items tagged with Education
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 06:51:53
It may be just one of those studies that incorrectly identify a causal link, but new research at a US university does appear to show that Facebook fans are likely to get lower grades than their non-Facebook counterparts. As for the reason, well that's as old as the hills.
Read More About Facebook Fanatics Face Failure...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 03:57:53
In the midst of the world financial crisis, green IT still remains a top priority on the IT agenda of governments and is growing in importance for the public sector, according to a report released by Ovum after the recent G20 summit in London.
Read More About Green IT Agenda A Top Priority For Governments...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-04-05 23:13:38
Queensland’s St Andrews Catholic College has implemented AppSense management suite to help manage and control student access to applications within Citrix, enhance remote access for staff and students and to increase server capacity and performance.
Read More About Keeping One Step Ahead Of Tech Savvy Students!...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-04-05 06:17:10
It comes as both a surprise and not a surprise that the New South Wales (NSW) state government chose a "safe bet" of Lenovo and Microsoft to supply many thousands of taxpayer-funded laptops to secondary school students. Was Linux ever on the short list?
Read More About Enquiring Minds Want To Know - Why No Linux For NSW High School Laptops?...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 19:49:12
Microsoft and Lenovo have won a massive deal worth hundreds of millions to supply sub-notebooks running Windows XP and Microsoft Office to 200,000 year 9 students in NSW state schools. The three year deal, with an option to renew, will see all year 9 students get the notebooks to keep for the remainder of their school years and beyond.
Read More About Microsoft, Lenovo Win Massive NSW Netbooks Schools Deal...
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-03-31 01:34:14
We all love free stuff, and we all like to see our children getting the best start in life possible. SmartyCard have stepped in to provide tweens the chance to earn points doing online education, and redeem those points for both virtual world and real world stuff. iTWire spoke to SmartyCard GM Chris Carvalho about how it worked.
Read More About SmartyCard Learn-Earn-Play Games Offer Tweens Rewards...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 08:31:30
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has deployed Microsoft’s web-hosted email platform, Live@edu, the second Australian university to do so in recent weeks.
Read More About Microsoft Web Email Deployed At Second Australian University...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 07:11:06
Cisco and Telstra have come together to help develop education and Internet-based communication in northern Australia by deploying a wireless broadband network and Cisco Unified Communications at an indigenous school in far north Queensland.
Read More About Cisco, Telstra Partner On Indigenous Education Project...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-17 08:48:47
Students at Queensland’s University of Technology (QUT) now have a new service for communication and collaboration amongst themselves with the university’s announcement that it’s adopting Microsoft’s Live@Edu web-based email solution.
Read More About University Adopts Web-Based Email Solution For Students...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 04:58:33
Schoolchildren, their parents and teachers are about to get a kit to help them combat the increasing problem of cyberbullying.
Read More About Kit For Kids, Parents And Teachers To Combat Cyberbullying Launched By Aussie Company...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-03-05 21:11:07
Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology has announced it has joined forces with SAP to provide students with the tools to integrate business processes.
Read More About Curtin First WA Uni In SAP University Alliance Program...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-31 01:23:09
As 2008 draws its final breath let's reflect on some of the highlights of the year. There were major new FOSS releases, battles with Microsoft, arguments to further the cause of Linux as a viable server and desktop platform and more.
Read More About 2008: A Year Of The Linux Distillery In Review...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-14 07:14:30
A teacher in Austin, Texas, has confiscated Linux CDs being handed out by a student because, she claims, "No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful." Just how much has the Redmond marketing machine infiltrated our educational institutions?
Read More About School Teacher Claims "No Software Is Free, Linux Is Not Legal"...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-10 04:26:42
Australian Linux and open source implementation and training consultancy, Cybersource, have put forth their 9-step open-source and netbook solution to solve the Australian Government’s one-laptop-per-child promise which has so far had policy makers scratching their red-faced heads. Yet, Cybersource's plan simply won't make traction and here's why not.
Read More About Why The Cybersource Linux Solution For Australian School Laptops Won't Make It...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-12-09 20:11:06
Just as the world's economies started to tank, Australia's Governments got themselves into an economic bind by promising to supply public school children with laptops. However, a leading systems integrator has issued a blueprint for an affordable blanket laptop roll out using Linux and netbooks.
Read More About Only Linux Can Deliver 1 Million School Laptops Within Budget: Systint...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-02 22:59:17
The New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education and Training (DET) has today revealed its required specifications for custom-built laptops it intends to issue to students from grades 9 to 12 by the middle of 2009. In what is remniscent of a netbook, the budget is set at $500 per model, with hardware at that level.
Read More About Linux Netbooks Look Likely To Save Australian Government Education Election Promise...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-11-10 08:24:50
A U.S.-Mexico study on air pollution in Mexico City shows that healthy children (dogs, too) got brain inflammation and lesions, which caused them (only the kids) to do worse in school when compared to children in a low air-pollution city, all because of the dirty air.
Read More About Dirty Air May Lead To Dumb Kids...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-11-09 10:17:36
A University of Wisconsin study has concluded that children, especially girls, do not go into mathematics, even though they have the ability and the interest, because of peer pressures and other negative reasons. What a needless waste of human potential!
Read More About Girls Don’T Do Math So As To Not Look Nerdy...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-10-22 10:16:07
An Italian study has found that a mentally challenging college education and a mentally stimulating job helps to reduce the risk of memory problems, which can lead to dementia and other serious age-related memory loss problems. You might consider changing your major or your job if you are bored!
Read More About Brainy Jobs Reduce Risk Of Memory Problems...
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-12 05:07:28
Most people tend to think that the right thing to do is ban kids from using their iPods in class. However, a Hobart, Tasmania high school has become the first in Australia to do just the opposite and embrace iPodagogy as a teaching tool...
Read More About Apple IPodagogy Reaches Australia...
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