July 2009 - Posts

Beyond the PC: Helping governments do more with technology
27 July 09 03:49 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

At the Centre Africain d'Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG), a prestigious regional school of management for West and Central Africa, Microsoft introduced an ICT training program for government leaders and decision makers. CESAG is located in Senegal, Read More...

Filed under: Africa, Education, Senegal

UNESCO & Microsoft join forces to promote greater access and use of ICT for higher education enhancement
13 July 09 08:26 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Last week in Paris close to 100 ministers of education, senior education officials and policy advisors attended the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) followed by the Microsoft Education Leaders Forum . The WCHE is focusing on critical Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, schools, student, United Nations, Partnerships

First Place Imagine Cup Design for Development Award goes to COSMIC!
07 July 09 02:09 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

This just in from Cairo...a big congratulations to team COSMIC from U niversiti Sains Malaysia ! At tonight’s Imagine Cup closing ceremony staged in front of the Pyramids , Jasy Liew Suet Yan, Loo Wan Koe, Mathew Phiong Yoon Kheong, Ooi Keng Siang were Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Asia, UN Millennium Development Goals, Design for Development, student

Imagine Cup Design for Development Award - Tonight's the Night!
07 July 09 04:01 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

The Imagine Cup finalists for the Unlimited Potential Design for Development Award competed in Cairo yesterday. Early feedback suggests that the judges were deeply impressed by all of the creative thinking and passion that went in to the projects, designed Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, UN Millennium Development Goals, Design for Development, student

Capturing the Interest of Students and Motivating Them to Succeed
03 July 09 03:40 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

For many years before I joined Microsoft I taught in secondary schools in the UK. One of the most important initiatives I became involved in was to increase the relevance of education to capture the interest of our students and ultimately motivate them Read More...

Filed under: Education, Partners in Learning, Central and Eastern Europe, schools, student