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Newly founded Saudi university KAUST organises IT summit

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The newly founded King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia is organising a three day KAUST IT summit called the Next Generation Cyber-Infrastructure.

A number of experts and organisations in computer science, e-scinence, data intensive supercomputing and internet scale system are set to meet in Saudi Arabia. Among them are Amazon.com, yahoo, mircrosoft, University of Washington, University of California and many more. The Summit seeks to adress the computational e-scinece, the challenges and requirements of information and communication technologies to support research and education at KAUST.

Becta takes Microsoft school policy to OFT

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The British Educational and Technological Agency (Becta) has reported Microsoft to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after negotiations with the software giant over schools' software licences reached stalemate.

Earlier Becta warned that schools should not sign software licensing deals with Microsoft because of the computer giant's alleged anti-competitive practices. Becta complained to the Office of Fair Trading, saying talks have not resolved its concerns about academic licensing of the company's Windows Office 2007 and Vista operating systems. Thousands of schools already use Microsoft software but Becta claims that new licensing arrangements are too restrictive. Microsoft insists that schools pay for a licence for every PC on the premises which might use its software, regardless of whether teachers plan to do so at the time of signing a contract. Microsoft said that it would continue working to enable as many schools as possible to benefit from its technology at the best possible price.

Educomp will reach out to more schools

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Educomp, India's largest e-education service provider is set to take Information Communication Technology (ICT) to 8,000 schools in the country by March against the 7,000 declared earlier.

Educomp also hopes to take the number of Smartclass-enabled schools to 750 from the present 503 by March. It also added 107 schools during the quarter under Smartclass, and at Rs 26 crore, the on-year revenue growth for the division was 445 per cent. A net profit of Rs. 14 crore in its July-September quarter results at 170 percent increase. Under ICT solutions, which accounts for a quarter of its revenues, Educomp manages computer labs in government schools. Smartclass, the digital classroom education content, is Educomp's flagship division, accounting for 58 percent of its revenues. Professional development (teacher training) and e-learning are its other divisions. In order to increase the penetration of Smartclass products, Educomp has planned over 110 road shows this fiscal year and hopes to meet 4,000 schools. Educomp is taking its Smartclass content global and hopes to earn 10 per cent of the divisions' revenues from overseas licence.

Microsoft Navalova Labs programme to cover Colombo

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Microsoft has announced to expand its Navalova project to cover Colombo schools after funding nearly 40 rural schools as part of efforts to touch one million people by 2009 through MS education and training initiatives.

The Navalova project is a key initiative under the non-commercial memorandum of understanding signed with the Sri Lankan government in 2005, in a bid to bridge the digital divide, by jointly improving the ICT literacy of Sri Lankan school students and teachers. The initiatives are founded under Partners in Learning (PiL) programme, a global Microsoft initiative operating in the Kindergarten to Grade 12 space. Microsoft Sri Lanka said it hopes to reach at least one million people directly or indirectly through its training and education efforts by 2009. The Navalova project focuses on training school teachers in the use of IT, to encourage the use of IT in the classroom. The first phase of the Navalova program covered the North Central, Central, North Western & North Eastern provinces of the country. In this phase, 1593 teachers belonging to 20 schools in those areas underwent training. Under Phase Two of the project, Microsoft provided funds to the ICT Education Branch of the Ministry of Education to train 1406 teachers from 18 schools in Uva, Southern and Western provinces.

US university automates classroom capture

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The US based Northern Iowa university is deploying a classroom capture system to record lectures and make them available via the Internet not only to provide access for the university's students but also for an audience of K-12 teachers who will use the content to further their professional development.

The system, initially deployed in the College of Natural Science, Sociology and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Education at the university, as part of two grant programs funded through the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense. The universtiy provides K-12 education and certification through its Center for Education in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Also distance education certification in math is also available for teachers stationed at United States military bases around the world. Learners have been able to watch lectures, participate in chat sessions, and send e-mails to instructors during the live lectures. The university is using a combination of classroom capture tools to automate lecture recording and publish lectures online. These include Accordent Capture Station, a classroom tool that integrates with existing display and interactive tools. Published material is also available on the university's intranet and through its LMS which allows access to both live and archived materials.

Spastics ties-up with PACER, IBM to launch assistive technology centre in India

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The Spastics Society of Karnataka (SSK), PACER Center and IBM has joined hands to announce a technology partnership to launch India's first comprehensive Assistive Technology Centre.

The new Spastics Society of Karnataka Assistive Technology Centre for Education and Life Skills Training, expected to open in early 2008, would enable children and adults with any disability to learn, communicate and participate more comprehensively in many work and life activities. Modeled after PACER Center's Simon Technology Centre, is supported by corporate partners like IBM. PACER Center is providing training for the SSK staff and has solicited corporate donors and assistive technology vendors to contribute technology, financial gifts, and volunteer time to help build and support the centre.

New digital recording studio for the visually and physically challenged from the Maryland State Department

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Recently Maryland State Department of Education's Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) has opened a new digital recording studio for blind and handicapped children.

The studio will produce recordings of books and magazines with a crisp and clear sound with the help of digital tools. The ability to use digital technology will enable LBPH to continue its collaboration with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress which supplies the books for the program. With the digital recording studio, soon LBPH will be produce superior quality recordings and be compatible with the NLS Digital Talking Book program.

UNESCO agrees to support youth education in Honduras

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will support youth development and capacity-building in education in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Under this initiative, UNESCO will employ the Open School model, which was recently implemented in Brazil to reduce violence. UNESCO will develop best practices in youth development, strengthening national institutional capacities, and promoting tolerance, respect and social responsibility of the media. Cultural expression of youth and community, risk management, conflict resolution strategies for adults dealing with youth, and capacity-building for micro-entrepreneurship will be features of the initiative.

MindParlour to set up IT finishing schools

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MindParlour, The UAE based leading player in the HR services arena, is planning to set up a chain of IT finishing schools in metros and other cities in India to provide world-class training to students.

The first school will come up at Kochi in January 2008, followed by schools in Coimbatore, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. The company is planning to bring out 1,000 employable IT graduates from the Kochi centre in the first year, said, C.K. Sharma, Chief Resource Officer of MindParlour.

The target is to train 20,000 IT graduates by 2010. Besides, it is also planning to set up a full-fledged independent finishing school campus in Kochi by 2009 and will investment around Rs 15 crore. The company’s HR interventions include training, coaching, mentoring corporates, students, businessmen.

HP sponsors communitytraining learning centre

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The government of Malta has opened the seventh HP-sponsored Community Training Learning Centre (CTLC) and Wi-Fi Garden in the premises of the Birkirkara local council.

The Community Training Learning Centre will serve residents of Birkirkara and the neighbouring villages to have access to technology, ICT training and Wi-Fi. Knowledge of ICT Over the past three years HP, through the initiative of the Ministry for Investment, Industry and IT has provided support to a number of NGOs in Malta to minimise the digital divide,” The CTLC will be introducing the HP-sponsored MAP (Micro Enterprise Acceleration Program), a special training course for entrepreneurs of small businesses. HP equipment, 19-module curriculum, professional training of trainers (TOT) and support.

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