One of the important questions about the design of learning environments for children is about which curriculum to choose and what skills to expect the children to acquire as a result of their schooling. read more

I am looking for project / research / full time work in ICT in education. Ideally, I would like to work with schools / education organizations which are trying to integrate technology with their curriculum. 

 Is your organization working in technology in education area ?If no, can you recommend me any organization where I can send my resume for ICT projects in education.

Thanks,

kapil

An article in the Guardian, UK about how a remote high school is using technology to save on costs and provide better education for its students

Various discussions around the topics of free/open source software, OLPC, etc have occurred on this forum. A video describing a success story.

Excerpt:

eyeOS team has recently implemented Cloud computing in a school of Catalonia (Spain). 600 students work everyday with a personal laptop connected to a eyeOS-server. read more

Came across this article and found it really interesting.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/indian-math-tutors-math-deficient-americans/?em

Powerpoint presentations

I am teaching Web2.0 tools in my classroom (10-12 yrs olds). It was important that they realise that internet is just not true facts, the above video was shown to them in the class. I was so shocked with the comments kids made. read more

As a technology teacher I am introducing students to web2.0 tools. Last week my lesson was designed to leave kids well aware that there's too much infomations and not every piece is a fact. I began my class with this video on u tube...

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

When i asked them what thoughts crossed their mind while watching the video... read more

Now what is Twitter I ask? And what do the terms like Furl, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Digg etc mean? I personally have a very long way to go when it comes to understanding the new terminology related with working online.

Here is an article that I came across just yesterday and thought that this thing called Twitter was allowing children to "chirp" their way through, crossing all boundaries of countries and cultures. This facility allowed them to write a book, together.  Do read further - it sure made me marvel at the extent technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. read more

I read about this in EFL Classroom 2.0. I thought it was a cool way for people to actually stay connected even if they had time constraints. Just listen to the Blogs you subscribe to while doing other work, or listen to the news. There is so much more to it, see (or better still, HEAR it) it for yourself. Way to go- Technology!!