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Rethinking Teacher Preparation

5/4/2009

Let your mind wonder for just a moment. As yourself this question: If I could redesign an entire teacher education program, what would it look like? Here is my vision of a teacher education program. I imagine a teacher preparation program that: Challenges the individual. No one in this program would say “But I thought [...]


Building Global School Leaders

10/17/2008

How do we convince professional development programs that leaders need a 21st century, global mindset? Are there models of higher education that are consistently, proactively, and effectively building school leaders who are prepared to compete in a knowledge economy? More accurately, are there higher education programs that are producing school leaders that create a school [...]


Introducing Jeffrey Schulz, guest blogger

11/16/2007

Jeffrey Schulz is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota in Educational Policy and Administration with heavy leanings toward Comparative International Development of Education. His research interests lie in the futures of education, particularly at the secondary level. Additionally, he has extensive teaching experience in urban education, and is currently working for BlueSky Charter [...]


Sustainable Tourism

11/1/2007

For those of us who love travel and are interested in international development issues, perhaps the concept of sustainable tourism is of interest to you! I have a friend working in Cambodia on a sustainable tourism project. If you are looking for an adventure, perhaps consider looking into these types of projects. Sustainable Travel International is [...]


ICTs for Peace and Reconciliation

10/29/2007

While doing research with Dr. Edward Brantmeier, I ran across this interesting information from Cole and Crawford (2007) in an article called “Building peace through information and communication technologies.” The table below details some of the authors’ main points. Ways of Promoting Peace and Reconciliation through ICTs Examples of ICTs Provide information Internet connectivity Mobile [...]


Introducing Jayson Richardson, guest blogger

10/28/2007

Dr. Jayson W. Richardson is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota with a focus on comparative and international development education. His research interests include information and communication technology for development and technology leadership in less developed nations. He conducted his dissertation research on an ICT in education project while working at UNESCO in [...]


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Jayson Richardson returns as guest blogger

For the week of October 12, Dr. Jayson Richardson will return to Education Futures as a guest blogger. (I will be away in China.) Jayson is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Watson School of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His research interests include international / intercultural education and global [...]


UNESCO Third Global Knowledge Conference audio online

Jayson Richardson forwarded this link to audio from the Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3): From UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector’s news service, the conference centered on the development of knowledge societies, and: Topics ranged from community radio, telecentre, CMC in Asia, Africa and Caribbean, present and future conferences, ICT for disabled, Citizens media, Brain Store, [...]


Introducing Jeffrey Schulz, guest blogger

Jeffrey Schulz is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota in Educational Policy and Administration with heavy leanings toward Comparative International Development of Education. His research interests lie in the futures of education, particularly at the secondary level. Additionally, he has extensive teaching experience in urban education, and is currently working for BlueSky Charter [...]


ICT for development SIG

Greg Sales and Jayson Richardson are looking for support in building an “ICT4D” special interest group for the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) professional organization. A SIG would provide a mechanism that would bring together interested individuals to discuss and present on ICT issues. In order to do this, they need to recruit a [...]


The question of ICT in development

Dr. Jayson Richardson, guest blogging elsewhere, reflects on a conversation we had recently regarding ICT adoption in developing nations and asks: The question is how will advances in technology such the Nokia N800, a Wi-Fi Internet tablet which includes VoIP support and WiMax which enables long range wireless broadband access change society in less developed [...]


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