelines for Starting Your Independent ICT4D Project
There is an infamous Catch-22 in starting a career in information and communications for technology. In order to earn a job in ICT4D, I need to have experience. In order to gain experience in ICT4D, I need to earn a job....
Published on: Dec 05 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Five Factors in Good Software Game Design for the Developing World
I am “Haridas Maruthur Sreelakshmi and I am studying the considerable interest and debate over the past decade on the role of games in education and on using educational games to complement and sometimes even substitute...
Some of the top organizations and corporations working in the mobile technology and health space will gather December 5–7 at the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. The summit program offers several tracks and a wide range...
In the global market for personal computers, 2010 was a watershed year. For the first time PC shipments to emerging economies outpaced those mature markets, 174 million to 173 million. The Business Software Alliance celebrated...
Is this the library the future of public access ICT after cybercafes and telecenters?
Back when Bill Gates was young, he had multiple opportunities to geek out – he had access to computers at home and at school –...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and World Vision (collectively referred to as the “Founding Partners”) are seeking game-changing...
Published on: Nov 18 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The Rise of the Voluntary Humanitarian Technologist in Disaster Response
Excerpt from Volunteer Technology Communities: Open Development
2010 redefined the role of volunteers during humanitarian emergencies and disaster risk management. Traditionally, civil society organizations ranging in size...
You know the amazing photograph of the earth at night showing all the lights of population centers around the world. And you’ve seen the Facebook friendship map that shows where the concentrations of Facebook users...
Published on: Nov 14 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?
Last month, we had a great Educational Technology Debate on the theme of What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools? Five solutions were showcased, from how to test reading skills, to individual...
Recently there is much hoopla over this tweet by David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, in Zimbabwe:
Great meeting with Apple folk in Paris today; “school boxes” will take iPads and education...
