Themen
Schools
Role-play against mobbing and violence in schools
Edinburgh, June 2006 - Bullying is a widespread phenomenon that includes continual harassment and social exclusion by pupils against their fellow pupils. This problem is now addressed by an EU-funded project called e-CIRCUS, which aims at fighting bullying in schools and providing innovative strategies for conflict resolution. The problem occurs across cultures, a concern that is addressed by the project's international consortium. » MORE
ICDL GCC Foundation Partnership with ITEP
Dubai, June 2006 - The ICDL GCC Foundation, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) programme in the Gulf region, has announced that its partnership with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum IT Education Project (ITEP) has generated outstanding results in advancing the United Arab Emirates towards becoming a digital society. » MORE
Educators to Participate
San Jose, April 2006 - Adobe Systems Inc. has announced the Adobe Education Leader program to cultivate education technology innovations by providing educators with resources such as education software, free curriculum, training, and a forum to share best practices. » MORE
One of a Number of Possible First Steps
Kampala, April 2006 - The object of UConnect is the advancement of public educationis in the country by using Information and Computer Technology (ICT) for education to improve the quality and efficiency of communications. Daniel Stern of Uconnect sums up this work in an interview with CHECKpoint eLearning. » MORE
More Fun in Mathematics
Hannover, March 2006 - At CeBIT 2006, computer scientists from Saarbrücken presented a trendsetting online learning environment and math courses for schools and universities. Developed by a European research consortium, LeActiveMath delivers an innovative web-based, intelligent, multilingual eLearning system. » MORE
Education Beyond the Classroom
Cupertino, March 2006 - A recent issue of Class Notes: Weekly Insights on the Education Industry, an education investment newsletter published by the Robert W. Baird Education Services team, reports that Apple Computer is adding coursecasting to its list of offerings. » MORE
Web Tutions Market in the Gulf
Dubai, March 2006 - (by UmmeSalma Mujtaba) Where online education is the current BUZZword, www.learninghour.com - launched in Dubai - has been started by a group of IIT and IIM alumni from India. Partnered with a technology company in Sweden and developed by a pool of teachers in Delhi, the IIM Graduate, along with its batch mates, is out to make learning a different experience. » MORE
The $100 Laptop is Coming
Cambridge, February 2006 - The $100 laptop, first announced by Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and co-founder of the Media Lab at MIT at the World Economic Forum in January, is an ultra-low-cost, full-featured computer designed to dramatically enhance children's primary and secondary education worldwide. It is the central project of the nonprofit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) association, which aims to equip the world's schoolchildren and their teachers with a personal, portable, connected computer. » MORE
Megaconference Jr.
All over the world, October 2005 - The new date for Megaconference Jr. 2006 has been set for May 18, and planning committees need your help to make this year's event even more of a success than the first two. In 2006 there will also be several smaller Megaconference Jr. Mini-Forums that will give students the opportunity to actively participate in additional interactive sessions prior to the main Megaconference Jr. event. Volunteers are needed to develop the Mini-Forums as well. » MORE
"Open Source Teaching"
Sydney, October 2005 - The LAMS Foundation has launched the LAMS Community, a global community website for teachers and developers who use the revolutionary open source LAMS software. LAMS creates "digital lesson plans" that can be run online with students as well as shared among teachers. The LAMS Community allows teachers to share and adapt digital lesson plans and discuss their experiences of using LAMS. » MORE
