Tag Archives: Magalhães
Ramos-Horta wants Magalhães computers in East Timor
According to the online edition of the SOL newspaper, the President of East Timor, José Ramos-Horta, says that JP Sá Couto “can give a big boost to the dream of computerizing Timor, giving each child and young Timorese a [Magalhães] computer”. On an invitation from Ramos-Horta, the manager of the factory that produces Magalhães computers, João Paulo Sá Couto, visited the Asian country to “explore ideas of true collaboration,” … Continue reading
JP Sá Couto wins award for innovation in school education
The company that produces Magalhães computers, JP Sá Couto, was awarded, last Wednesday, in the 2012 edition of Learning Without Frontiers Awards (LWF) in London, in the category “Innovation in Teaching Preschool and Primary”, announces the company on the Facebook page. JP Sá Couto states that winning the award is a “further evidence of international … Continue reading
Research team meets with consultants
The team’s research project entitled “Navigating with Magalhães”, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), met last Thursday, January 19th, with Evelyne Bevort, from the Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et d’Information des Medium (CLEMI) and Manuel Pinto, from the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) of University of Minho. At the meeting, the intervention of consultants was a … Continue reading
Magalhães computers on the way to Panama
JP Sá Couto announces the sale of 93 thousand Magalhães computers to Panama to “overhaulthe the educational system” of that country, says in the company’s website. With Panama joining the list of countries such as Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay, JP Sá Couto reinforces the company’s strategy in exporting computers to the countries of Latin America. … Continue reading
Venzuela: Chavez praises distribution policy of the Canaima computers
Almost three years after the distribution of the Magalhães computers in Venezuela (locally known as Canaima), the president Hugo Chávez has publicly thanked for the support of the Portuguese government in the implementation of new technologies in Venezuelan primary schools. According to the newspaper, Público, Hugo Chávez stresses that the country have … Continue reading
