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Hungary praises Magalhães in informatics article
The Hungarian portal of informatics, logout.hu, published this month a detailed analysis of the Albacomp Classmate PC, the name given to the Magalhães computer in Hungary, which has been distributed to Hungarian primary schools. Apart from the technical details related to the computer components, the article reveals positive aspects of the educational initiative, in particular, the … Continue reading
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Spent almost 60 million and less than a half of distributed computers
Of the 400 million originally earmarked for the provision and acquisition of equipment and services under the Technological Plan for Education (PTE), it was spent almost 60 million euros (16.12%) only in the ‘e.escolinha’ project, reveals an audit report of the Courtof Auditors to the PTE, published last week. The same document states that ‘e.escolinha’ is from all of the projects, the … 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
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
