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RSS teachersTrussville Schools Dream Big: Teachers Gain Flexibility With HP Business Notebooks
White Paper With the birth of the four-school, 4,000-student district came the funding to enable teachers and administrators to dream anew about how technology could be used to help raise the quality of education. [25 Aug 2006]
Teachers' Association Reduces Costs and Simplifies Licensing Management
White Paper Representing approximately 39,000 educators throughout Alberta, Canada, The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is dedicated to advancing public education and professional standards throughout the province. [22 May 2007]
Teachers Before the 'Threshold'
White Paper During the summer of 2000, the government will introduce a new system of pay and performance management for teachers. The Centre for Economic Performance is conducting a 'before-and-after' panel study of teachers and schools to ascertain its... [20 May 2005]
Teachers fear computers in the classroom
News Schools are failing to take advantage of IT in the classroom as teachers worry computers will interfere with traditional book-based learning, according to a new academic study. Professor Rosamund Sutherland, who led the research, said many teachers... [13 Sep 2005]
Teachers Association Turns to Centralized Data Repository to Improve Member Service
White Paper The California Teachers Association (CTA) serves 350,000 members. The California Teachers Association (CTA) relies on a complex and highly integrated IT environment to capture and manipulate data. It provides a full range of offerings, including... [30 Apr 2008]
Teachers Building Society Adopts SUS to Manage Microsoft Updates to Its Windows Platform
White Paper Teachers Building Society, based in Wimborne, Dorset, offers a wide range of financial products to its members. In partnership with Silversands, a Microsoft Triple Gold Certified Partner,Teachers Building Society was able to fully implement an... [11 Aug 2005]
What if... teachers were replaced by computers?
Comment We have a shortage of teachers in the UK but in what way is technology the answer? There is a serious debate here about whether teachers could actually be replaced by technology but I couldn't help thinking back to the huge run-down comprehensive... [29 Jan 2002]
High School Students, Teachers Learn Long-Term Benefits of Tablet PCs in the Classroom
White Paper The ultra-portable form factor, pen-enabled computing, ink-integration for the Microsoft Office system programs, and wireless capabilities have captured students' and teachers' imaginations. Over the years, students have used the Tablet PCs to... [30 Aug 2007]
Teachers want computer games in the classroom
News There may soon be fewer pupils bunking off as teachers in the UK have given their backing to a scheme which intends to bring computer games into the classroom. While many will clearly write it off as the latest fad, a narrow majority of teachers... [13 Jan 2006]
3COM Helps Gunagxi University Enrich Technology Education for Student Teachers with 'Real World' Networking Experience
White Paper Guangxi Normal University, specialises in training teachers to work in primary and secondary school. The University's response was to invest in a central network teaching laboratory that would be based at the Faculty of Physics and Electronics... [24 Feb 2004]
assyst Puts Head Teachers Top of the Class for IT
White Paper School head teachers in Dundee can teach their counterparts around the UK a thing or two about choosing computers. Decisions on purchasing IT hardware for schools have been handed over to head teachers in a pioneering programme, which ensures IT... [21 Jul 2004]
Indian call centre agents drilled by former UK teachers
News A team of retired teachers from the UK is in India training call centre staff, according to a report in the Hindustan Times. The teachers have been recruited by call centre provider Oceans Connect and are based in Pune, India. [19 Aug 2003]
Viglen to provide free training for teachers
News PC manufacturer, Viglen, has teamed up with Microsoft to offer IT training to UK teachers. The DfEE (Department for Education and Employment) this year set aside a New Opportunities Fund (NOF) of £230 million to increase teachers' confidence about... [10 Jun 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 from National Lottery funds... [29 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 press predict over 400,000... [08 Mar 1999]
