Friday, September 29, 2006

Dollar a day ???

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A couple of weeks ago I was watching Hans Roslings' TED talk about the gapminder technology. A very interesting talk about global data...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Royal Holloway ICT4D Reflection

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It's been over a week since the ICT4D Symposium and I have had some time to reflect on what I learned. All the learning has added to my...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Transparency and Microfinance

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Due to the current UN general assembly there seems to be increased talk about the effectiveness of the UN. As I reflect on all I am reading...

Millennium Village

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Sachs does not only espouse the differential diagnosis at the country level, he also utilizes it at the community level. The Millennium Vill...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Freire's view of differential diagnosis

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During the feedback session after presenting my paper at the ICT4D symposium someone made the comment that a Freirian approach to "dif...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Lenin's famous statement

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I'm doing some reading today about a comment made during the ICT4D symposium and I ran across this Lenin quote, "Without a revoluti...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Royal Holloway ICT4D

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I'm just back from Royal Holloway University of London where I presented my paper on the Critical Technologist. The paper hit the mark f...
Monday, August 07, 2006

Learner Centered Approach in Ghana

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I came across this brief paper on Learning in the Digital World. What stood out for me were the authors experiences in the USA and their ap...
Saturday, July 22, 2006

Critical Technologist planning papers

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It would seem that most of my coursework is now focusing on Critical Technology and the role of the Critical Technologist. During my EDU539 ...
Saturday, July 15, 2006

Critical Technologist as a Concept Map

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The role of a Critical Technologist is comprehensive when it comes to working within a developing country. To bring greater understanding to...
Thursday, July 13, 2006

Critical Technology as a Graphic

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Last month I created a graphic of what critical technology is based upon. To date this is the best I have; I do like the way it brings the t...
Monday, June 05, 2006

The first step up the ladder

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This video puts it in simple terms. Literacy and education should lead to a better life.
Friday, May 19, 2006

Clinical Economics (pdf)

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This article by Jeffrey Sachs brought tears to my eyes. It is providing a positive way forward with the issue of poverty. He includes what h...
Monday, May 15, 2006

One person can always make a difference

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This is a good video for many reasons; I like the positive content and presenation, I like its alignment with empowering women, I like its f...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Critical technology has two perspectives

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The internal classroom perspective where both student and teacher must be critical of the use of all technology. They must always be asking ...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Critical Pedagogy by Barry Kanpol

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In my journey to deepen my understanding of Critical Pedagogy I have read the book Critical Pedagogy by Barry Kanpol. An excellent book with...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Critical technology being implemented (pdf)

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My reading of things related to what I am calling "Critical Technology" continues. My interest in the $100 laptop also continues...
Saturday, April 22, 2006

Pedagogy of Curiosity

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A discussion between Paulo Freire and Seymour Papert regarding the future of school. So much good stuff within this discussion between thes...
Friday, April 21, 2006

Critical Technologists

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In my previous post I spoke to the idea of teachers well versed in the critical technology approach. It would seem that the GIIP has alrea...

Critical Technology Defined

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After some reflection I am going to create my first statement defining Critical Technology as I believe it to be. Fundamentally it will be b...