The Duke of York and processor firm ARM have put their shoulders behind Code Club, a nationwide volunteer project to teach programming to 9-11 year-olds in after-school clubs. Thought up by computer scientist Linda Sandvik and user ...
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Inventor Sir James Dyson has criticised the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, for failing to put academic rigour at the heart of plans for a new design and technology curriculum Speaking to the Times, Dyson says the curriculum will ...
Teaching math and science has never been more engaging. A new product launched today, is allowing teachers to use quadcopters, robotic arms and rovers to teach math and science using dedicated educational apps aligned with mandated ...
Sony has announced a new K-12 Education Initiative which focuses on helping schools easily integrate devices into the classroom, allowing teachers and administrators to better harness the power of tablet and mobile technologies for ...
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The National Electrical Trade Council (NETCO)—the joint training arm of the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) and IBEW First District, Canada—is developing a Canadian Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training ...
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New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) began accepting applications for the 2nd Annual Design Entrepreneurs NYC program, a free, intensive, classroom-style ...
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Computer science is to be included as part of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a performance indicator that measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve grades A* to C at GCSE level in specific subjects. The EBacc ...
Google's charitable arm, its Google Giving fund, is providing funding for the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The company's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, has been visiting a Cambridge school where he and Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton have ...
Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 31st Dec, 2012: Premier Engineering College in Delhi JRE School of Engineering provides aspiring engineering candidates the opportunity to choose from its 5 well-established programs under the B Tech ...
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D|C|CADD, a leading Autodesk solutions provider offering software and services to the building, infrastructure, and manufacturing communities, today announced today announced that it has earned the new Consulting Specialization designation ...
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The seventh-grade classroom at Aptos Middle School buzzed with animated kids, many of whom whispered to friends and shot curious looks at the visitors scattered around their classroom. Local politicians, the superintendent of schools and ...
Leo's Pad, a series of animated apps for preschoolers, is changing the face of educational apps by customizing learning activities for a child—as he or she plays. Leo's Pad is the first release from Kidaptive, Inc., a collaboration of ...
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PPG Automotive Refinish announced that 10,000 distributor partners have now participated in PPG’s Distributor Business Development Program courses. The milestone was reached on December 4, 2012 at PPG’s Excellence in ...
The dream of a high school diploma became reality recently for 98 employees of Denimatrix in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Denimatrix is part of the Textile and Apparel Division of Lubbock, Texas-based Plains Cotton Cooperative Association ...
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The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) will offer a new online packaging leadership course through its Packaging Learning Center beginning early in 2013, through a partnership agreement with Fastraqq Corp., an educational ...
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