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 received "the best messages from the Portuguese government" and promises to continue to work with Portugal in Read more [...] 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 received "the best messages from the Portuguese government" and promises to continue to work with Portugal in Read more [...] Solidary Santa offers Magalhães laptops at Christmas
The initiative of the Portuguese post office company (CTT) named "Solidary Santa Claus" had distributed this year Magalhães computers for underprivileged children. The notebooks were offered by JP Sá Couto, the company that produces them. According to the online site Ainanas, the goal was to satisfy the thousands of requests by letter to Santa Claus and look for companies and individuals who could fulfill the wishes of children.
Source: Ainanas
Read more [...] Magalhães distributed in educational project in Mexico
The Magalhães laptops will begin to be distributed in Mexico as part of the Digital Skills for All (HDT) programme, over the next year.
According to Económico, the supply of 11 thousand computers to the South American country is the result of three contests that JP Sá Couto won for the distribution of Magalhães laptops to that educational programme.
Source: Económico Read more [...] 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 suffered no significant impact on the distribution of laptops to students," except in special cases. The article, written by Ana Diogo (University Read more [...] President of ANPRI points to the lack of quality training in the implementation of Magalhães laptops
In an interview to the educational website educare.pt, related to the possible extinction of ICT in the 9th grade, the president of the National Association of Teachers of IT (ANPRI), Antonio Ramos argues that the introduction of the Magalhães computers in schools of the 1st cycle of basic education was a as "very interesting" and had "positive" results in which the "students came out to win". However the representative of the IT teachers points to the "intense lack of quality training designed Read more [...] 
