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Malaysia's Ministry of Education Improves Teacher Productivity and Enhances Learning With Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
White Paper The Malaysian Ministry of Education (MoE) in advocating its Computer Literacy Policy, needed to bring computerization to the nation's schools, improve the level of IT literacy and the level of teaching and improve general school administrative... [03 Jul 2008]
More Powerful PCs Help Western Australia Department of Education and Training Deliver Richer E-Learning to Some of the World's Most Remote Schools
White Paper High-speed wide area network links, a comprehensive notebook program to encourage computer literacy amongst teachers, and a significant investment in PCs powered by Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology are all helping the Western Australia... [03 Jul 2008]
Project R.E.B.U.I.L.D: Restructuring Educational Behaviors to Ultimately Improve Literacy Through Dual Language
White Paper The District's goal is to provide excellent primary language instruction while hiring and training new teachers, and to avoid the disruption created by continual traveling for training and meetings. They implemented a desktop videoconferencing... [03 Jul 2008]
China's Ministry of Education Uses Mobile Technology to Share Education Data with the Community
White Paper This Chinese government has set ambitious goals in terms of compulsory education and youth literacy for the children living in its western region. Intel Solution Services helped China's Ministry of Education design and build a mobilized software... [03 Jul 2008]
The Intel Learn Program Helps Turkish Students Acquire 21st Century Skills
White Paper The program provides Pendik teachers and students informal educational opportunities to learn 21st century skills such as digital literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration, which are needed to compete in a global economy. [05 Mar 2008]
In a Rural Indian Village, the Intel Teach Program Helps Students Bring School Dropouts Back to School
White Paper As a solution they provided professional development to teachers to enable them to integrate technology effectively in their classrooms and to help students acquire key 21st century skills, including digital literacy, problem solving, critical... [05 Mar 2008]
Equipping Teachers in Russia With the Latest ICT Skills to Engage Students and Promote Digital Literacy
White Paper Microsoft technology, such as Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office XP Professional are proving very popular in Russia, and the centre is working hard to ensure that all teachers have the necessary skills to make the most effective use of these... [15 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Net education
Comment Across the western world, literacy, mathematical and scientific understanding grow weaker each year. Government programmes and investments have so far failed to halt the decline and the falling numbers of good teachers today means there will be... [06 Dec 2007]
Indian state looks to open source for education
News India's Kerala state government is counting on open source software to boost its IT literacy rate. Achutanandan said in a statement: “Kerala has always been a leader in literacy and now we want to make Kerala a leader in e-literacy. [29 Jun 2007]
IC3 Certification Boosts Potential and Opportunities for Students, Teachers, and Parents at Northern Arizona Junior High School
White Paper In 2005, the Holbrook Unified District School Board instituted new computer literacy requirements for 8th graders at Holbrook Junior High School. Students are now required to pass a basic computer literacy course and have consequences for not... [16 Jun 2006]
Integration of Computer Technology in the Social Studies Classroom: An Argument for a Focus on Teaching Methods
White Paper This paper explores the assumption that successful computer integration into classroom teaching is less associated with computer literacy than it is with exposure to various methods of instruction which use computers. [14 Apr 2005]
Dell wins $10m China public sector deal
News The deal, estimated to be worth RMB$79 million ($10m), is one the ministry's largest IT equipment purchasing contracts to date and reaffirms its effort to raise computer literacy among teachers and students. [26 Nov 2004]
Computerised exams to be in school in "next few years"
News The level of computer literacy among students was not a problem, however, he said. The trials have proved a hit with both pupils and teachers alike and an Edexcel spokesman told silicon.com that, although the project is "very much at the pilot... [08 Jan 2004]
India to get $400m Microsoft investment
News On the education front, Microsoft today launched Project Shiksha, an initiative to raise computer literacy in India. The project, which includes teacher and student scholarships, is expected to reach over 80,000 school teachers and 3.5 million... [12 Nov 2002]
Deafax brings deaf children together online
News James added: "If the children communicate through Deafchild.org they will see an improvement in their literacy levels, and it will have an impact on their teachers, schools and parents. Deafax Trust - a charity for the hard of hearing - has... [13 Apr 2000]
