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Kent schools outsource IT
News This application will serve as a hub for students to deliver coursework to teachers from home or school, ready for marking. The move is part of a £600m project to refurbish, rebuild and transform the 11 schools into... [29 Oct 2008]
OLPC rivals get 'vicious'
News The hardware has also had a positive impact beyond the children - engaging parents and teachers in furthering their own education and skill level, according to Cavallo. It [laptop technology] lets in other ways of... [16 Sep 2008]
Microsoft pours $235.5m into school tech
News Speaking in Berlin, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates outlined plans for the company's Partners in Learning project to reach three times as many students, teachers and schools globally as it has done so far. [23 Jan 2008]
Schools failing to harness tech potential
News He added that in the near future technology will make lessons interactive "like never before" and allow teachers to access the best teaching resources from around the world. Four out of five schools are failing to... [16 Jan 2008]
£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 Essex County Council... [08 Aug 2007]
Essex school lessons paper trail with digital portal
News The system is based on Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit and enables coursework to be filed electronically, so that teachers can access it easily and review a student's progress by looking at their... [19 Jun 2007]
'Lame IT pros should be struck off' - Microsoft
News He said: "If you look at what you regard as the traditional professions - doctors, teachers, lawyers - their professional bodies can fire people, can investigate complaints, can impose penalties, and the ultimate... [24 May 2007]
Glasgow kids get classroom PCs and support
News All full-time equivalent primary teachers and nursery school head teachers will receive laptops, allowing them to carry out admin from home and to assist with classroom instruction.silicon.com Public Sector [22 Feb 2007]
Employers embrace e-learning
News The most popular up and coming high-tech teaching methods include podcasting - where teachers send audio files to students - and chatrooms - where teachers and students can discuss topics. Employers see... [07 Feb 2007]
Gates and Brown: Tech transforming education
News The role of the teacher is still fundamental to learning, Gates stressed, but more effort must be put into training teachers in IT - and more tools must be created for them - for instance software which... [31 Jan 2007]
Kids risk "e-discrimination" warns think tank
News The report warned: "A perfectly law-abiding youngster from a difficult home background, who has perhaps struggled to overcome learning and health difficulties, may find at every turn that teachers expect... [22 Nov 2006]
High tech training for chefs of tomorrow
News The aim is to get teachers to create the interactive content most useful to their students, he added: "The whole idea is that the teachers can create their own content. What we are doing is getting... [06 Nov 2006]
Open University offers free e-learning
News The online learning material is taken from Open University courses and uses technologies including videoconferencing, mind maps and instant messaging to get teachers and students interacting and... [24 Oct 2006]
Google turns into teachers' pet
News Weeks into a new school year, Google has started courting teachers with a resource guide on how to use its applications in the classroom. The site includes how-to video tutorials for products such as Blogger; lesson... [12 Oct 2006]
Education 2.0 - more than just e-learning
News It's a broader issue exploring how technology can change the way teaching is done, how learning can be extended beyond the college gates and whether new buildings can have technology embedded in them to create a better... [13 Jul 2006]
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