Education
Brainwash kids into learning, with games
By: Mike Bantick
It is a tried and true formula; linking activities we love to do with a learning process. Now game developer/publisher Capcom hopes that a whole new market, subliminal learning through gaming can be exploited.
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By: Mike Bantick
It is a tried and true formula; linking activities we love to do with a learning process. Now game developer/publisher Capcom hopes that a whole new market, subliminal learning through gaming can be exploited.
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IBM offers free 'hot tech' classes online
By: Stephen Withers
Looking to improve the supply of graduates with marketable IT skills, IBM is providing online training resources in a range of in-demand areas.
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By: Stephen Withers
Looking to improve the supply of graduates with marketable IT skills, IBM is providing online training resources in a range of in-demand areas.
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95 percent of UK game design degrees are sub-standard
By: Davey Winder
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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By: Davey Winder
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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Science teaching: Make it more interesting!
By: William Atkins
The BBC is reporting that science lessons in the United Kingdom should be made more interesting for the students, however, sometimes they are dull because of ill-informed teachers. Such problems are apparent all over the world. But, they don't need to be.
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By: William Atkins
The BBC is reporting that science lessons in the United Kingdom should be made more interesting for the students, however, sometimes they are dull because of ill-informed teachers. Such problems are apparent all over the world. But, they don't need to be.
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New look QuickBooks goes Web Services
By: Stephen Withers
Integration of Web services and a new SQL database engine has made Quickbooks 2008/09 the most significant upgrade to the small business accounting package this century. Will Reckon start selling its popular system as a service?
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By: Stephen Withers
Integration of Web services and a new SQL database engine has made Quickbooks 2008/09 the most significant upgrade to the small business accounting package this century. Will Reckon start selling its popular system as a service?
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iTunes U expands to Australia in university deals
By: Stephen Withers
Several prominent US colleges including MIT and Yale have been providing recorded lectures and other content free of charge to the general public via Apple's iTunes U service. The program has now expanded internationally with the arrival of content from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland.
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By: Stephen Withers
Several prominent US colleges including MIT and Yale have been providing recorded lectures and other content free of charge to the general public via Apple's iTunes U service. The program has now expanded internationally with the arrival of content from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland.
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Apple takes lion's share of retail upmarket PC sales
By: Stephen Withers
Apple is sometimes derided for its single-digit market share, but there's a segment where it is doing extraordinarily well. It shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that segment is exactly where the company has chosen to compete.
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By: Stephen Withers
Apple is sometimes derided for its single-digit market share, but there's a segment where it is doing extraordinarily well. It shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that segment is exactly where the company has chosen to compete.
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OLPC Australia: XO targeting education and definitely NO Windows
By: Stan Beer
It has been known for months that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, originally conceived by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, is opening an independent endorsed office in Australia. Now that the news has gone mainstream, questions arise as to why? In an interview with iTWire, OLPC Australia board director Jeff Waugh provides some answers and says why Microsoft Windows has no role.
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By: Stan Beer
It has been known for months that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, originally conceived by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, is opening an independent endorsed office in Australia. Now that the news has gone mainstream, questions arise as to why? In an interview with iTWire, OLPC Australia board director Jeff Waugh provides some answers and says why Microsoft Windows has no role.
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NASA Education: Students to see what it takes to become astronauts
By: William Atkins
NASA will broadcast over the Internet a discussion between the STS-125 astronauts and students in several middle schools across the United States. However, all students and peoples around the world can watch the discussions centering on career diversity and the Hubble Space Telescope mission.
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By: William Atkins
NASA will broadcast over the Internet a discussion between the STS-125 astronauts and students in several middle schools across the United States. However, all students and peoples around the world can watch the discussions centering on career diversity and the Hubble Space Telescope mission.
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X, Y, and Z better than story problem when learning math
By: William Atkins
Researchers from Ohio State University find that when students learn math with concrete examples (story problems) it is difficult for them to apply it to other real-world situations. They suggest first using abstract symbols (such as x, y, and z) to learn and understand math concepts.
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By: William Atkins
Researchers from Ohio State University find that when students learn math with concrete examples (story problems) it is difficult for them to apply it to other real-world situations. They suggest first using abstract symbols (such as x, y, and z) to learn and understand math concepts.
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Don’t recycle your CDMA mobile at a Telstra store!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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Australian 2020 Summit good for World
By: William Atkins
Some of Australia’s top experts in their fields got together to discuss ways to improve the economy, enhance health, and protect national security. They were especially interested in combating obesity, reducing illness, and promoting a healthy lifestyle by the year 2020. Its format would seem to be good for all countries of the world.
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By: William Atkins
Some of Australia’s top experts in their fields got together to discuss ways to improve the economy, enhance health, and protect national security. They were especially interested in combating obesity, reducing illness, and promoting a healthy lifestyle by the year 2020. Its format would seem to be good for all countries of the world.
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Want healthier, smarter teens: Ditch the bedroom TV!
By: William Atkins
A University of Minnesota study has found that older adolescents who have televisions in their bedrooms watched more TV, ate more sugary drinks and fewer vegetables, exercised less, and did worse in school than those without the “boob tube” in their bedrooms.
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By: William Atkins
A University of Minnesota study has found that older adolescents who have televisions in their bedrooms watched more TV, ate more sugary drinks and fewer vegetables, exercised less, and did worse in school than those without the “boob tube” in their bedrooms.
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Satyam sets up shop in Victoria's second city
By: Stephen Withers
India-based Satyam is establishing a technology and learning centre at the Geelong Technology Precinct.
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By: Stephen Withers
India-based Satyam is establishing a technology and learning centre at the Geelong Technology Precinct.
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Results of NASA’s “The 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race”
By: William Atkins
On April 7, 2008, NASA announced the winners of the high school and college divisions of its 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race.
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By: William Atkins
On April 7, 2008, NASA announced the winners of the high school and college divisions of its 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race.
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Need a school project: Build a Moonbuggy for NASA
By: William Atkins
NASA’s "15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race" will be launching on April 4-5, 2008, at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Race your Moonbuggy around a simulated lunar course, but watch out for those deep craters!
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s "15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race" will be launching on April 4-5, 2008, at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Race your Moonbuggy around a simulated lunar course, but watch out for those deep craters!
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Open Source professionals higher skills, higher paid: survey
By: Stan Beer
A new survey of companies and individuals supplying Open Source solutions and services claims to show that Open Source IT professionals make more money than their proprietary IT counterparts because they're more highly skilled.
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By: Stan Beer
A new survey of companies and individuals supplying Open Source solutions and services claims to show that Open Source IT professionals make more money than their proprietary IT counterparts because they're more highly skilled.
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Educating Tux: case studies of Linux deployments in high schools around the world
By: David M Williams
Linux has a lot to offer cash-strapped education departments. It’s free, for one thing. It is naturally secure with distinctly non-privileged accounts and it is easily centrally administered. However, the experiences by schools that have gone this route are a mixed bag. Let us investigate some and see what lessons there are.
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By: David M Williams
Linux has a lot to offer cash-strapped education departments. It’s free, for one thing. It is naturally secure with distinctly non-privileged accounts and it is easily centrally administered. However, the experiences by schools that have gone this route are a mixed bag. Let us investigate some and see what lessons there are.
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