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Students Use Online Collaboration to Improve Study Habits and Learning Outcomes

whitepaper Students are excited about the new solution's reliability, as well as the ability to keep their important class materials and communications in one place - the solution offers 100 times more storage space per e-mail account and access to online...

Tags: collaborative web

[13 May 2008]

Integrate Technology Into Your Lesson Plans

whitepaper For students, technology integration is about incorporating easy-to-use tools and program features into the lesson plans and activities to enhance learning. When technology is used wisely, it can improve critical thinking and communication skills...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[13 May 2008]

Customized Portal Technology Creates World-Class Learning System for 55,000 Students

whitepaper With Scholaris, AISWA created AISWAlearningnet - a portal that provides students with curriculum related applications that meet their individual learning needs. It allows students to learn online, at their own pace, with support from teachers and...

Tags: application servers

[17 Jan 2008]

Students Integrate Tablet PCs Into High School Math Curriculum to Improve Learning

whitepaper The class created a series of Mathematica learning tools, which it uploaded to a new Web site for use by teachers, students, and others interested in mathematics. Microsoft and Lenovo partnered with Wolfram Research and deployed 30 Tablet PCs...

Tags: desktop systems - pcs

[17 Jan 2008]

Leading Scottish Grammar School Maintains High Standards Online

whitepaper It was established in 1641 and teaches more than 2,000 students aged three to 18 across its three sites. In addition, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Class Server 4.0 have been used to create 'e-Hutchie', a dedicated...

Tags: application servers

[10 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?

Comment Classroom are also considered boring by many students. Why make the possibility of a class-attack more likely than it already is? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week?

Tags: vista, data, id cards, hmrc

[13 Dec 2007]

Empowering Wi-Fi Networking in Education

whitepaper Educational institutions are constantly faced with choosing the right technologies to deploy that can help attract and keep the best students and faculty. Here's how to deliver gigabit-class bandwidth campus-wide, optimizing your network for all...

Tags: wi fi, campus, students, networking

[12 Dec 2007]

Ultimate Software: How to Implement an LMS On-Budget in 13 Weeks

whitepaper To fully realize this revenue source, the company needed a system capable of scheduling classes, enrolling students, and invoicing users for the training classes. This increased revenue would be realized by providing customers with greater access...

Tags: learning management systems, training, classes, revenue

[25 Nov 2007]

Young targeted by "Revitalise IT" scheme

News e-skills UK has launched an initiative designed to address the falling numbers of students taking IT-related degrees. The programme will also use interactive digital content such as podcasts, mobile technology and user-generated content, to "put...

Tags: e-skills uk, it degrees, it skills

[19 Sep 2007]

Success Stories: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

whitepaper At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, students and faculty rely on HP to make learning easier and the learning environment better integrated. For its latest class, the school wanted a highly durable notebook PC with faster...

Tags: desktop systems - pcs, pc, learning, notebook

[06 Sep 2007]

Wireless Networks: Opportunities and Challenges for Foothill College

whitepaper The instructors of Foothill College have found the combination of the mobile technology and the wireless access invaluable in planning and preparing for class, having greater flexibility to meet students, being able to discuss online projects and...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, students, college, flexibility

[31 Aug 2007]

Slovenian School Increases Computer Security in the Classroom

whitepaper Students were confused by altered desktop settings, and instant messaging diverted the students' attention away from the class. The Radenci High School for Hospitality and Tourism aims to guarantee its students a broad education and give them...

Tags: security management, desktop, classes, students

[30 Aug 2007]

Windows XP Security Tool Helps Community Group Save Time and Reach More Students

whitepaper One of the organization's community service programs, Bridges to Digital Excellence (BDE), provides training to students on donated shared computers. Now, the computers are protected from unauthorized changes because disk changes are cleared each...

Tags: network security, computers, community, students

[30 Aug 2007]

Tablet PC Solution Improves Students' Learning Outcomes at Kansas State University

whitepaper The solution allows faculty to record lectures during class and students to take handwritten notes using the Tablet PC pen. The instructors' annotations, Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series encoded video, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 slides...

Tags: windows xp, students, pc, notes

[30 Aug 2007]

How Learning for Life Became Part of the DNA of One Australian High School

whitepaper Off late, about 650 students aged from 12 to 16 use traditional notebooks or Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and other Microsoft technology in class every day. In 2006, it extended the largest government school...

Tags: windows xp, school, pcs, pc

[30 Aug 2007]

GCSE IT entries down by 10,000

News Results from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) reveal 99,656 students sat the subject this year, compared to 109,601 in 2006. The number of students sitting the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) GCSE fell by around 10,000...

Tags: results, skills crisis, it, skills

[24 Aug 2007]

£50m boost for IT in schools

News Civica chief executive Simon Downing said he believes both programmes have the potential to "transform the educational environment for the benefit of students, teachers, schools and parents". The deal with Sheffield City Council will provide tech...

Tags: essex county council, sheffield city council, education it, managed services

[08 Aug 2007]

University of Wolverhampton's School of Computing Provides Students With Database Training

whitepaper With over 260 courses and state-of-the-art facilities, the University of Wolverhampton offers a first-class learning environment for around 24,000 students from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. The challenge was provide students with...

Tags: scalability, students, class, range

[20 Jul 2007]

University of the Witwatersrand Accelerates Operations, Enhances Planning to Support Growth

whitepaper The University of the Witwatersrand is a major academic and research center focused on providing its students with world-class education. The challenge was to streamline and accelerate Human Resources (HR) and financial administration applications...

Tags: knowledge and data management, enable, human resources, automated

[30 Jun 2007]

U.K. University Bids for World-Class Status With Support of Latest Operating System

whitepaper UoM students use computers on campus for studying and collaborating. It wanted to deploy the most secure and flexible operating system and establish an engaging interface to help students get the most from the computers.

Tags: windows vista, students, computers, united kingdom

[20 Jun 2007]

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