Schools

Ardmore, OK (US), April 2007 - ELearning for Kids (EFK), a global non-profit foundation dedicated to providing free online learning for children 5-12, recently announced its partnership with To Be Worldwide (TBWW), a foundation that helps build educational facilities in developing countries. TBWW will implement a project at the pilot centre in Takoradi, Ghana that is available to more than 2000 children. » MORE

Brighton (UK), April 2007 - As part of the Quality Improvement Agency's (QIA) national Skills for Life Improvement Programme 2006-07, Epic is making four films that will demonstrate effective practice in teaching and learning in a range of settings. Within the programme, Epic has an opportunity to capture some of the very best examples of effective practice through a series of DVDs/videos/films. These will then be available for sharing with practitioners and teacher educators across the field. » MORE

London (UK), March 2007 - Demos, the UK thinktank for everyday democracy, published an eighty-page report entitled "Their Space: Education for a Digital Generation", written by Hannah Green and Celia Hannon. The report, which focuses on school-aged learners, questions some of the myths that dominate current thinking about technology and education. » MORE

Copenhagen (DK), February 2007 - (by Tonny Hansen) The trade cog is leaving Lübeck, loaded with Flemish linen and barrels of tar bound for Bergen, where a cargo of iron ore is waiting for a vessel to bring it on to Stralsund. The 6th graders in the Höjby school in Odense, Denmark are having great fun during their history lessons. Teacher and school librarian Ella Myhring has introduced them to both facts about the medieval Hansa League and to the computer game Patricia III. Those seem to be a good combination, for although the activities of the class seem to involve a lot of playing, they bring the pupils up to curriculum standards. » MORE