http://critical.edublogs.org Critical Pedagogy for the introduction of new educational technology. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:03:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the growing adoption of technology in education combined with the increasing focus upon open educational resources (OER) it is becoming an essential skill for educators to know how to create, reuse and alter OER. A recent report from the OECD (2007) highlights how this growing need is being encouraged ... http://critical.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/utilizing-oer-for-development/ This article describes the resources and approach required to build a Community Knowledge Management System (CKMS) in rural developing communities. The increased availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) through telecentres, cellular telephones, rural wireless networks and community schools have increased the likelihood of partnerships successfully creating community repositories of ... http://critical.edublogs.org/2007/01/10/community-knowledge-management-system-for-development-ckms4d/ This paper is a technology plan for a critical technologist assisting in community education through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the developing world. Two of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) focuses on providing education. To meet these MDG educational goals between 14 and 22.5 million ... http://critical.edublogs.org/2006/08/14/role-of-critical-technologist-in-ict4d/ In January of 2005 Nicholas Negroponte of the MIT media lab announced the $100 laptop initiative. This laptop is being released to the children of third world countries in an effort to provide them access to education they would not otherwise receive. The fourth quarter 2006 release of the $100 ... http://critical.edublogs.org/2006/04/06/meeting-basic-needs-will-encourage-100-laptop-success/