Sweden wants to know Magalhães laptop

According to the online edition of SOL newspaper, the JP Sá Couto company revealed that Sweedish educational bodies showed interested in knowing more about the Magalhães project. The Swedish entourage visited the factory where Magalhães computers are produced and a school where they could observe the computer in a classroom environment. Source: SOL Read more [...]
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State pays 11 millions to JP Sá Couto

Approved in the Official News Bulletin, the financial contract between the Government and JP Sá Couto provided the payment of 10.9 million euros from the Portuguese Agency for Investment and External Commerce (AICEP) to the company that makes Magalhães computers, according to the online edition of Correio da Manhã. Source: Correio da Manhã Read more [...]
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Magalhães should be for free in Libya

In the blog post 100 Reféns, Tiago Mesquita, criticized the memorandum of understanding between JP Sá Couto and a Libyan state company, for the supply of Magalhães computers, while the African country is in political instability: "I think the Portuguese Government and the company should announce now that as soon as Libya is restored as a country and get rid of the charismatic leader, these pre-negotiated computers will be delivered for free to Libyan children." Source: Expresso| Blogue Read more [...]
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Training for teachers promotes ICT uses

According to the information available at Portal das Escolas, the ICT Competency Center, School of Education of Santarém (CCTICESES), will hold on April 6, a workshop to promote and foster the use of computers in classrooms. The workshop, titled "My class", is mainly for"teachers of the 1st cycle of studies of basic education that wish to streamline activities with their students using Magalhães", says in the website. Source: Portal das Escolas Read more [...]
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European Commission: Government breached the award of Magalhães

The European Commission closed the procedure initiated against Portugal and confirmed that "the government violated the law in the technical design and direct award of more than one million computers in education programs, better known by Magalhães", reports the online edition of newspaper Público. Source: Público Read more [...]
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