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Training Teachers Across a Diversity of Contexts: An Analysis of International Evaluation Data on the Intel Teach Essentials Course, 2006

The Intel Education Initiative seeks to form a trusted partnership with ministries of education in countries across the world to support educational reform by integrating technology into project-based learning environments. As part of the partnership, Intel also offers a portfolio of teacher professional development programs. The Intel Education Initiative has...

Tags: Training, Evaluation, Analysis, Teacher, Intel Corp., Intel Education Initiative, Business Structures, Training And Certification, Finance

White papers 2007-01-01

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Intel awards innovation around Classmate PC

Intel awarded four $100,000 prizes today at IDF as part of their INSPIRE/EMPOWER Challenge. Interestingly, three of the prize winners made use of the Intel Classmate PC. According to Intel's press release, The challenge called on the developer community to bring forth the most...

Tags: Innovation, Intel Classmate PC, Researcher, PC, Intel Corp., MSCC, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Desktops, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-08

OLPC revives G1G1: too little, too late

Oh, there's lots of excitement that OLPC is bringing back Give One, Get One for this holiday season. Amazon is selling the green machines in pairs (one for a kid in the developing world, one for yours) and the G1G1 program is going global, too. ...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-17

1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela

1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Back to school special: Big thanks to our green tech kids

I have no children so I really can't appreciate the end of August, when the parents I know count down the hours until their offspring heads back to the classroom. But I do remember mourning the bittersweet end of summer in the northeast, when crickets chirp of a summer evening...

Tags: Green Technology, Canon Inc., Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal

Intel said Wednesday that it has inked a pact with the Portuguese government to supply 500,000 Classmate PCs to elementary school students. The chip giant is part of the Magellan Initiative, Portugal's education technology plan. It was launched by Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and Intel Chairman...

Tags: Intel Corp., Portugal, Government, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Is it plugged in?

Is it plugged in?These people are morons..RE: Is it plugged in?Most support is done through trial and error. Tell me you haven't done it this way if someone didn't teach you. Well most DON'T have the time to learn a just expect it to work. If there...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, IS IT

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO

It's finally official: XP is coming to the XOMS themselves have not accomplished this yet...with satisfactory results, so I doubt you will have any success. Why don't you try Xubuntu or Puppy Linux on a USB drive? Or sell it on eBay? http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/xubuntu-feisty-now-from-usb-drive/http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/puppy-linux-on-usb/TripleIIThen drop the Linux version"Let the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, XP IS, One Laptop Per Child project, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

News to know: AOL, Linux; Mac clones; Mobile Web

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing Robin Harris: 2.5" disks to become new standard in 2009 TechRepublic: 10 common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software Christopher Dawson: My kid hates...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mobile, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Open Source, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda

Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agendaMessage has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Interesting to say who is alienating whomWith respect to Intel it is interesting to see who was alienating whom. According to the founding CTO of OLPC, Mary Lou Jepsen, it would appear the motives...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, dual boot, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, dual-boot Linux/Windows XO-laptop, Linux/Windows XO-laptop

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Reality strikes Nicholas Negroponte

From Jo Best, ZDNet Australia comes this little ditty: While the news that Microsoft is developing a version of Windows for the so-called "$100 laptop" has caused some consternation, One Laptop Per Child Chairman Nicholas Negroponte has said the project could not promote openness if it blocked Windows. ...

Tags: Operating System, Computer, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Linux, Productivity, Software, Marc Wagner

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Microsoft launches new low-cost PC effort in India

Microsoft launches new low-cost PC effort in India$500?!That seems really high for a low end machine. You can buy low end machines for less than that one at a time, much less in high quantities. One has to wonder how much of that price is just for windows.I wonder which...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, US$500, PC, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

Welcome Nicholas, to the world of unintended consequences

Welcome Nicholas, to the world of unintended consequencesCompetition is good, regardlessI can see why Negroponte is upset, but I still believe in free markets, and this is an example of just such a market. I agree that regardless of the outcome, Negroponte has made it plausible to create affordable hardware...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

Intel's World Ahead Initiative making changes in one school

Poverty and AIDS plague South Africa - but a bold move by chip manufacturer Intel and its World Ahead Initiative is underway to help the next generation of Africans out of poverty and into the digital world, reports AllAfrica.com The $1 billion dollar plan is to train and educate...

Tags: Maope School, computer, International, Education Technology, DigitalDivide

Blog posts 2006-12-15

Are we our workers' keepers?

Last week I had dinner with Omid Moghadam [below left] and Anne Chapman of Intel. They had just had an interesting day meeting with a variety of would-be supporters in Washington: The Wall Street Journal had just broken – a week early – the news of a new coalition...

Tags: PHR, Uncategorized, health

Blog posts 2006-12-04

Online tool helps measure value of investment

The Consortium for School Networking has launched a free online program to help technology leaders make the best purchasing decisions. The Value of Investment website is "one of the most important things" the organization has done, Consortium CEO Keith Krueger said. The program is intended to assure...

Tags: Value at Risk

Blog posts 2006-10-05

At Intel conference, leaders discuss future of education

The movers and shakers of government, industry and education assembled in Washington last month for a one-day conference on the future of technology and education, reports eSchool News. Intel Visionary Conference attendees discussed issues of funding technology in schools, closing the digital divide, keeping up with professional training...

Tags: Intel Corp., Tim Magner, leader

Blog posts 2006-05-09

Good news for India!

Good news for India!Uh....yeah....OK... what happened to investing technology in the USA? I am already fighting for my job due to H1B visa holders trying for citizenship and willing to work for low wages and not charge for overtime. This is obviously backed by large corporations looking to get...

Tags: Workforce management, Benefits, Branding, Intel Corp., training

Discussion threads 2006-05-08

Ian Murdock, cat herder

Ian Murdock, cat herderSounds interesting.Sounds interesting.Here's their blurb from their website - I'll copy/paste too, to save you clicking the link.http://www.freestandards.org/about/The Free Standards Group is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the use of free and open source software by developing and promoting standards. Key Free Standards Group projects...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-04-22

Andy Grove: Engage and then plan

Worth reading: In a Fortune cover story, "The Education of Andy Grove," Harvard historian Richard Tedlow shares his view that former head of Intel is the ideal model for leading a 21st century business. He calls Grove "America's greatest student and teacher of business" and goes on to say:It's a...

Tags: Andy Grove

Blog posts 2005-11-30