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Covid-19 can catalyse better education for all

Covid-19 can catalyse better education for all | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Digital access to materials can be the equaliser needed for post-pandemic learning recovery ..."

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Let's stop talking about the '30 million word gap'

Let's stop talking about the '30 million word gap' | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Did you know that kids growing up in poverty hear 30 million fewer words by age 3? Chances are, if you're the type of person who reads a newspaper or listens to NPR, you've heard that statistic before ..."

 

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On World Literacy Day, the good news is that more people than ever before can read

On World Literacy Day, the good news is that more people than ever before can read | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"More people than ever before can read but there’s still a literacy problem in poorer countries ..."

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Fourteen video games that tackle important social issues -

Fourteen video games that tackle important social issues - | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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Integrating technology too tightly with education presents its own kind of problems

Integrating technology too tightly with education presents its own kind of problems | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Technology is not always the answer to eradicating poverty, says a former Microsoft executive. Imagine that ..."

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No girl left behind – Education in Africa

No girl left behind – Education in Africa | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"By Claudia Costin, Senior Director for Education at the World Bank, Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Karen Mundy, Chief Technical Officer at the Global Partnership ..."

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This article explains Afirca's intellectual view point. Young girls in Africa are often "left behind" in education whereas, most girls don't even step foot in a school. Poverty is believed to be the biggest barrier in a girls education. 

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Vast digital divide exists in K-12 schools, e-rate analysis hows

Vast digital divide exists in K-12 schools, e-rate analysis hows | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Schools meeting the federal ConnectED goals have budgets for accessing the Internet that are 450 times larger than those that are not meeting those goals ..."

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ICTs in Education

ICTs in Education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"HEART were asked to produce a report focusing on the use of ICTs in education programme delivery, particularly to deliver learning. The focus is on primary and secondary education in low income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia..."

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Games for building critical thinking skills

Games for building critical thinking skills | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Games that create reflective, independent thinkers. Explore this Games for Building Critical Thinking Skills Top Picks list of 30 tools curated by Common Sense Education editors to find relevant and engaging edtech solutions for your classroom ..."

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Text your way to college

Text your way to college | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Too many students from poor families get accepted to college, but never show up. This is a low-cost solution ..."

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Rich and poor teenagers use the web differently – here's what this is doing to inequality

Rich and poor teenagers use the web differently – here's what this is doing to inequality | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Poorer teenagers spend roughly the same time online as their wealthier classmates. But they're using this time differently, and it's counting against them ..."

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This article shows statistics that tell us that disadvantaged students don't use the internet the same as rich students. This is believed to be so because poor students only have access to internet at school. It states that disadvantages teenagers are less likely to take advantage of online opportunities because they are unaware of them. 
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Literacy Bridge: How one organization is adapting technology to help world’s poorest - Humanosphere

Literacy Bridge: How one organization is adapting technology to help world’s poorest - Humanosphere | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Perhaps unsurprisingly, almost half of all nonprofits and public charities end in failure. This is due to a lot of different factors – lack of planning is ..."

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Mobile phones the pathway to internet in Africa

Mobile phones the pathway to internet in Africa | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The continent's poor have tasted the power of the internet and have a desire for more ..."

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Web growth dips, Facebook keeps pushing Internet expansion - MediaPost Communications

Web growth dips, Facebook keeps pushing Internet expansion - MediaPost Communications | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"From poverty to inept governments, the Web is facing ever greater barriers to growth. As a result, its rate of expansion has declined for the fourth year in a row to just 6.6% in 2014 -- down from 14.7% in 2010 -- according to Internet.org ..."

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The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty | Perspectives, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com

The Real 21st-Century Problem in Public Education is Poverty | Perspectives, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A new study showing explosive growth in student poverty suggests that rather than raising standards and testing students more, the biggest change we need to address may be that of our student body..."

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