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RSS teachersICL links Caerphilly schoolchildren to the Net
News ICL has picked up a £750,000 contract from Caerphilly County Borough Council to connect local schoolchildren and teachers to the UK's National Grid for Learning. The company will also provide the hardware and software to... [14 May 1999]
Text book learning: Can teachers cope with the IT burden?
Comment Forget borrowed laptops - teachers in the UK now have access to a £230m fund which should make sure they know how to use them, and are proficient enough to pass that knowledge on to their pupils. The £230m - allocated... [28 Apr 1999]
Budget expected to reveal 'laptops for teachers' initiative
News Schools in England and Wales are likely to receive a major IT boost tomorrow, when UK Chancellor Gordon Brown announces a major 'laptops for teachers' initiative in his third budget speech. Reports in today's national... [08 Mar 1999]
Students buzz their way to wireless exams
News Tuttle added: "Teachers are crying out for less paperwork and more time to do the things they want to do. Careers teacher, David Lawrie, said: "It saves teachers over 150 hours in marking time during... [02 Feb 1999]
Lotus woos UK colleges
News The deal, negotiated by the Combined Higher Education Software Team (Chest), covers support and upgrades for the year, and allows students and teachers to use the software at home. Colleges and universities in the UK are... [15 Jan 1999]
ICL wins PFI schools contract
News A spokesman for ICL said the company would train teachers to make them aware of the technology and to get them comfortable with using the machines. ICL has won the first private finance initiative contract to supply IT... [29 Nov 1998]
US government puts rural kids on the Net
News The money will allow states and communities to buy computers, educational software and training for teachers. The US government is to give Internet connection subsidies worth $1.3bn to 40,000 public schools and 7,000... [24 Nov 1998]
Stamford bridges security for Chelsea
News Hackers attacked the personal files of students and teachers at one of America's most popular universities for three weeks before being discovered. The email system at Stanford University, California was broken into on... [04 Nov 1998]
RM picks up UK school intranet contract
News But the major benefit of this investment for South Lanarkshire is that RM will take all the worry out of maintaining a complex school network and enable teachers to concentrate on teaching. South Lanarkshire Council has... [29 Sep 1998]
Programmers find online love
News Called Science Connection, the site offers the chance of love for customers ranging from IT support staff to physics teachers. Lonely scientists and technicians have been given fresh hope of romance with the launch of an... [30 Jul 1998]
Macs and schools go hand in hand - but is Apple losing its grip?
Comment Meanwhile, back in England, Dr Margret Cox, Chair of ACITT - an organisation that advises teachers on IT spending - admits that Macs are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The education sector has long been a... [23 Jul 1998]
AOL offers free Net access to schools
News The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) are anxious to find out how long the connection will remain free of charge. The UK... [10 Jul 1998]
