Sarah Silverman was on Bill Maher last night. She is brilliant. Remember the Great Schlep? Her new short video has relevant development commentary and is hilarious. Check it. (Though, if you don’t go for pussy jokes, you may want to steer clear:)
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- The Hawthorne, Pygmalion, Placebo and other effects of expectation
- David Lazer - Homepage - Welcome
Director of the Program on Networked Governance (PNG) at Harvard, and Associate Professor of Public Policy. PNG is an NSF-supported program whose objective is to serve as a focal point for events, training, and research at the intersection of governance, information, technology, and networks (social and hard-wired).
- Recreation Grant Programs - Youth Athletic Facilities (YAF)- Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office
- Publications & Resources / Family Involvement / HFRP - Harvard Family Research Project
- Online Reporting as a tool for improved parent teacher communications | eNewsWire
- www.4teachers.org | Teacher Testimony | Parent communication? Try a classroom Web page
- http://www.webptn.com/
- Online tools boost parent-teacher communications | eSchoolNews.com
- User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity and Consumerism in a Digital Age (Luncheon Video/Audio) | Berkman Center
Beth Kolko, Berkman Fellow and Associate Professor of Technical Communication at the University of Washington, was the guest speaker this week at the Berkman Center's Luncheon Series. Her talk was entitled "User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity and Consumerism in a Digital Age."
- Why Do Telecentres Deserve Ongoing Attention?
With nearly 20 years of history to look back on, almost everyone would agree with two statements: (1) telecentres are popular with governments and donors, and in all likelihood, would continue to be funded; (2) there have been many failures, big and small, especially early on where projects were dominated by either a 'technology-for-technology's-sake' mentality or withered because their success was dependent on external factors (e.g. availability of relevant content and services) that largely failed to materialise.
- The Wallace Foundation | Reliable Research and Free Information on Educational Leadership, Arts Participation, and After School Programs
Out of School time research and funding.
- Information and Communication for Development Report (IC4D 2009) | infoDev.org
The World Bank Report takes an in-depth look at how ICT, and particularly broadband and mobile, are impacting economic growth in developing countries. The data section includes at-a-glance tables for 150 economies of the latest available data on ICT sector performance. Performance measures for access, affordability and applications in government and business are also introduced.
- Public library revitalization in India: Hopes, challenges, and new visions
This article explores the implications of these recommendations, with a specific focus on India’s public library system and the social development gains that are often associated with public libraries. The potential of India’s public libraries to serve as community information centres (CICs) is highlighted, as well as the challenges that lie ahead in implementing a new vision for public library revitalization.
- Punto Común | Stockholm Challenge
In November 2005, the city of Medellin, Colombia started a program which now has 10 telecenters called "Puntos Comunes" The Puntos Comunes use ICT to train people with limited resources throughout the city learn about technology and how to use it productively.
- Informal Economy Resource Database
This database contains over 500 ILO entries directly or indirectly related to the informal economy and decent work. The database is searchable by country, keyword, ILO author unit and date.
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