New Technologies: Mirage or Miracle? A revolution. This is how the arrival of new information and communication technologies in schools were described at the time. Interactive, entertaining and capable of transferring data widely and instantly, it caught on like wildfire in the classroom. In rich countries at least. But has it ushered in the new era its advocates proclaimed? >> More
World Summit on the Information Society Universal access to information and education, freedom of expression and cultural diversity are the four principles for future knowledge societies. This is UNESCO’s message to the World Summit on the Information Society to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 December 2003 >> More
TV and radio: the pioneers Long before computers and the Internet, radio and TV had arrived in schools. From the early 1950s, educational radio programmes were used in classrooms and relayed by teachers almost everywhere in Latin America, Asia and Africa >> More