Comments on: Phones teach written literacy http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/ How the best knowledge gets to everybody to learn Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Yahoo software update http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-31299 Yahoo software update Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:51:54 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-31299 Nice to hear that mobile phones prompt progress not only as electronic devices but as literacy teachers. that is the best and most useful impact of phones i have ever hear about! Nice to hear that mobile phones prompt progress not only as electronic devices but as literacy teachers. that is the best and most useful impact of phones i have ever hear about!

]]> By: Jim @ Mobile Phones http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-24873 Jim @ Mobile Phones Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:52:55 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-24873 mobile phones really are changing developing countries I was truely fascinated by this article. Jim mobile phones really are changing developing countries I was truely fascinated by this article.

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]]> By: Honorarium on Tuesday » Spam: the secret to world literacy http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3369 Honorarium on Tuesday » Spam: the secret to world literacy Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:10:49 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-3369 [...] David Beers says forget the $100 PC and take note of cellphone penetration in the developing world (link from Rob Scoble).  As cellphones become more ubiquitous in the development world they become a major enabler for economic growth.  David points to Judy Breck at Golden Swamp and quotes her as following: Do we realize that by putting a cell phone with a keypad into [a Congolese woman’s] hands we have given her a tool for practicing and rewarding literacy itself? Perhaps not every Congolese (and/or the other billion+ people in developing countries who now have phones) will become literate by using them. For sure some will. [...]

]]> By: David Beers http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3352 David Beers Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:46:35 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-3352 Blogged about your post <a href="http://www.pikesoft.com/blog/index.php?itemid=94" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You've inspired me! :-) Blogged about your post here. You’ve inspired me! :-)

]]> By: Judy Breck http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 Judy Breck Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:42:51 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-3350 The mobile phones are changing developing countries in what I think is only a beginning of a fundamental and wonderful new empowerment of individuals. Closest to my heart is that this empowerment can be for kids for learning. Much more is coming from GoldenSwamp about that soon. The mobile phones are changing developing countries in what I think is only a beginning of a fundamental and wonderful new empowerment of individuals. Closest to my heart is that this empowerment can be for kids for learning. Much more is coming from GoldenSwamp about that soon.

]]> By: David Beers http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3346 David Beers Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:55:06 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-3346 By the way, your web site looks <i>very</i> interesting. On the face of it your idea about mobile phones as learning tools is really intriguing. By the way, your web site looks very interesting. On the face of it your idea about mobile phones as learning tools is really intriguing.

]]> By: David Beers http://www.goldenswamp.com/2006/07/10/phones-teach-written-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 David Beers Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:44:42 +0000 http://goldenswamp.com/?p=755#comment-3345 I was fascinated by this article and blogged about it myself this week. (http://www.pikesoft.com/blog/index.php?itemid=93 -- I probably should have made that my entry for the Carnival instead of something about an obscure new Java standard!) I like the way you are thinking about this: what are ways that developers could tweak the widely deployed mobile phone technology to do really important things like improving literacy, health, and economic opportunity in Africa and the rest of the developing world? It's an exciting challenge that has been overlooked despite the astounding growth of mobile phones in Africa over the last few years. I was fascinated by this article and blogged about it myself this week. (http://www.pikesoft.com/blog/index.php?itemid=93 — I probably should have made that my entry for the Carnival instead of something about an obscure new Java standard!) I like the way you are thinking about this: what are ways that developers could tweak the widely deployed mobile phone technology to do really important things like improving literacy, health, and economic opportunity in Africa and the rest of the developing world? It’s an exciting challenge that has been overlooked despite the astounding growth of mobile phones in Africa over the last few years.

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