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From: "Wadi D. Haddad" TechKnowLogia@KnowledgeEnterprise.org
To: markw@hawaii.edu
Subject: TechKnowLogia: May/June Issue
is Posted
Dear Dr. Mark Warschauer,
We are pleased to inform you, as a subscriber to the online Journal, TechKnowLogia,
that the May/June 2000 Issue has been posted on the web: http://www.techKnowLogia.org. You do
not need to register again.
The thematic focus of this Issue is on TECHNOLOGY AND BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL.
We invite you to visit the site and enjoy the wealth of informative and
engaging articles (all 27 of them!) written by top experts in this field. The
March/April Issue has been moved to the ARCHIVE on our web site, to be searched
and read at any time.
For your information, we have included below the annotated Table of Contents
of the May/June Issue.
We also wish to alert you that the thematic focus of the July/August 2000 Issue
will be: TECHNOLOGIES FOR SKILL FORMATION.
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ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS- TechKnowLogia VOL. 2, ISSUE 3, May/June 2000
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EDITORIAL
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1. Technology for Basic Education: A Luxury or a Necessity?
Wadi D. Haddad, Editor
If we perceive basic education only in terms of basic literacy, numeracy and
rudimentary life skills, then technology is a luxury. However, basic education
for all in a modern world entails more than the conventional recipe. The new
economic and societal challenges force us to think of basic education as a
learning activity, anytime, anywhere, and for everyone. To achieve that,
technology is a necessity.
2. A Vision for Basic Education in the New Century
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
All children must have access to school and be able to stay there, in order to
achieve basic education. There must be good quality "second chance" education
for adolescents and youth who have never been in school. There should be a focus on the needs of
those most disadvantaged and excluded from learning, both in and out of school
- girls, working children, children of ethnic minorities, and children affected
by violence and conflict, HIV/AIDS and disabilities.
3. Email to the Editor
Read what your colleagues have offered as feedback on previous issues of TechKnowLogia.
FRONTLINE
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4. Basic Education for All: Global Report Card
Throughout this past decade, many countries have made concerted and significant
efforts toward the goal of basic education for all. The results constitute a mixed picture of many successes and as
many obstacles. This article provides an overview of the state of basic
education across the globe.
5. Literacy, Technological Literacy and the Digital Divide
Daniel A. Wagner, Director and Professor, International Literacy Institute, University
of Pennsylvania & UNESCO
The changing standards of literacy and technological literacy will likely produce
a situation in which a digital divide will persist well into the future.
However, in the area of information and communication technology use and
access, we can take steps that will narrow this gap, but only by paying special
attention to literacy issues.
6. Multi-grade Schools and Technology
Laurence Wolff and Norma Garcia, Inter-American Development Bank
Multi-grade schools will not disappear but are essential for achieving basic
education for all. There are proven methodologies for making the multi-grade
school a modern, progressive and effective vehicle for learning. Existing and
new technologies ought to be exploited to implement these methodologies.
7. TechKnowNews
Governor Would Give Every Student a Laptop ? A Virtual Revolution in Teaching
? First 'Digital Divide' Bill Passes Senate ? Presentation of World View
Information System for Basic Education NGOs in Africa and South Asia ? A
Bilingual Descriptive Database of 850 Education Projects in Africa, Now
Accessible Online! ? Technology Critic Takes on Computers in School ? Internet
Improves Kids' Attitude to School ? Children Tutoring Seniors at Internet
Skills
TECHNOLOGIES AT WORK
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8. The Watering Hole: Creating Learning Communities with Computers
Mary Fontaine with Richard Fuchs, The LearnLink Project, Academy for Educational
Development
Throughout the developing world, there is evidence that telecenters-a.k.a. Community
Learning Centers-may be starting to create a social context for learning in the
post-industrial economy. If the
conviviality, sociability and cohesion of the "watering hole" can be
brought to the business of learning, then the business of education and
development will have done its job.
9. Interactive Mathematics for Basic Education: The Venezuelan Experience with
IRI
Nora Ghetea Jaegerman and Victor Vasquez R.
This article describes an interactive radio instruction program in Venezuela
for mathematics at the lower primary school level. Program accomplishments are
summarized in the areas of production, implementation and evaluation.
10. Ethiopia: Educational Radio and Television
Thomas D. Tilson, Chief of Party, USAID.BESO Project
Demissew Bekele, General Manager, Educational Media Agency, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is fortunate to have a well-established and integrated system for using
radio and television to support education based on over 30 years of experience.
This article describes present radio and television programs that support
primary, secondary and non-formal education as well as teacher training. It
also highlights experience with digital radio.
11. Education for All - The Mass Media Formula
David Walker and Gajaraj Dhanarajan, The Commonwealth of Learning
In order to empower disadvantaged groups as equal partners in development, the
limitations of formal and non-formal education are now being challenged. New
ways to achieve mass education, that can be both efficient and effective, are
being sought. This article describes the track record of community radio, the
possibilities of going digital and the need for a new paradigm to reform
broadcast licensing and regulating.
12. Computers for Children: From the Beaches of California to the Slums of India
Sonia Jurich
This article describes what happens when children encounter a computer for the
first time. Do the children immediately
interact with the computer, as if "equipped" with innate instructions
for its use? Do they learn slowly, through
trial and error? How far can they go
without an adult's interference?
UNDER OBSERVATION
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13. Status Report 1: Applying New Technologies in Basic Education
Hilary Perraton and Charlotte Creed, International Research Foundation for Open
Learning
This article provides an overview of the introduction, use, effectiveness and
cost of different technologies for basic education worldwide.
14. Status Report 2: Textbook and Learning Materials: Today and Tomorrow
This article analyzes the importance of textbooks and instructional materials,
and provides an overview of their availability, quality and modes of provision.
It also outlines future trends and offers recommendations resulting from a
worldwide survey.
PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGIES
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15. Information Systems for Education Management
Kurt Moses, Vice President, Academy for Educational Development
This article describes a framework for the use of information technology to create
an education information system that meets the needs for information at three
levels: policy, management and operations. The article walks the reader through
software that illustrates this framework.
16. South Africa: Teacher Training in the Sky
Claire Brown, Violet Sithole & Robert Hofmeyr, Shoma Education
Foundation, South Africa
This article describes a model of leveraging digital satellite technology to
enhance the professional development of teachers, and outlines the positive and
negative experiences in applying it in South Africa.
17. On the Move
Upcoming Events: Conference, Seminars, Exhibits, Training Courses, etc.
TECHNOLOGIES TODAY
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18. How to Evaluate Educational Software and Websites
Gregg B. Jackson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator, George Washington
University
There are approximately 20,000 educational software packages and many thousand
educational websites throughout the world.
How can you decide what is good and what is a waste of time?
19. Recycling Computers: A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem Sonia
Jurich
This article describes ways by which outdated computers in government and business
offices can be recycled into schools. The issue, however, is that most
computers that are being discarded no longer have software installed, and newer
software packages do not work on them. The article describes software that
restores the core functionality of old computers.
20. WorthWhileWebs
Gregg B. Jackson, Vishnu Karki, and Sole McKinnon, George Washington
University
The World Wide Web now offers extensive resources that can be useful in basic
education. This Issue lists a wide range of sites that can be used by teachers
or parents, and some that are intended to be used by the learners themselves to
supplement their other educational activities.
TECHNOLOGIES TOMORROW
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21. Virtual Presentations: Wasting No Time
Jelena Lewis
This article describes technologies that allow you to take your prepared materials
and your notes on the whiteboard and broadcast them over the web.
22. Tablets Are Back: Light and Fun
Rafael Chargel
A new series of digital devices are changing the ways we can produce information
and keep the best of both worlds: the soft touch of a pen, and the many
resources of a computer. These devices
allow us to write and draw in traditional ways, sometimes using pen and paper,
while creating digital copies of our notes and drawings that can be stored,
copied, faxed, e-mailed, printed, and modified.
23. Copying as You Go: Making Scanning Easier
Jelena Lewis
For teachers, presenters, and students, scanners offer an easy way to incorporate
images into a presentation and enliven an otherwise dry exchange of
information. The article describes an array of portable and handheld scanners
with multiple functions.
PROFILES IN DEVELOPMENT
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24. UNICEF and New Technologies
UNICEF launched two web sites; for youth and for teachers. UNICEF is also supporting
Internet use for open learning. At the same time, it will continue to explore
low-cost, accessible alternatives for peoples who cannot afford to pay for
hi-tech resources, and who cannot access technology through using hi-tech
tools.
25. From Jomtien to Dakar and Beyond
Svein Osttveit, Executive Secretary of the Education for All Forum
The author describes the beginnings of the Education for All movement in Jomtien,
Thailand in 1990, the biggest stocktaking of education in history leading to
the World Education Forum in Dakar in April 2000, the Dakar framework for
Action and the role of technology.
26. Academy for Educational Development: Connecting People - Creating Change
Stephen Moseley, President, Academy for Educational Development
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is an independent, nonprofit organization
committed to solving critical social problems in the United States and
throughout the world through education, research, training, social marketing,
policy analysis, and innovative program design and management. AED works at the
frontiers of new thinking, new approaches, and new technologies.
27. The Commonwealth of Learning
What is the Commonwealth? What is the Commonwealth of learning? " Our long-term aim is that any learner, anywhere in the Commonwealth, shall be able to study any distance-teaching program."
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