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India Imports UK Teachers To Train Call Centre Staff
News A team of retired teachers from the UK is in India training call centre staff, reports the Hindustan Times. The teachers were recruited by call centre provider Oceans Connect, and are based in Pune, India.
[August 19, 2003, 11:40]
UK School Showcases Linux Suite
News An Essex junior school that has used open source software to cut the cost of setting up and running its computer room was showing off its IT infrastructure to a group of UK head teachers on Wednesday.
[January 18, 2006, 15:15]
Internet Safety Programme Goes To UK Schools
News The learning programme builds on an earlier initiative piloted by Childnet International, which travelled around UK schools helping teachers to organise lessons on Internet safety. It will also educate parents and teachers in the dangers posed to...
[January 10, 2002, 17:52]
Intel Drives IT Into The Classroom
News The US chip giant is working with academics, UK software developers and teachers to create interactive, multimedia software packages to enhance English, math and history lessons, and to boost teachers' IT skills.
[September 23, 1998, 10:52]
A Year Ago: IT Teachers Are 'out Of Touch' - Report
News Teachers are "out of touch", programmers suffer from a geeky image and the resulting "mismatch" is fuelling severe recruitment difficulties for IT employers. Nearly 60 percent of businesses say courses are not providing what they need, even though...
[September 21, 1999, 7:00]
Public Sector Workers 'should Get Subsidised Broadband'
News The report, called Broadening Horizons: Why broadband matters claims that significant efficiency savings would be achieved by making it cheaper for teachers, doctors and other key workers to sign up for their own broadband connection, meaning the...
[June 24, 2003, 12:31]
Election Fever Grips The Web
News The report revealed alarming holes in the use and knowledge of IT in schools in both teachers and pupils. We will develop a national grid for learning," said Blunkett, "to ensure that schools and colleges have access to materials on the Internet...
[March 21, 1997, 16:45]
UK Education System Failing Tech Industry
News The group did acknowledge that the UK has gone some way towards this with its training bursaries for science teachers and "golden helloes", but claims more needs to be done. The CBI wants the Government to take the issue of improving the number and...
[August 14, 2006, 14:35]
Five Years Ago: Election Fever Grips The Web
News The report revealed alarming holes in the use and knowledge of IT in schools in both teachers and pupils. We will develop a national grid for learning," said Blunkett, "to ensure that schools and colleges have access to materials on the Internet...
[March 15, 2002, 6:01]
Scanners Thwart Exam Cheats
News If scanners prove popular with teachers they could be a windfall for some technology companies, as there are well over 25,000 schools in the UK. The devices have received the full support of the Association of Head Teachers.
[July 2, 2003, 14:40]
Gaming Gets Trialled In The Classroom
News By involving the teachers we are hoping they will involve the game developers so [games] will have a greater place in the classroom. The project, also backed by games publisher Electronic Arts, will investigate attitudes of teachers and students...
[August 11, 2005, 9:10]
The Problem Is Even Bigger
Talkback To remedy this, far more will be needed than a change of curriculum, and far more than simply convincing politicians, parents, industrialists, and teachers. We cannot magically create thousands of teachers who are equipped to teach computing in the...
[November 21, 2006, 16:28]
Microsoft 'benchmarks' UK Attitudes To Computers
News Most alarmingly, the survey found that only 24 per cent of teachers said their schools provided access to the Net and 58 per cent of teachers have never accessed or used the Web. This finding is underlined by the teenage view: less than half think...
[June 3, 1997, 10:33]
UK Schools Trial Open Source Access Control
News The number of pupils and teachers using an open source system to access e-learning applications is set to double next month. Shibboleth, an open source authentication system, is being trialled in a pilot project involving over 500,000 pupils and...
[February 2, 2005, 15:25]
$100 Laptop: Moving From A Technical To A Social Debate
Talkback Assume a network with the tools to facilitate communication between the teachers and the students of those countries: what is the likely results of relations between those countries in 10 years time? What about recording the BEST teachers of maths...
[November 13, 2006, 18:53]
Welsh Schools Adopt Open Source Email
News A Welsh county council has brokered a deal to provide open source email to up to 40,000 pupils and teachers. Initially 3,000 to 5,000 teachers will have access to the open source mailboxes, and the main part of the project is due to be completed by...
[September 4, 2006, 14:35]
UK's National Digital Infrastructure 'needs Improving'
News Data services — ensuring that schools' IT systems are functionally capable, interoperable, affordable, and designed to deliver effective support to teachers — projects are "proceeding", said Becta. Local Authorities are responsible, generally for...
[January 23, 2006, 13:10]
Photos: How Old PCs Are Creating Opportunities
News The charity will also work with schools to set a curriculum, train teachers in IT and ensure there is a reliable supply of electricity to power the PCs. One of the 2,000 teachers trained by CFSK assists the children in their work.
[February 14, 2007, 15:22]
IT Teachers Are "out Of Touch" - Report
News Nearly 60 percent of businesses say courses are not providing what they need, even though.percent of educators say they have a clear understanding of what business needs.percent of businesses say teachers have a clear understanding of what...
[September 21, 1998, 16:47]
Schools Face Software Licensing Clampdown
News The message is clear: if head teachers, schools governors and even LEAs allow the use of illegal software then it may be a fast track to a criminal record," said John Lovelock, director general of FAST.
[May 25, 2006, 11:30]
