The second meeting of technology (II Encontro tecnológico), organized by the autarchy of Barcelos, predicts the participation of more than three thousand 1st cycle students accompanied by Magalhães computers.
According to the newspaper Destak, 3rd and 4th grade students, from Barcelos elementary schools, will be in permanent contact with computers, internet and online games, between 23 and 27 May.
In news, the autarchy referred that "young people can enjoy a wide Read more [...] Elementary students involved in technological mega event
The second meeting of technology (II Encontro tecnológico), organized by the autarchy of Barcelos, predicts the participation of more than three thousand 1st cycle students accompanied by Magalhães computers.
According to the newspaper Destak, 3rd and 4th grade students, from Barcelos elementary schools, will be in permanent contact with computers, internet and online games, between 23 and 27 May.
In news, the autarchy referred that "young people can enjoy a wide Read more [...] Francisco José Viegas criticizes use of computers in schools
In an interview to ionline, Francisco José Viegas criticizes the use of computers in classrooms, saying that everything is a "new richness phase completely degrading: we started with the folly of technology in putting computers in schools, in 2007, just when the best U.S. public high schools have banned them from schools".
Asked if the new technologies would affect education, José Viegas answered to the ionline that nowadays students can't read because they have no time. "We, with the Magalhães computer, Read more [...] JP Sá Couto receives incentives after tax fraud
According to Agência Financeira, the company that produces Magalhães computers received "tax incentives relative to the year 2009, when the company was a defendant in a case of tax fraud, according to a list published by the Ministry of Finance".
JP Sá Couto has injured the State in 72 thousand euros of VAT payments, which would restrain the right to those incentives.
Source: Agência Financeira Read more [...] Portugal and Bolivia signed an agreement for the spread of ICT
The Portuguese government signed, on Friday, an agreement with the Bolivian government for the spread of ICT in schools. According to the newspaper Público, the agreement signed in La Paz was attended by the governing bodies of both countries, including the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales and the Portuguese Secretary of State for Public Works and Communications, Paulo Campos.
Besides predicting the distribution of Magalhães computers in Bolivian primary schools, the agreement also foresees Read more [...] Venezuela launches Canaima 3.0
The Venezuelan version of the Magalhães computer, locally known as Canaima now have a new operating system based on GNU / Linux.
According to the article published on the website TeK Sapo, "this is the third version of the platform since its launch on September 2009".
Fonte: TeK Sapo Read more [...] 
