International Motivation, Methods Differ on Ed-Tech
High school students in Montevideo, Uruguay, use computers provided by the Plan Ceibal project, a national one-to-one netbook initiative.
—Miguel Rojo/AFP/Getty Images-File
In Uruguay, the second phase of a national one-to-one laptop computing initiative is underway, boosting the number of laptops in student hands to 520,000 in grades 1-9.
In the Netherlands, the government-funded Kennisnet Foundation has evolved from a department within the nation’s Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science into an independent organization with nearly 150 employees embedded in the school system.
And in Ireland, public-private partnerships are in vogue as the nation follows dictates from the European Union that educators stress not only how to use technology, but how...
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Correction:
A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Doug Brown’s past affiliation. He was a former advisor to the United Kingdom’s Department of Education and Sciences.
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