View source for Manual on teaching ICT in secondary schools

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{{Discussion - Side Box
|topics=Knowledge and International Development, Knowledge Sharing Technologies
|keywords=education, 
|africa=Yes
|america=No
|asia=No
|europe=No
|latin america=No
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{{Discussion - Original Message
|posted by=Theresa Stanton
|posted on=2009/01/08
|message=Dear colleagues

Are any of you aware of the existence of a very practical manual on how to start using ICT in secondary schools, based on good (and bad)
practices on the ground?

We are working with our local partner organisations in Africa to develop such a manual and were wondering if some work had already been done in
this area. Our target group is teachers who want to start up a computer room in their school. In this respect, a very 'hands-on', step-by-step
manual is needed. If you are aware of the existence of such a manual - in French, Spanish or English - or if you know of any other
organisations who have done (or are doing) work in this field, we would really like to hear from you.

Any useful tips and insights you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all your help,

Writer/Editor,
International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD),
The Netherlands.
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{{Discussion - Contributors
|contributed by=Theresa Stanton, Ssozi Javie, Sophie Treinen, Judith Henderson, Riff Fullan, Caitlin Bentley, Elliot Lazerwitz, Wilson Charles Katabani Silomba
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=== Summary ===

==== Detailed Description ====

[the meat of the topic – clearly, crisply communicated summary of the topic. Where relevant, a brief story – no more than 1-2 paragraphs - of how this topic has been turned into practice, ideally from the KM4Dev archives? If the example is long, separate into a separate subsection]

==== Examples in Application ====

[One or a few practical examples and references that illustrate the topic or show how it is done in practice]

==== Recommended Resources ====

* [http://tractfoundation.com/ Tract Foundation] - An organization that works on introducing ICTs in Schools in Uganda.
* An excellent article by Nancy Hafkin: [http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/voddocs/501/965/hafkin.ppt Girls do not run]
* [http://www.schoolnet.na/projects/index.html Schoolnet Namibia], an organization that did some innovative work both in terms of setting up LANs to function without much need for technical intervention and the production of capacity building resources such as comics to teach basic computer use. They have some kind of lessons learned material around setting up ICTs in schools.
* [http://www.schoolnetafrica.org/english/schoolnet_centre/tools/capacity_building.html Other schoolnets in Africa]
* [http://www.world-links.org World-Links]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Portal:Education OLPC portal], an example of what a guide could look like.
* [http://ngoinabox.org/ NGO in a box] has a collection of open source tools to help NGOs produce media.