Archive for September, 2011

How Much Do You Text?

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

An estimated “7 Trillion text messages are going to be sent in 2011 from 4.8 billion mobile phones” according to ABI Research. With so many text messages flying around out there, you might be wondering just who is sending all these messages?

Games that make a difference

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Let me start this post by saying, unlike many of my co-workers, I am not a big gamer.  But I agree with Brian that there is lot of value in video games for education. Educational games have even been recently discussed in the field of education technology for development.
With that in mind, I wanted [...]

A Tutor in my Pocket

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

One of the primary focuses of international development agencies around the world is education. As the old Chinese proverb says, “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” Simply put, education provides a solid foundation for a person to [...]