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Peru's distribution of more than 800,000 low-cost laptop computers to children across the country easily ranks as one of the world's most ambitious efforts to use digital technology in the fight against poverty.
Yet five years into the program, there are serious doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child initiative was worth the more than US$200 million that Peru's government spent.
Ill-prepared rural teachers were often unable to fathom, much less teach with the machines, software bugs didn't get fixed and most had no way to connect to the internet. Many could not take the computers home as the initiative intended. And some schools even lacked electricity to keep them running.
"In essence, what we did was deliver the computers without preparing the teachers," said Sandro Marcone, the Peruvian education official who now runs the program.
The volume of low-cost, education-focused computers delivered globally remains modest. Intel Corp. says it has shipped more than 7 million, about a third in Argentina. Venezuela boasts 1.6 million distributed, licensed from a Portuguese company.
MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte inspired the One Laptop Per Child initiative, pioneering the idea that computers could be potent tools for lifting developing world children out of poverty. It was never able to achieve the US$100 laptop price tag he desired, but nevertheless won adherents.
More than 2.5 million of its US$200 XO laptops - green-and-white models for the early grades and blue-and-white machines with bigger keyboards for older kids - have been distributed in 46 countries since 2007.
The rugged, energy-efficient OLPC laptops, which run a variant of the open-source Linux operating system, are in Ethiopia, in Rwanda, Mongolia and Haiti, even in the United States and Australia. Uruguay, a compact South American nation of 3.5 million people, is the only country that has fully embraced the concept and given every elementary school child and teacher an XO laptop.
No country, however, bought nearly as many as Peru.
"It's a really great idea," said Jeff Patzer, a software engineer with a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, who travelled from school to school in Peru's rustic Cordillera Blanca highlands in 2010 introducing and maintaining the laptops. "It just seems like there was some stuff that wasn't thought through quite enough."
Inter-American Development Bank researchers were less polite.
"There is little solid evidence regarding the effectiveness of this programme," they said in a study based on a look at 319 schools in small, rural Peruvian communities that got laptops.
"The magical thinking that mere technology is enough to spur change, to improve learning, is what this study categorically disproves," co-author Eugenio Severin of Chile told The Associated Press.
The study found no increased math or language skills, no improvement in classroom instruction quality, no boost in time spent on homework, no improvement in reading habits.
On the positive side, the "dramatic increase in access to computers" accelerated by about six months students' abstract reasoning, verbal fluency and speed in processing information, the report said.
A study in Ethiopian schools by Dutch researchers from the University of Groningen, published last year in the journal Computers and Education, similarly indicated that OLPC laptops improved abstract reasoning.
The teachers in those schools had received extensive training in the laptops, which the researchers said introduced an "information-rich novelty" into an environment previously starved for learning material.
The laptops in Ethiopia, like those in Peru, were loaded with books, memory games, music composing software and other programmes.
The Education Ministry official who ran Peru's programme until last year, Oscar Becerra, calls the abstract reasoning findings "spectacular" and disputes claims that the programme has been a failure.
"We knew from the start that it wouldn't be possible to improve the teachers," he said, citing a 2007 census of 180,000 Peruvian teachers that showed more than 90 percent lacked basic maths skills while three in five could not read above sixth-grade level.
Many of the teachers had never so much as booted up a computer. In Patzer's experience "most of them barely knew how to interact with the computers at all."
At the Jose Arguedas primary school in Lima's gritty San Juan de Lurigancho neighbourhood, 40 computers for its 570 students arrived nearly two years ago but few teachers have worked them into their lesson plans.
"It's been difficult for many teachers to adapt to them," said Graciela Martinez, the school's technology coordinator.
Many of teacher Magnus Fajardo's second-graders struggled when he took them to computer lab and asked them to write, sequentially, the numbers from 200 to 300 on their laptops.
The children knew their numbers but few knew their laptops. Less bashful children asked a visiting reporter for help. They wanted to know how to advance to a new line, how to increase the font size.
In the higher grades, Martinez said, children's use of the machines is mostly social. They have internet, and Facebook is big. So are online games.
"For them, the laptop is more for playing than for learning," she says.
Educators say that's a clear sign the children haven't been properly introduced either to the internet or to what is on the machines.
Negroponte thinks the main goal should be simply getting computers into poor kids' hands. Last year he proposed parachuting table computers from helicopters and he has begun a pilot project in two Ethiopian villages to test whether tablets alone, loaded with the right software, can teach children to read.
"There are about 100 million kids without schools, without access to literate adults, and I would like to explore a way to get tablets to them in a manner that does not need "educators" to go to the village," he said.
The OLPC team always considered internet connectivity part of the recipe for success. They also insisted each child be given a laptop and be permitted to take it home.
Uruguay, a small, flat country with a far higher standard of living, has honoured those requirements and achieved ubiquitous internet access in the process.
Peru did not.
Becerra said trade-offs were necessary because it would have cost US$1.2 billion to provide all 6 million children in Peru's primary schools with laptops. Rural schools, beginning with those where a single teacher manages multiple grades, got priority.
But those schools' very remoteness complicated matters.
Some parents, mistakenly believing themselves the laptops' owners, tried to sell the machines, Becerra said.
About a quarter didn't want the computers coming home, fearing theft, the development bank researchers found. Meanwhile, two in five children didn't take their computers home because their school wouldn't let them.
Some schools didn't have enough electricity to power the machines.
And then there was internet. Less than 1 percent of the schools studied had it.
Patzer blogged about the frustration he witnessed when children and teachers struggled with the laptops' old, buggy software and, not understanding how to update to improved versions, "promptly boxed them up and put them back in the corner."
Marcone questioned whether the IADB study measured the right aptitudes among those who did use the machines.
"What was evaluated was a paper and pencil test," he said. "What if they had tested 21st-century skills?" he said. Skills such as those developed by the audiovisual tools the laptops possess?
Marcone has already made modifications to the program, including making the XO laptop part of Peru's university teacher-training curriculum this year.
His office will continue to support the laptops, replacing broken ones as well as distributing 41,000 that were destroyed in a warehouse fire earlier this year. It plans to expand rural Internet penetration and put new support resources online. But it won't be trying to give out one laptop per child.
"The ministry is not going to do another macro project of this type. It is not going to make multimillion-dollar purchases and distribute (computers) like candy."
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iPad Applications In Bloom's Taxonomy
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Is the iPad Driving eLearning Towards HTML5?
Upside Learning
The battle between web technologies (read ' Apple and Adobe ') started a couple of years back when Apple decided to not support Flash on its newly launched iPad terming it buggy. The eLearning industry was not too happy about the iPad not featuring Flash as it meant reinventing the wheel for animation and interactivity in eLearning.
5 Rapid Authoring Tools To Publish Courses For Your iPads
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Of late, many of our clients have asked us to develop courses for deployment over PCs but which can also be viewed over the iPad. This hardly comes as a surprise given that the iPad dominates the worldwide tablet market. As per data published by Good Technology in their Good Technology Device Activations Report | Q1 2012 , the iPad 2 averaged 17.7 with HTML5 Converter. Thanks!
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I have read several articles about iPad for eLearning and I believe that we are missing the point. Why iPad was created? iPad was not created for supporting eLearning and (or) mLearning instead it was created as a media device that supports books, magazines, newspapers, games, music, video and web access. The answer is simple. Come on guys. But guess. Yes we can!
eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas
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While exhibiting at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 and Learning Technologies 2013, we seem to have severely underestimated the interest and demand we would have for our little pocket ready-reckoner on " eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas "! We are sure this will help you set out on your journey to "mEnable" your existing eLearning for iPads and when developing new content too! Sorry!
Designing eLearning For iPads (LT 2013 – Slide Deck)
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We have been talking a lot about iPads (by iPads we also imply other 'tablets') on our blog for the past couple of weeks. We believe that 2013 is going to be the year of tablets and smartphones, and for us, at Upside Learning, eLearning on iPads (tablets) and mEnablement (as we call it) are powerful themes – ones that can get organizations started towards mLearning.
Some Thoughts On Tablet Learning (aka Elearning On iPads)
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There's no doubt the iPad has been a phenomenal success. Our earliest reactions of the iPad were that of disappointment but then iPad has gone on to shape a new category of learning, which I prefer to call 'tablet learning'. Given that the iPad is intended to be a mobile device it is easy to call any learning happening on it to be mlearning. He says. So why not, right?
15 Authoring Tools For mEnabling Your eLearning For iPads
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Last week I asked if you had thought about mEnabling your eLearning for iPads (mEnabling, is what we are calling the process of getting your existing eLearning to run on iPads and other tablets) but didn't really tell you how? Storyline publishes to three different formats: Flash, HTML5, and iOS for iPad, delivering rich multimedia and interactivity for tablet learning. Claro.
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good starting point is our blog post – 5 Rapid Authoring Tools to Publish Courses For Your iPads – where we talk about some of the authoring tools that can be used to develop HTML5 courses for iPads. Apps for iPads – Native or Web-based? Mobile Learning eLearning for iPadsand later. Surprised? So what's the fuss about HTML5? learning.
Have You mEnabled Your eLearning For iPads?
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Since its launch, back in April 2010, Apple has sold more than 100 million iPads – a mind boggling quantity unmatched and way ahead of any other device manufacturer. Unsurprisingly, global enterprise's interest in the iPad is growing and it is reported that a staggering 94 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are either testing or deploying the iPad. Mobile Learning
Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning
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The Question Of Why (Not) eLearning On iPads Or Tablets?
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iPad or iFad?
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Now, ten years on, more and more schools are finding the resources to offer their students a laptop each, and some schools are trail blazing by providing iPads for each of their learners. One such school, Cedars School of Excellence, in Greenock, Scotland has discovered that providing an iPad for each of its children has many benefits. Image source iPad or iFad?
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Why does learning content seem so much more exciting on an iPad?
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Since DevLearn last week, when it seemed every other person was carrying an iPad, I've been trying to figure out just what it is that tablets offer as a delivery medium for learning which a laptop can't do equally as well. No wonder every tool vendor is rushing to make sure they can output to every tablet device out there, especially the iPad. I'm convinced that the future of e-learning will be on tablet devices. Not so much performance support, because you need that to hand every minute of the day and a smart phone is the obvious vehicle. tablet comes with no such baggage.
Think Multiscreen (vs. iPad-only) when developing an mLearning Strategy
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Designing eLearning for iPads – Webinar Recording and Q&A
Upside Learning
Finally, here's everything you wanted to know about eLearning on iPads… and asked! – What do we need to teach people in order for them to learn how to use iPads in general? A: The best way to get people acquainted with eLearning on tablets is by identifying any support opportunity that can be provided using tablets and then to create and deliver it via the devices.
The iPad for Learning & Teaching Workshop at IMU!
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The New Articulate Storyline iPad App and mLearning [VIDEOS]
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RJ Jacquez: I continue to be very impressed with the new Articulate Storyline product. I'm especially impressed with how straightforward it is to publish any project for consumption on the iPad using the new Articulate Mobile Player iPad app. believe Articulate has been able to address this need with the launch of Storyline and their iPad app. Send to Kindle.
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One question that I get often is How does the Motorola Xoom compare to the iPad? So without further ado, here are 10 things I really like about the Xoom as compared to the iPad, which I bought and have used since the first day it went on sale: 1. didn't really realized this until later but I was able to activate my Xoom, setup my Gmail account, as well as my Exchange e-mail and.Mac account without ever needing to connect my Tablet to a computer as I had to do when I first bought the iPad. The iPad has nothing comparable to this. 3. codenamed Honeycomb. Widgets.
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HTML5 for iPad – Early Preview Now Available!
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Soon is sooner now – You can now have an "Early Preview of our HTML5 output for the iPad. Adobe eLearning Suite HTML5 iPadThanks everyone for your response to the HTML5 – Coming Soon announcement on Facebook page and Twitter. All you need to do is: 1. Get onto our Facebook page 2. Leave a comment on our Wall. [.]. eLearning Suite Extending Captivate How do I. Rapid Authoring Whats new "Elearning authoring tools" "Screen capture software" Adobe Captivate 5 Adobe Captivate 5.5
iPads in schools
Learning with e's
This one, written by Sabrina Huber, focuses on iPads in Schools is available as a free download and is in English. Numerous schools all over the world have already focused on the value added to lessons by tablet computers, such as Apple's iPad. iPads in schools by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
OpenSesame Now Offers More Than 5,000 Courses for iPad & iPhone
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Why I disagree with Mark Zuckerberg who claims the iPad isn't mobile [Poll]
mLearning Revolution
I came across this interesting article on Forbes.com, which also includes a short video (below) of Mark Zuckerberg answering a question from the audience and basically saying that the iPad is not mobile. The question was about whether Facebook would build an iPad app, which at the time of the question (November 2010) it didn't exist. This is where I disagree. Send to Kindle.
Student Perceptions of Blackboard Mobile Learn and iPads #edtech
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" – AJET: "Student Perceptions of Blackboard Mobile Learn and iPads" Well, do we? Challenging mobile learning discourse through research: Student perceptions of Blackboard Mobile Learn and iPads. like the new interface, it's clean and tidy, but it has some issues which I won't go into here. Reference. Kinash, S., Brand, J. & Mathew, T. 2012).
Introducing a new Podcast: This Week in #mLearning [Episode 1: The new iPad and Mobile Learning]
mLearning Revolution
In this first episode, we review the new iPad as compared to the first and second generations, plus its impact on mLearning. First Impressions of the New iPad as compared to the first and second generation iPads. Statistics about the use of iPads in the Enterprise. I'm am extremely excited to introduce a brand new weekly Podcast entitled 'This Week in Mobile Learning" with my friend and co-host Robert Gadd. Here are some sound bites of what you can expect in this first episode: Introductions. Adobe Flash and Mobile devices. iBooks and Adobe Shadow.
Why the iPad and iPhone not supporting Adobe Flash is a Great thing for mLearning
mLearning Revolution
the learner needs to have the Flash Player installed) and thus making it an interesting challenge for our Industry to make the transition to mobile learning (mLearning), especially because of the market share that Apple commands with the iPad and the iPhone. When I worked at Adobe, the question I most frequently heard from my customers was: how can we make our existing eLearning projects play on the iPad? Let me explain. But what about the experience for mobile users? Can we make a successful transition from eLearning to mLearning without Adobe Flash? Absolutely we can.
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The mobile app is compatible with both iPhone and iPad devices running IOS 8+. The iPad version is specially crafted for that type of device and not simply a scaled-up iPhone version. The post Introducing the TalentLMS' App for iPhone & iPad appeared first on TalentLMS Blog. The TalentLMS' mobile app offers an exciting new way to consume your learning content. Assessments.
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eLearning Guest post Learning News apple competition elearning ipadWe would like to invite you to participate in our eLearning competition for best blog post! The competition will take place from November 26th to Dec 17th and during that period we will accept blog entries on the following topics: Informal learning in the workplace. Social learning in the workplace. Tablet learning.
Creating iPad apps using Rapid eLearning authoring tools
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Dustin shows not just how to use the HTML5 converter, but also how to convert this into an iPad app and test it using Adobe PhoneGap. Rapid eLearning HTML5 Contest ipad apps Rapid Authoring rapid elearningThis video from Dustin has been gaining in popularity across our FB and Linked-in forums. I'm posting it here for the benefit of our blog readers. Now to see [.]. How do I.
FastTrack for iPad - Learn Camtasia Studio 7 on the Go
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Have an iPad and Camtasia Studio? TechSmith just released an app called FastTrack that lets you take the complete series of Camtasia Studio 7 tutorials anywhere your iPad can go. Get FastTrack for iPad. In fact, having this content on the iPad actually makes a lot of sense. Like a training manual or book, the iPad app delivery is flexible and readily available.
Net worth of the iPad
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Much interest was shown in yesterday's post iPad or iFad? It focused on whether schools should provide iPads for all their students. The main objection against one iPad per child projects is that there is little evidence to show that the new devices actually improve learning gain. They reported that they made personal learning gains by working faster and getting more done.
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One of the greatest new features in Adobe Captivate 9 is the addition of a pre-production workflow for Captivate. In fact with the addition of Adobe Captivate Draft for pre-production design and storyboarding, and the addition of Adobe Captivate Prime (an all new LMS from Adobe) it is now possible to complete your entire eLearning […].
Ask3 for iPad: Put an end to homework confusion!
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First iPad University Course
The eLearning Coach
These students will be getting an iPad loaded with course content. Post from: The eLearning Coach First iPad University Course. Read the interview.
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Apple iPad: Who Is It Really For?
Upside Learning
A Google search on 'Apple iPad' throws up an excess of 30 million results! Clearly the Apple iPad has drawn much applause and an equal amount of criticism in the last few weeks. At Upside Learning we've been thinking about ways the Apple iPad can be useful for eLearning – especially in the workplace. So who does the iPad compete with? MP3 Players?
Another chance to win an iPad 3!! Scenario-Training Contest…
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Advanced Actions Assessment Captivate Captivate 5 Design Ease of use eLearning eLearning Suite eLearning Suite 2 HTML5 iPad Quiz rapid elearning rapid elearning authoring tools round-trip screen capture User Interface videoAfter the successful HTML5 contest for Adobe Captivate on our Facebook Page, we're launching a global contest for the best Scenario-based training content created using Adobe Captivate. This contest is live now on our Facebook page. Contest Rules: Upload any scenario-based course created using Adobe Captivate.
Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry
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I have great respect for Apple as an organization particularly because I use an iPhone and I think the iPhone has definitely become one of those game-changers in the smartphone world and by a large margin. I was looking forward to the Apple iPad even more so as we have been doing good stuff on mobile learning and putting up applications and tools on iPhone as pilots and on a trial basis. The iPad was supposed to be better and bigger than the iPhone, closer to a computer and much more than just a phone. What would I carry an iPad for? Whoops!). Some reasons: 1.


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LONDON, November 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Every week Littlewoods Europe gives its social media followers the chance to win quality prizes from their online store. Now they've upped the stakes announcing even more fabulous wins of not one, not two but three great prizes in their final giveaway in December.
You too can take part in the fun run up to Christmas by playing #Freebie Friday, for the chance to win amazing prizes to keep yourself or give away as presents for Christmas. Taking part is easy - you can follow the Littlewoods Europe Blog and leave a comment, follow @LWEurope on Twitter and retweet their special #FF tweets, share the #Freebie Friday links with your circles on Google+ or you can 'Like' the #Freebie Friday posts by Littlewoods Europe on Facebook.
Still available to win is a treat for young Batman fans on Friday 23rd November when the ultimate Batman Attack Total Destruction Batmobile is the prize for the week. Then it's a Moshi Monster Super Moshi HQ for the little monsters on Friday 30th November. And during the grand finale week on Friday 7th December their will be 3 prize draws. Prizes this week include the amazing Web Shooting Spiderman, a So Fabulous Dress of your choice up to the value of €100 and an uber cool Samsung WB690 Digital Camera.
With everything to play for, and with so much in store delivered to Europe for just €5, Littlewoods Europe is THE place to shop for at Christmas.
About Littlewoods Europe:
Littlewoods Europe launched on 27th August 2009 is aimed at women who want the convenience of home delivery from one of their favourite British on-line retailers. The delivery cost is €5 regardless of size of order. Littlewoods Europe delivers to 25 countries in Europe, including France, Spain, Cyprus and Malta.
The Littlewoods Europe site features over 15,000 product lines, from core categories of clothing, footwear, toys, kidswear & homeware.
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- Shop Direct Group is the UK's largest online and home shopping retailer with sales of circa £1.7 billion
- The Group has 5 million active customers across the business
- Shop Direct employs around 9,000 people
- Brands include Littlewoods, Littlewoods Europe, VERY.co.uk, Woolworths.co.uk, Littlewoods Ireland, K&Co, ISME.com
- We are the 2nd largest online clothing retailer in the UK
- We are the 4th largest furniture retailer in the UK
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- Shop online at http://www.littlewoodseurope.com, Littlewoods.com, Very.co.uk, Woolworths.co.uk
- Shop Direct Group Financial Services offers customers a wide range of credit, insurance and warranty products to customers in the UK.
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Twice Claire has used an ancient stone circle to travel back to the 18th century. The first time she found love with a Scottish warrior but had to return to the 1940s to save their unborn child. The second time, 20 years later, she reunited with her lost love but had to leave behind the daughter that he would never see. Now Brianna, from her 1960s vantage point, has found a disturbing obituary and will risk everything in an attempt to change history.
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Following the journey of a dachshund as it is shuffled from owner to owner, Todd Solondz's Wiener-Dog is one of his sharpest visions of futility.
Following the journey of a dachshund as it is shuffled from owner to owner, Todd Solondz's Wiener-Dog is one of his sharpest visions of futility.
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The England of the first Elizabeth is a dark and sensuous place; the court lives intimately with treachery, and cloaks itself in shadows and rude luxury. As seen through the fresh eyes of an Indian director, Shekhar Kapur, "Elizabeth" is not a light "Masterpiece Theater" production, but one steeped in rich, saturated colors and emotions. The texture of the film is enough to recommend it, even apart from the story.
Cate Blanchett stars as Elizabeth I, who in 1558, at the age of 25, took the throne of a Catholic country, declared it Protestant, fought off assassination by the French, the Spanish, her rivals and the pope, and ruled for 45 years. She succeeded, the film demonstrates, by learning on the job, growing from a naive girl to a willful strategist who picked her advisers well and ignored them when they urgently advised her to marry: "I will have one mistress here! And no master!" She was known as the Virgin Queen. Virginity for her, as for so many, was something she grew into. As the film opens, she frolics with her lover, Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes), and her ardor only subsides as she realizes no man loves the Queen of England only for herself. She is contemptuous of such other suitors as the Duke of Anjou (Vincent Cassel), who sees marriage as a social move, and is surprised while frolicking in a frock. And her eyes narrow as she listens to proposals couriered in by various rulers who want to marry her as a sort of mergers and acquisitions deal.
The screenplay provides a series of hard-edged conversations in which Elizabeth's enemies conspire against her, and her friends urgently counsel her while she teaches herself to tell true allies from false ones. She is much helped in the beginning by white-bearded old Sir William Cecil (Richard Attenborough), although there comes a time when he must be put to pasture, and Attenborough's character accepts this news with humility that is truly touching.
Then the lurking, sinister Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) moves to her side and brilliantly helps guide her to triumph. He's instrumental to the plot, even though his role is at first murky. After Elizabeth's archrival Mary of Guise (Fanny Ardant) sends her a poisoned dress that luckily claims the life of another, it is Sir Francis who adroitly convinces Mary he will betray Elizabeth. Francis and Mary spend a night together, and in the morning, Mary is dead. It didn't happen like that in history, but it should have.
The movie, indeed, compresses and rewrites history at its own convenience, which is the rule anyway with English historical romances. What it gets right is the performance by Cate Blanchett, who was so good as the poker-playing glass manufacturer in "Oscar and Lucinda" (1997) and here uncannily comes to resemble the great monarch. She is saucy and heedless at first, headstrong when she shouldn't be, but smart, and able to learn. By the end she has outsmarted everyone and become one of the rare early female heads of state to rule successfully without an alliance with a man.
Shekhar Kapur, who directed "The Bandit Queen" (1995) about a fierce modern Indian Robin Hood, here clothes Elizabeth, her court and her architecture in the colors and texture of medieval India. The film is largely set in vast, echoing halls, their pillars reaching up into the shadows. He is attentive to the rustle of dresses and the clank of armor, gives us a barge on the Thames like a houseboat on a lake in Kashmir. Action is glimpsed through iron filigree screens, dresses are rich with embroidery, hairstyles are ornately elaborated, and yet there is the feeling that just out of sight of these riches are the rats in the kitchen and the slop-pots in the halls. This is not the Ye Olde approach, but a society still inventing gentility; sex is so linked with politics that old Sir William demands to inspect Elizabeth's sheets every morning, to keep tabs on possibly alarming developments in her private life.
At the end of the film, Elizabeth announces, "I have become a virgin." And so she remained, ruling over and in some sense creating the England that gave us Shakespeare. Think what a play he might have written about her, if commoners had been allowed to create characters out of reigning monarchs. No doubt he retired in sheer frustration.
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Fort Worth TX Real Estate & Homes for Sale
44 Properties Found
The median home value in Fort Worth, TX is $57,450.
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The national median home value is $177,414.
The average price of homes sold in Fort Worth, TX is $57,450.
Approximately 26.49% of Fort Worth homes are owned,
compared to 68.36% rented, while
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Fort Worth real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
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Beautifully updated home in a gated community. The owners have combined elegance and country charm into this home, with a nice wraparound porch. The home offers 4 bedrooms, a study, media room, 2 living areas, large updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counters. The home offers a second master suite separated from all other bedrooms. Workshop with electricity in detached garage. Horses permitted. No city taxes.
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You will fall in love with this beautiful traditional home. This home offers a cozy living room with a wood burning fireplace, 3 nice sized bedrooms with new carpet. 2 full bathrooms with gorgeous tile floors. Master bathroom has a walkin closet and double sinks. This home shows like new and wont last long. Hurry and make your appointment today. New Carpet, Paint, laminate and tile.
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Very nice Stone construction 2 Bedroom 2 Bath house with lots of living space. 2 Living Rooms and a room off of the 2nd Living that could be used as an office. 2nd Bath has been updated along with an Updated Kitchen. All premium stainless appliances and matching Fridge stays with the house. House also has an Enclosed 12x13 Patio and a Detached Shop behind the Carport.
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This home is half a block from the Lake and Great for Entertaining Guests! This Home has Vaulted ceiling's, Mahogany Wood floors, Mahogany wood Crown molding throughout the house, Full bar and gigantic entertainment area on second floor with balcony, Picture Windows, Built in jet-Jacuzzi bathtub master bedroom, Walk in closet throughout the house, Walk-in pantry in Kitchen, and Stainless Steel Appliances completes the look.
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Very well-maintained three bedroom two bath, two-car garage home in Marine Creek Estates. Outdoor kitchen, perfect for entertaining.
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INVESTOR or HANDYMAN SPECIAL! Almost 1 acre of leasehold land with tear down or fixer upper just a stone's throw from Lake Worth. Cash only. Latest info is that FTW City Council is expected to make a decision to offer new leases with option to purchase in Sept 2016. Current lease expires in 2032. No one under the age of 18 to enter the property. Do not enter barred door to bedroom due to unstable floor. Motivated sellers. All offers considered.
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WOW - Unbelievable panoramic views of Eagle Mountain Lake AND personal dock and tram! Secluded & extraordinary estate home with endless upgrades, quality and amenities. Relax by the Infinity pool or entertain on covered terrace. Spectacular 100ft balcony overlooking the lake. Dream kitchen, private boat dock, library, 6-car garage, elevator shaft. Walls of windows blend views of this magnificent home. Over 2 acres!
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Nice, cozy home for family. Bright and Clean, ready to move in!!Features: New Fence , New Water Heater, Security System, SLiding door and window, new security lights, new garage door opener.
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NEW CONSTRUCTION! Gorgeous Custom Built One Story 4 bedroom Home with Study & Covered Patio on 1 acre with Oak Trees.High End Finish out includes stainless steel appliances, rich Wood style flooring & tile,upgraded fixtures & granite countertops in Gourmet kitchen. Attached 2 car side entry garage PLUS 2 car detached garage, ideal for boat storage,workshop or hobbies.Bonus is NO HOA & NO City Taxes. Estimated completion Mid August 2016
Courtesy: Keller Williams Realty Vikki York
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Amazing Views! Over 1.5 Acres! Mature Trees! Totally Remodeled! Lake Access! Floor to ceiling stone fireplace. New Wood floors, Granite, Master Shower, Plantation Shutters, Stainless Appliances & SS Vent A Hood, & Carpet. New fixtures. Painted Interior & Exterior. Windows have been replaced. List goes on and on! Wonderful New Privacy Fence. Add an outdoor kitchen & you have the ultimate backyard Oasis! Plus 2 car garage & porte- cochere
Courtesy: New Western Realty, Llc. Karen Collins
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Beautiful One Story 3-2-2 with access to Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain Lakes. Complete update on inside. Storm windows with screens. Double gate entrance to lower lot. Stone Fireplace in lower family room. Complete landscape with Pecan Trees established. Covered Patio. Side entrance on both sides of home.
Courtesy: Century 21 Lake Country Realty Melissa Castillo
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2 Bed. 1 Bath with an office that can potentially be used as a third bedroom. Property has a large backyard with great potential for a patio or playscape for the kids! Home has some great potential but needs a little TLC and has been priced accordingly. Come see it before it's gone!
Courtesy: Cities Dave Pannell
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Getting final touches for debut on Sat. the 11th! Gorgeous two story home with recently replaced HVAC system, new roof in 2010, new flooring, and fresh paint throughout. 2 dining and 2 spacious living areas, master down with 3 beds and large gameroom upstairs. Pool sized back yard with room to spare. Master has separate shower and tub along with double sinks. Wont last long so come see while you can!!
Courtesy: Keller Williams Realty Shelley Green
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New Cheldan Home will be completed June 2016! 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 2 Car Garage on Oversized Corner Lot! Covered Front Porch. Entry with Wood Floors that extend to Family Room with Cast Stone Fireplace that is open to Kitchen with Granite Countertops, Large Island with Kitchen Sink, Breakfast Bar, Custom Cabinets & Stainless Appliances. Master Bedroom & Master Bath have Walk-in Closets. Split Bedrooms. Covered Back Patio with Flatwork. Must See!
Courtesy: Ebby Halliday, Realtors Lela Nichols
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Wonderful one story with 3 large living areas has been renovated for you! Hardwood flooring in 2 living areas, 2 dining areas and kitchen! Kitchen cabinets are big upgrade with many custom features, appliance garage, and great storage. Kitchen has new granite counters and stainless appliances. Third living has laminate flooring and built in cabinets. All bedrooms have new carpet. Sunroom is not included in s.f. Garage conversion is. Great utility
Courtesy: Keller Williams Realty Cedric Williams
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Ready for you! Beautifully landscaped! Over half acre lot among towering pecan trees. Inviting foyer opens to vast family room with cathedral ceiling & warm hearth.Plantation shutters throughout.Bright kitchen flows to private breakfast area & features custom cabinets & counter tops. Atrium doors overlook enclosed patio with Cedar-planked walls.Hot tub ready!Backyard & large porch are ready for a pool.Two BRICK electrical sheds for storage.
Courtesy: Dfwcityhomes Tod Franklin
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A rare lake front property on Lake Worth. Cute and cozy 2-1 Gingerbread home with pool and lake front. Large boathouse with dock and wrap around deck with lots of room for entertaining. 2 carport with detached garage and workshop. Screened front porch, uniquely landscaped front yard. A deepwater slough, which held adequate water throughout droughts, runs the length of property. Located near Interstate for an easy commute.
Courtesy: Fadal Buchanan & Associates Ll Dolores Fadal
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REMODELED! You will find this home on a picturesque tree lined street. Conveniently located with ease access to hwy 820, shopping, movie theater & restaurants; Your new home offers the charm of an established neighborhood with quick commutes. Enter the massive living room with wood floors & open concept. Kitchen is contemporary with black granite. Bedrooms are large with large closets. This is a rare find and sure to please!
5225 Newcastle Fort Worth, TX 76135
Courtesy: Turn Key Real Estate & Mgmt Se John Hampton
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Buyer to verify all dimensions, schools, tax info
Courtesy: Green Oaks Realty Valerie Lopez
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This well-kept home sits on a 19,087 sq. foot double lot. Granite counter tops, new flooring, matching appliances with washer & dryer included, a utility room, vinyl fence with a decorative iron-rod gate, a large backyard with some established trees and a 10'x12' shed. High speed internet and security system ready. Minutes away from Lake Worth and shopping centers.
Courtesy: Keller Williams Realty Aryn Price
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Located across from Eagle Mountain Lake this stunning home has plenty of space for entertaining plus 2 additional homes 3-2 and 2-1 that could be rented out or used as a pool house & mother in law quarters.Mature trees shade this lot for privacy.Large landscaped backyard features pool&hot tub with waterfall feature.Home boasts 18 ft ceilings with rich hard wood floors.Plenty of flex space with craft room,study,play room,& game room with wet bar!
Courtesy: Re/Max Trinity Mary Mund
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Retreat to this wonderful MASTER DOWN home perched under a canopy of trees-just minutes from Downtown Fort Worth!Open floor plan and covered patio lends itself to indoor or outdoor entertaining. Kitchen is centered in the heart of the home for all to gather- well appointed with custom details. Master Bedroom includes the charm of a raised sitting area.Hand scraped hardwoods, vaulted ceilings and a THREE car garage make this home one you must see!
Courtesy: Keller Williams Realty Arlington Reg Martin
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Excellence maintenance in this basic house in need of updating, but priced to sell: bring it up to your standard; while adding your own decorative touches. Front door is retired from the Tarrant County Courthouse. Large covered deck just out your backdoor is central feature of well shaded back yard. Kitchen appliances stay.
Courtesy: Roxie Davidson Real Estate Roxie Davidson
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Rare find - big lot- great location near Lake Worth,shopping,schools,churches. Detached garage or workshop for Dad. Lots of room for children to play on oversize lot.
Courtesy: Real Estate By Pat Gray Marty Gray
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Investors only, Tenant occupied, offers to be submitted subject to viewing the interior, Leased at $1000 to a good tenant, Updates completed right before tenant moved in, new carpet, tile, paint and fixtures. Updated kitchen counter tops, stainless steel oven and dishwasher. Nice sized fenced yard, covered parking. Note: Lease expires 10-31-16.
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