Tag Archives: Schools
Nuno Crato named the sundial “a Magalhães of the past”
In a visit to the School André de Gouveia, in Évora, the current Minister of Education and Science, Nuno Crato, helped the students to build a manufactured sundial which he called “a Magalhães of the past”. According to Correio da Manhã, the minister has said that the sundial “is cheap” and that it just require the “tiles, a bit of chalk, cement and time”. Quoting … Continue reading
Azores bet on laptops in schools
The National Public Procurement Agency will acquire more than a thousand laptops to equip schools of the 1st cycle of basic education in the autonomous region of Azores. According to RTP Azores, unlike ‘e.escolinha’ and ‘Magellan’ computer, the Regional Secretariat for Education and Training wants the computers to be “part of theschool and not the student,” allowing the school … Continue reading
Study finds Magalhães is little used in schools
According to a study by the University of the Azores, there is a “reduced adherence to the use of [Magalhães] laptops by schools”, says an article published in Plataforma Barómetro Social. The results show that the Magalhães computer is used more at home than at school and that the “everyday use in the classroom seems to have … Continue reading
