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“Phone First” in Boston
24 January 09 06:41 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Last month I had the opportunity to attend NextLab 2008: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users . It was a one-day conference at the MIT Media Lab involving projects from an interdisciplinary class there focused on how to apply cell Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Education, Access, Events, Digital Divide, Affordability, ICT4D

Innovative Teachers, This Time in Hong Kong
06 November 08 09:33 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

It’s time again for Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher’s Forum (ITF), an annual event where we celebrate the 100 or so coolest teachers from around the world, all who are doing great things in terms of integrating technology into their classrooms. This year Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Education, Relevance, Events, APMs

Beyond Stories
15 November 07 11:00 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Yesterday I attended AMD's 50x15 partner summit in Sunnyvale, California. 50x15 is AMD's equivalent to Microsoft's Unlimited Potential, with the idea that 50% of the world's population can achieve access to the Internet and computers by the year 2015. Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Relevance, Events, Digital Divide, 50x15

Hanging With the APMs
30 October 07 07:38 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Academic Program Managers (APMs) are the people at Microsoft responsible for implementing the Partners in Learning program I wrote about yesterday . We have about a hundred APMs around the world, working with local schools and education ministries on Read More...

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3.6 Million Innovative Teachers Can't Be Wrong
29 October 07 04:00 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Helsinki, October 29, 2007 I am attending the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum, a "Celebration/Competition" that Microsoft is holding in Helsinki as part of our Innovative Teachers Network , a grassroots community around the world that promotes Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Education, Books, Events, Digital Divide

UPG Launch in Budapest
19 October 07 10:40 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

October 18, 2007 We held our big press event in Budapest on Thursday and Friday this week. With most Microsoft events, we try to hold on to some important piece of "news" that we unveil at the show in order to make it easier for journalists Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Events