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Selected publications (.pdf)

"Education Change, Leadership and the Knowledge Society" 
Global e-Schools Initiative (GeSCI)  

Survey of ICT in education in the Caribbean
Volume 1: Regional trends & analysis
Volume 2: Country reports
infoDev 

Using technology to train teachers:
Appropriate uses of ICT for
teacher professional development 
infoDev (Mary Burns, co-author)

Project evaluation:
Uganda rural school-based telecenters
World Bank Institute
(Sara Nadel, co-author)

The Educational Object Economy:
Alternatives in authoring &
aggregation of educational software 
Interactive Learning Environments
(Purchase or subscription req'd) 

Development of multimedia resources 
UNESCO (Cesar Nunes, co-author)

Real Access/Real Impact
Teresa Peters & bridges.org
(hosted for reference; RIP TMP) 

Strategic planning & program design

Natoma has provided strategic planning and program designs to a wide range of governmental and non-governmental organizations in Africa, Asia and North America:

  • Strategic plan for ICT in education in Papua
    World Bank, Indonesia Office
    Working with a team of national and international consultants Natoma developed a comprehensive US $24 million ICT in education strategy for the province of Papua, Indonesia, addressing: Resource center in vocational school, Biak, Indonesia
    • Organizational development & capacity building
    • Infrastructure development, including connectivity and computer-lab hardware
    • Teacher professional development, including in-service and pre-service approaches
    • Learning-resource development, including build capacity within the Papua Dept of Education
    • Improving management, information systems and transparency
  • Teacher development in Bhutan
    Royal Government of Bhutan / Healing the Divide
    With Jiva Institute, Natoma developed a comprehensive plan to provide training in computer use to 4,000 secondary teachers distributed throughout Bhutan's rugged and isolating terrain. Program planning including pilot implementations, first-round scaling to meet the needs of teachers near Thimpu, and second-round scaling to include teacher stationed in remote and isolated locations.
     
  • "Green Book" plan for technology in education
    Fama Holding Corp / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Design of a system-wide education-technology implementation plan enabling state schools to achieve objectives set in Ministry of Education master plan.

  • Development plan for teacher-training resource centersBRAC teacher in Bangladesh using Apple eMate
    Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
    Working with AK Jalalluddin, Natoma designed a plan to introduce computers and connectivity to rural resource-centers supporting BRAC's 30,000-school non-formal education system.
  • Joint Virtual Learning Environment
    US Dept of Defense / National Defense University
    To develop this multi-campus online e-learning environment, Natoma conducted on-site needs assessments, determined requirements, managed the vendor-selection process and developed final design documents for one of the first SCORM-compliant e-learning databases (SCORM = Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model).

Primary teachers in highlands of Papua, IndonesiaIn previous positions, principal consultant Edmond Gaible has also led development of planning tools for teacher development and other activities in US schools. The Teaching, Learning & Technology Multimedia CD,developed for Apple Computer, offered state education officials, district superintendents and school principals step-by-step guidance in the development of professional-development programs addressing the integration of technology into teacher practice and classroom teaching and learning activities.