[ubuntu-my] Fwd: Macedonia rolls out 53, 000 Classmate PCs with Ubuntu

[Hasanuddin Abu Bakar]

Tak boleh buat macam tu kat Terengganu.. takdak untung nanti jadi kroni
menteri besar :)



Hasanuddin Abu Bakar
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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Mohamad Imran <imtym.aku at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kalau Classmate PC kat Terenganu tu diubuh gnu/linux kan bagus. Dah
> jimat duit kerajaan.
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel
> <linuxmalaysia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Prakash Advani <prakash at canonical.com>
> > Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:30 PM
> > Subject: Macedonia rolls out 53,000 Classmate PCs with Ubuntu
> > To:
> >
> >
> > Macedonia rolls out 53,000 Classmate PCs
> >
> > Christopher Dawson
> >
> > October 6, 2009
> >
> > ZDNet Education
> >
> >
> >
> > The government of Macedonia announced today that it was the first
> > Balkan country to
> >
> > deploy a major 1:1 computing effort, deploying 53,000 Classmate PCs to
> > all of the
> >
> > country’s first through third graders. Perhaps just as importantly,
> > the program also
> >
> > provides all 22,000 teachers in grades 1-8 with an Asus Eee PC and
> extensive
> >
> > professional development on the use of 1:1 resources in the classroom.
> >
> > While the Macedonia government is supplying the hardware, according to
> the
> >
> > company’s press release,
> >
> >
> >
> > Intel’s contribution will include training 1,000 teachers to integrate
> > technology into the
> >
> > curriculum, localizing and licensing teacher training materials,
> > providing teacher
> >
> > guides, and qualifying master trainers for scaling the program
> > throughout Macedonia
> >
> > As with other Intel Classmate programs, local service providers are
> > rolling out the
> >
> > laptops (this program is using their clamshell design for
> cost-effectiveness and
> >
> > ruggedness). These Classmates are actually being produced in Serbia by
> ComTrade,
> >
> > which began selling its Minibook/Coolbook-branded Classmates in April.
> >
> > According to Intel Spokesperson, Agnes Kwan, “Intel will also support
> > the government
> >
> > in training teachers and providing licensing to the maths & science
> > online curriculum
> >
> > skoool.com” (a partnership between Intel and SMART Technologies).
> >
> >
> >
> > As early as 2007, Macedonia was piloting innovative technologies in
> > schools when they
> >
> > rolled out 180,000 Edubuntu desktops (at the time, “the largest ‘pure’
> Edubuntu
> >
> > deployment” ever undertaken). Along these lines, all of the new
> > Classmates will be
> >
> > loaded with Ubuntu, after the Edubuntu and other successful
> > Linux-based pilots in the
> >
> > country.
> >
> > "People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
> >  --  Abraham Lincoln
> >
> >
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