[UgaBYTES] ICT News

[Kiringai Kamau]

Humphrey,

Technology breaks all barriers. Whatever you see happening in the
Philippines with collaboration is not a confine of that region. It only
means that there is good infrastructure that supports what the partners
would like to use.

Uganda or any Country (Including those that love feuds like Zim and Kenya-my
country) for that matter can be partner with Oracle or any other institution
- at least there is Microsoft around and are looking to a good national
case.

Try, only try Humphrey is all that you may need, so long as your house is in
order and big enough to accommodate the demands of outsiders.

Kiringai

 
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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 3:32 PM
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Subject: [UgaBYTES] ICT News

Hello Colleagues can this be possible in Uganda? an other developing African
Countries
 
Public schools in the Philippines get free ICT learning tool

Another window has been opened for public school students to access 21st
century learning tools - for free. In an agreement signed between the
Department of Education (DepEd) and Oracle Education Foundation (OEF), some
50,000 public school teachers and students nationwide can now access online
learning resources through ThinkQuest. 

"We need all the help we can get from the private sector to endow our
learners with skills fit for a 21st century learner," said DepEd Secretary
Jesli Lapus. "Our students will now have a chance to be at par with the
world's best in terms of access to learner-driven, technology-aided
educational tools," he added. 

ThinkQuest is a sponsored programme of OEF that provides free learning
materials for primary and secondary schools around the world. With
ThinkQuest, students can engage in collaborative learning and participate in
technology projects. DepEd's collaboration with OEF forms part of a series
of projects by DepEd under its initiatives on ICT4E or Information
Communication Technology for Education. ICT4E seeks to employ learner-driven
technological solutions to improve the delivery and access to quality basic
educational. 

As stipulated in the agreement, OEF will provide free access to ThinkQuest
projects and the necessary technical support to public schools. 

According to Lapus, coordinators will be assigned to assist OEF initiatives.
He added that DepEd shall also integrate this programme among its various
teacher professional development programmes to equip teachers in integrating
OEF projects in the delivery of their lessons. 

The education chief added that "this partnership will be a boost to DepEd's
goal for 21st century education for all Filipinos anytime, anywhere." 

Clare Dolan, Vice-President of Oracle Education Initiatives, and Lapus
signed the agreement, which was witnessed by Natasak Rodjanapiches, Regional
Managing Director of Oracle Asia-Pacific. 
Mutaasa B.G. Humphrey 
P.o Box 9816 Kampala 
Uganda East Africa.
Tel:+256 772321736 


      
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