Articles on Education

Investing in alternative energy to fund Chinese education in Malaysia - Oct 15, 2009

Blogs It's no secret that cultivating palm oil makes money. In Malaysia, Chinese schools have caught onto the business idea. Nine Chinese independant schools in Malaysia's Perak state have considered cultivating palm ... Read story »

GMA7 partners with 19 organizations for 2010 election coverage - Jul 4, 2009

Blogs GMA channel 7 recently announced a partnership it has forged with 19 reputable organizations to work together and deliver up-to-date election news to the general public come the 2010 elections. GMA ... Read story »

Filipino educator named CNN Hero of the Year 2009 - Nov 22, 2009

Blogs We should not allow anything and anyone to stop us from learning--not even poverty. This is the very message why Efren Peñaflorida embarked on a project to teach less fortunate kids. ... Read story »

Malaysian students help meet United Nations Millennium Goals, win Microsoft Imagine Cup awards - Jul 27, 2009

Blogs The Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition sponsored by a name that everyone in the urban world knows well--Microsoft. This year, the participation was as high as 300,000 students ... Read story »

Into the Internet deep end - Apr 18, 2009

Blogs Students spend between 2–3 hours IM-ing, playing games and composing email online. An additional 2 hours are taken up doing school work on a computer. These are the results of a ... Read story »

Piracy in Brunei under close watch... again - Feb 25, 2009

Blogs In the 2009 Special 301 Report, Brunei was described as having the seventh-highest per capita income in the world, but also one of the highest piracy levels worldwide. The report, prepared ... Read story »

On the e-book and education - Sep 16, 2008

Blogs I have been doing some research on e-books the last couple of weeks for some lame-ass project they require at college. Anyway, quite irrelevant. There's some seriously cool stuff out there, ... Read story »

Indonesia's blunder on privacy - Oct 13, 2008

Blogs Amid concerns about privacy and security on the Internet, the Indonesian Ministry of Education recently put up a detailed database of students online and in downloadable files. There are at least ... Read story »

Dell's Latitude 2100 brings Netbooks to schools - May 19, 2009

Crave Dell's sorta-rugged Latitude 2100 Netbook. Aiming to bring small, low-cost laptops to schools, Dell has just announced the Latitude 2100, a Netbook specifically targeted to educational markets. We recently got ... Read story »

Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC design - Jan 13, 2009

Crave The new Classmate PCs will have twistable displays, allowing the Netbooks to be used in tablet mode. Intel has revealed the design for a tablet version of its Classmate PC, ... Read story »

Brunei gets interactive whiteboards - Jul 9, 2008

Blogs I'm always interested in hearing how ICT is used in schools to support teaching. Since I don't have many inroads to see for myself what's going on I make do with ... Read story »

Technology with a heart - Feb 27, 2008

Blogs Providing assistance to the less fortunate is not a new thing here in the Philippines. Filipinos are known for their kind-heartedness, hospitality, and for being helpful. I have witnessed private institutions ... Read story »

Adobe launches media player and Adobe TV - Apr 9, 2008

Blogs Finally, the long wait is over. A serious challenger to Windows Media Player is here. And I must say that when it rains, it pours. Not only did Adobe launch its own ... Read story »

Nokia Life Tools announced for Indonesia - Nov 4, 2009

Crave Nokia today officially announced its Life Tools service aimed at emerging markets in Indonesia. This was first revealed last month at a Life Tools press launch held in Mumbai, India where ... Read story »

OLPC sets roadmap for big bang in 2012 - Dec 24, 2009

Crave The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) outlined its future roadmap, including plans for the XO 3.0, a device "well below US$100" and utilizes a design that mimics a piece of paper. ... Read story »

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