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Mobile Application Competition by Khalifa University The fifth annual Mobile Application Contest (MAC) was hosted by Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) at the Park Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi. Students from nine universities across the UAE and the region participated in this year’s competition and displayed 15 innovative projects in the Mobile phone applications field. The competition this year showcased a heightened level of technical development among participants.
US education initiative receives funds from Investment guru Peter Lynch, the legendary investor, is donating US$20 million to train school principals in Boston, in order to make them equipped with the latest in a growing list of high net worth individuals to publicly champion philanthropy. Lynch, now vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research Co.,and his wife, Carolyn, have long funded educational initiatives through the Lynch Foundation, their philanthropic organization. The Fellow principals will be selected from Boston’s 135 public schools, 16 charter schools and 135 parochial schools.
Queensland education receives a massive investment $9.5 billion education and training budget this year has been detailed-out by the Bligh Government. This is a massive investment that implies more kindergardens, sooner, and extra teachers and teacher’s aides
Winners of Republican ‘E-education’ contest declared The Office of Information Systems of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Education recently, announced the winners of the republican contest ‘E-education’. The competition was conducted in two directions, ‘Internet Technologies in Education’ and ‘E-learning resources in the modern school.’ Winners were announced along the categories including Internet Resources in Education and Blogs of teachers. About 810 projects were presented at the contest. About 89 were chosen. Laptops and other special awards were given to the winners of each of the five nominations received.
ICT facilities to 2000 more unions In order to build on the government’s vision to develop ‘Digital Bangladesh’ by 2021, ICT facilities will be provided to 2000 more unions in the country by this year, to reach such facilities to the rural people. Mohammad Nazrul Islam Khan, National Project Director of Access to Information (A2I) Programme under the Prime Minister’s Office mentioned that government also has plans to set up union information centres (UICs) in all 4484 unions by 2011 with a view of bringing the country’s total population under ICT facilities.
on the education frontline. Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson mentioned the investment amounted to almost a quarter of the entire State Budget.
United Nations Publications Go Mobile The United Nations announced the release of United Nations e-book applications for the iPhone and the iPad, as well as e-books for Amazon’s Kindle, that will give users easy access to offline reading and reference on global issues. The release coincides with the sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, which marked the birth of the United Nations.
SIIA Releases Trends Report on K-12 and Postsecondary Education Technology An announcement was made by the Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) regarding the release of its most recent report on the K-12 and postsecondary education technology markets – officially titled the SIIA Trends Report for Education Technology. The report speaks of industry shifts and emerging trends as they relate to five main topics: K-12 learning management systems, post secondary learning management systems, online learning, state of the states, and mobile computing, authored by various members of the education industry.
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