Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010
The World Economic Forum has just published its Global Information Technology Report for 2009-2010. There’s some interesting movement on the accompanying Network Readiness Index. A few E. Asian countries are continuing their upward move, most notably Hong Kong and Taiwan. … Continue reading
Still *trying* to have fun with the OLPC
My daughter (9 yrs) has been playing around with the OLPC laptop for about a week now. Her progress has been fairly predictable. The computer really is very easy to figure out. She’s especially drawn to the mutlimedia applications that … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Education, ICTs, Internet, Leapfrogging development
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Robot teachers in S. Korea
This is quite interesting. S. Koreans are developing “robot teachers” to function as teaching assistants in public schools. Apparently they are working fairly well. A recent project showed that elementary school students working with these robots in an english class … Continue reading
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m-learning or m-somethingelse?
I rather quickly skimmed over this paper on “m-learning” after listening to a presentation on m-learning at a conference I recently attended. The concept certainly isn’t new to me. m-learning has been getting a lot of attention recently, so the … Continue reading
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Having fun with OLPC
I finally get to have a little fun with an OLPC laptop. Borrowed this from an institute at the university and plan to follow my daughters path of discovery over the weekend. I’ll probably post some reflections afterwards.
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Wifi on the schoolbus
This is an excellent example of the impact a seemingly simply (and, I might suggest, obvious) innovation can have. New York Times: Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall
