Neowin News Feed for: School

UNESCO calls for a smartphone ban in classrooms unless absolutely necessary

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:02:01 +0000

UNESCO has called on schools to remove technology, such as smartphones, from classrooms unless they are absolutely necessary. It said technology was over-used and caused a significant distraction. Read more...

Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 is available today for $430 in the United States

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:36:02 +0000

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360. It is aimed at school students with prices starting at $430. The firm said that the new device is sturdy so it should be able to withstand school. Read more...

Google releases new Android development curriculum

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:08:01 +0000

Google has released a new curriculum that educators can leverage to teach their students how to write Android apps using Kotlin. Google recommends that instructors have some programming knowledge. Read more...

The 2020 Adobe Graphic Design Certification School is 96% off for just $49

News Staff — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:46:01 +0000

Fast-track your creative career with over 40 hours of CPD certified and expert-led training + 1 master project on the industry standard graphic design tools. Read more...

COVID-19 lockdown exposes digital poverty in the UK

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:56:01 +0000

The COVID-19 lockdown in the UK has brought the issue of digital poverty to the forefront. Many families in the country do not have access to a suitable computer or internet connection for education. Read more...

Microsoft and UNICEF expand Learning Passport to help students affected by school closures

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 06:40:02 +0000

Last year, the Learning Passport initiative started out to help refugee students with educational opportunities. Now, it has been expanded to help students continue learning despite school closures. Read more...

UK: Broadband firms will deal with Covid-19 stress

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:12:02 +0000

As more people begin working from home the UK's broadband and mobile companies have said they'll be able to handle the increased demand from teleconferencing, gaming, and TV streaming. Read more...

Microsoft Edge Insider builds now support sign-in from work and school accounts

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced support for Azure Active Directory work and school accounts in Edge Canary, Dev, and Beta channel preview builds. It said that the feature was highly requested by users. Read more...

Logitech unveils rugged accessories for the newest iPad, aimed at 'students and learning'

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:50:01 +0000

Logitech has revealed three new rugged accessories for Apple's latest 9.7 inch iPad. The trio was designed for 'students and learning', and is available for order in packs of 10 in the US and Canada. Read more...

Microsoft's co-founders hacked computer to meet girls while at school

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 03:32:01 +0000

In a BBC Radio interview, Gates gives a 42 minute overview of his accomplishments in life. Interestingly while at school, he and Paul Allen 'hacked' the computer so Gates could be in all-girl classes. Read more...

Acer announces the TravelMate B117, a notebook designed for the classroom

Justin Luna — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:02:01 +0000

Acer, in collaboration with Microsoft has unveiled the TravelSmart B117, a notebook made for the education market, aiming to make collaboration between teachers and students much easier. Read more...

Students would rather learn to code than study a foreign language, according to study

Justin Luna — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:56:01 +0000

In a recent research by an online store, it seems that children would prefer to learn computer programming more than learn a foreign language. However, this was seen by some as an "easy option." Read more...

Study reveals smartphone ban at school helps boost students' test scores

Justin Luna — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:54:01 +0000

A recent study has revealed that banning students from using their phones at school improved their test results. It also showed significant improvement of the test scores of underachieving students. Read more...

DivX Plus Bundle 10.2.1.82

Razvan Serea — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:27:23 +0000

Based on the newest video compression standard, DivX HEVC strives to deliver up to 50% better compression than its H.264-based predecessor, DivX Plus HD. Read more...

Facebook to provide certain students in North Carolina with free WiFi

Brockman Davis — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:41:36 +0000

Just after a year of creating the Internet.org project, Facebook is at it again. They have made plans with the Rutherford County School District to bring free WiFi to its students. Read more...

Microsoft: Over 540,000 students and teachers use Windows 8 in US

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:38:43 +0000

Microsoft said today that 10 school systems and colleges all over the US are currently using Windows 8-based solutions. That's over over 540,000 students and teachers on the latest Microsoft OS. Read more...

Wisconsin School buys 800 iPads with Microsoft's cash

Brad Sams — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:54:40 +0000

A school in Madison, Wisconsin has purchased 800 iPads with funds received from a Microsoft settlement over a consumer lawsuit over software. Read more...

Chrome OS for business and for schools, with hardware subscriptions

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:08:31 +0000

Google is not only releasing Chrome OS to the consumer market. At today’s keynote at Google I/O, Google pushed the significance of Chrome OS in the enterprise. Touting partnerships with Citrix and other cloud/virtualization firms,... Read more...

Internet safety to be taught in schools

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:03:34 +0000

Lessons in how to use the Internet safely are to become a compulsory part of primary school education in England from 2011. Drawn up by the new UK Council on Child Internet Safety, the plans... Read more...

School of gaming to open in New York

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:26:18 +0000

A new public school is to open in New York next month, which will use video games and software packages such as LittleBigPlanet and Maya to teach its pupils, as well as board and card... Read more...

Apple doing just peachy in education

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:54:53 +0000

Concurrent with reports that Apple seem to be doing well financially, the company seem to be tying the education market up nicely also. News reports from Macworld amongst other sites, are all nattering about... Read more...

Teen sends 10,000 texts with no messaging plan

Brad Sams — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:41:55 +0000

It's not uncommon for teenagers to have cell phones as it seems nearly everyone has one these days. When a loving parent gave his teenage daughter a cell phone he thought was doing the... Read more...

Apple accuses web design school of using their logo

Denis Wong — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:49:52 +0000

A Saanich web design school is holding its ground, following a threat by Apple to take legal action if the local firm does not change a corporate logo it has used since 2005. Calling... Read more...

Japan Uses DS to Teach English

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:39:18 +0000

Nintendo is banned everywhere but the classroom at Tokyo Joshi Gakuen school in Japan as the ubiquitous DS consoles become the latest tool in English instruction. Junior high school teacher Motoko Okubo has used the... Read more...

Hack this school network, win a router

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:22:37 +0000

There's a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca's office. It's yours if you can hack into his network. First, some background: LaRocca is director of IT security with the School District of Palm... Read more...

NY School Opens Lab for Serious Games

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:22:48 +0000

A new research lab at the prestigious Parsons design school aims to develop video games with a conscience - called "serious games" - and study whether playing them can be a force for social good.... Read more...

Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:59:42 +0000

Microsoft has apparently lost out in trying to persuade Nigeria's government to use Windows over Linux even after bribing a local supplier with a $400,000 marketing contract. Microsoft gave the money to the supplier... Read more...

3Com hits back at U.K. school Wi-Fi skeptics

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:18:42 +0000

British schools are wasting money on wireless networks that don't work properly, claimed 3Com and specialist reseller 802UK. The two companies kicked off a fight back against anti-Wi-Fi misinformation, arguing that not only is wireless... Read more...

School Sued Over MySpace Photo Response

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:16:04 +0000

Be careful how you portray yourself on the Internet. One day you may regret it or, alternatively, possibly make some money with a nice lawsuit. Stacy Snyder posted a photo entitled "Drunken Pirate" on... Read more...

The Online High School

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:13:14 +0000

The BBC News website has published an article about the first ever online school, where pupils attend virtual classes by simply logging on. The school is aimed at children who have had problems with attending... Read more...

High school shooting avoided thanks to MySpace

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:02:00 +0000

Five students have been arrested after planning to perform a shooting at their high school in Riverton, Kansas. The plot was foiled after one of the teens posted a message on the popular networking website,... Read more...

Windows Vista Testing: The School of Hard Knocks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:33:08 +0000

Some time this month, if Microsoft sticks to schedule, the company will deliver its latest test build of Windows Vista to hundreds of thousands of testers. Seems like a perfect time to contemplate how well... Read more...

Bill Gates Donates $40m To Old School

Howard Thomson — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:47:12 +0000

Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, is to donate $40 million to his old school in Seattle. Lakeside is a fee-paying school and the money from Microsoft will go towards scholarships for children in the local area.... Read more...

Oxford Students Suspended for Hacking School Network

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:12:51 +0000

Two Oxford students have been suspended after admitting to gaining unauthorized access to the university's IT network. Patrick Foster, 20, and Roger Waite, 21, claimed they had carried out the hack to expose security flaws.... Read more...

Thompson links GTA with US school murder plot

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:56:02 +0000

Florida-based lawyer Jack Thompson has launched his latest attack on the interactive entertainment industry, telling the media that Grand Theft Auto was used by a Massachusetts teenager to prepare for a planned massacre at his... Read more...

School for Hackers

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:57:41 +0000

A presentation on how to be the first to exploit new flaws in Web server software was deemed "just as cool for white hats as for black hats" attending the Defcon 12 conference here over... Read more...

Tablet PCs Go to School

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:17:30 +0000

For years educators and computer vendors have explored ways in which technology could aid with learning. Back in the 1980s when PCs first became affordable, technology was considered something to be taught, but now is... Read more...

School Tycoon Demo

Marcel Klum — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 10:34:16 +0000

Catdaddy Games has released a playable demo of School Tycoon, allowing you to try out this upcoming simulation strategy game that presents kids with the ultimate fantasy - the opportunity to rule their own school.... Read more...

Swiss school sets up antivirus center

Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:29:51 +0000

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, one of Switzerland's top universities, has joined forces with technology heavyweights to declare war on computer viruses and hackers. Along with IBM, Sun Microsystems Laboratories and Credit... Read more...

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:14:19 +0000

Quick Info File Name: MSBWhalesDemo.exe - Download Size: 5393 KB - Date Published: 4/25/2003 - Version: 1 Overview Play Bring Back the Beluga Game as seen in Scholastic's The... Read more...