Microsoft plans innovative new school in Knowsley says Bill Gates
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| Tailored to meet local community needs, the Innovative Schools will be
| rolled out in 12 locations around the world including United Kingdom,
| Ireland, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Qatar, Canada, Mexico, Brazil,
| Chile and Hong Kong.
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| Microsoft's innovative Schools initiative works with governments,
| teachers and partners around the world to modernise schools to meet
| the challenges of 21st Century learning. The initiative was initially
| used to develop the Philadelphia School of the Future, opened in the
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| United States September last year.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7607
http://tinyurl.com/3dlthl
See links below. This is just scary.
Related:
The Philadelphia Experiment: Microsoft-Designed School Opens
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has famously called high schools "obsolete"
| and warned about their effect on U.S. competitiveness. Now, his company has
| a chance to prove that it can help fix the woes of public education.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060907/school_of_the_future.html?.v=1
Welcome to college, here's your Windows Live account
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| Microsoft, in an attempt to spread the word about Windows Live, has struck
| a deal with 72 colleges all across the world. And what is this said deal?
| The colleges have agreed to let Microsoft host their students'
| e-mail accounts.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/4/23/3719
Earlier today:
Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare
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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
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| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460
Last week:
French students to get open-source software on USB key
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| French authorities will give out 175,000 USB memory sticks
| loaded with open-source software to Parisian high-school
| students at the start of the next school year.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070202/tc_infoworld/85707
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