Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. A great teacher is going to be better than a software program on a laptop or tablet. Yet, that is exactly the logic of so many attempts to fix schools with technology.

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Laptop Hype Ghana Phase 100

Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

International 51

International Develop Empowerment Ghana 51

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

And I will start this post off by being clear – this is as much of an internal, personal conflict for me, and a way in which I see my own behavior and my values diverge at times. We leave that to China, Ghana, and other countries. We don’t see or interact with e-waste. E-waste pollutes the environment and poisons people.

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Environment Technology Green Ghana 160

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. When I got home, I remembered the work of colleague Joitske Hulsebosch who has taught video blogging in Ghana. The back story is here ). mobile posting.

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Blogher Phone Mobile Video 50