Neowin News Feed for: Schools

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...

Microsoft Viva Connections for Education will help kids keep track of everything

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has introduced Viva Connections for Education, a dashboard for students to access their many EdTech tools from one place. Admins can adjust the Viva Connections dashboard as needed. Read more...

UK set to upgrade thousands of schools, hospitals, and libraries with gigabit broadband

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 May 2022 14:04:01 +0000

The UK government has said it's investing £164 million to upgrade 5,000 public buildings with gigabit broadband. It will mean nearby premises get faster speeds too as they'll be easier to reach. Read more...

Google announces Chromebook repair program for schools, wants it as an elective course

Usama Jawad — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Google has announced its Chromebook repair program, publishing documentation about how to do basic repairs yourself. It has encouraged schools to adopt it and wants it as an elective for students too. Read more...

Here's all you need to know about Windows 11 SE

Usama Jawad — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:42:02 +0000

Microsoft announced a new SKU of Windows 11, namely Windows 11 SE, today. However, many are unsure about its features and its target audience. Read on to find out more information on these topics. Read more...

Microsoft helps to bring TEALS computer science curriculum to more North American schools

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it's helping to expand the TEALS computer science program in more U.S. and Mexican schools. It also said TEALS has been translated to Spanish for the first time. Read more...

Nokia works with UNICEF and Safaricom to help connect Kenyan schools

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:50:01 +0000

Nokia has been working with partners in Kenya to bring internet connectivity to rural and underserved communities in the African country. The government wants all schools online by 2030. Read more...

Vodafone scheme helps organisations support vulnerable customers

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:16:01 +0000

Vodafone has launched a new scheme called communities.connected. It aims to let organisations offer their vulnerable customers lower cost internet access, dongle devices, and MiFi devices. Read more...

UK: Asda and Vodafone partner to give kids connected laptops

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:24:01 +0000

The supermarket Asda is going to supply 7,000 Dell laptops to schools around the country to help disadvantaged kids get online to access education at home. Vodafone will provide mobile internet. Read more...

Vodafone says it can't offer free access to BBC Bitesize

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:30:01 +0000

Vodafone has said that it will not be zero-rating BBC's education website Bitesize. It said technical hurdles meant it couldn't zero-rate the site and it wants to uphold net neutrality. Read more...

Huawei and Duisburg city in Germany to build a smart city

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:52:01 +0000

Huawei and the city of Duisburg, Germany, are teaming up to make the city more digitised. The plans focus on making public transport and schools internet connected and introducing 5G to Duisburg. Read more...

Chrome OS tops in U.S. schools; Windows leads rest of the world

John Keefer — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:40:01 +0000

The battle for the minds of K-12 students in the PC realm continues, and while Chrome OS has held a big lead in the United States, Windows is picking up a bit, while still leading around the world. Read more...

A touch of class: Microsoft unveils the premium Surface Laptop, priced from $999

Andy Weir — Tue, 02 May 2017 15:41:31 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled the latest addition to its Surface family of devices. The Surface Laptop was revealed at its education-focused event, and runs a new edition of the Windows 10 OS. Read more...

Learn what's next: What to expect at Microsoft's Windows 10 education event in NYC

Andy Weir — Mon, 01 May 2017 18:00:03 +0000

Microsoft will be hosting an event on May 2, at which it's expected to announce its new Windows 10 Cloud edition - possibly known as 'Windows 10 S' - along with new hardware, and more. Read more...

Minecraft: Education Edition now has 75,000 users in over 100 countries; new features coming

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:32:01 +0000

After launching Minecraft: Education Edition last year, Microsoft said today that over "75,000 students and educators from more than 100 countries" have been using it, and new features are on the way. Read more...

Microsoft introduces Intune for Education, promising simple setup and management of devices

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:48:01 +0000

Microsoft says its new Intune for Education management suite "makes it easy to set up default policies for all the devices and users in a class, school or district in a matter of minutes". Read more...

Almost 70% of UK schools now use tablets

Andy Weir — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:00:01 +0000

A study has found that tablets are now used in 70% of UK schools, with students in 9% of schools each getting their own device - but doubts remain over whether they lead to academic improvements. Read more...

Schools in the US, Canada and UK to get discount on the Surface Pro 3

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:06:01 +0000

Microsoft is starting to offer its Surface Pro 3 to the educational sector, allowing schools, colleges and universities to purchase the device at a 10% discount than the high street. Read more...

Microsoft and OEMs offer Windows 8.1 devices to U.S. schools starting under $300

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:35:52 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new program for U.S. school systems that will allow them to purchase Windows 8.1 devices from various OEMs with prices that start at under $300 each. Read more...

Microsoft, Apple helping Obama administration with high-speed broadband initiative for schools

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:40:54 +0000

President Barack Obama announced Microsoft and Apple are helping the U.S. government provide high-speed broadband to more than 15,000 schools, impacting more than 20 million students. Read more...

AVAST: 96 percent of U.S. schools will be affected by loss of Windows XP support

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 08:42:12 +0000

Anti-virus company AVAST claims that in its own survey of US public schools, 96 percent of them will be affected by Microsoft's decision to stop supporting Windows XP after April 8th, 2014. Read more...

Microsoft extends $199 Surface RT school discount to September 30th

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:31:33 +0000

Microsoft is extending its offer for schools to buy Surface RT tablets for just $199 each, along with price cuts for Touch and Type Covers, from August 31st to September 30th. Read more...

Microsoft promotes using Kinect in schools

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:13:02 +0000

Microsoft is promoting the use of its Kinect motion- and gesture-based interaction device in the classroom, claiming that students who use the product retain and comprehend information better. Read more...

School district spending $200,000 on iPads for kindergarteners

Christopher White — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:11:03 +0000

Technology is all around us: From the magic of the IR remote control to the wonders of cell phones, you can’t escape it in day to day life. Children are particularly adept at picking up... Read more...

Study found that schools have most vulnerable web servers

Brandon Boyce — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:13:23 +0000

A study done by Whitehat Security found that educational institutions were the most likely to be vulnerable while banks and healthcare institutions were the least vulnerable. According to NetworkWorld, the study is based off of... Read more...

UK Schools warned to avoid a Microsoft deal

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:41:25 +0000

The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools that are considering moving to Microsoft's School Agreement subscription not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices. The agency reminds schools they are... Read more...

YouTube expelled from Australian state's schools

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:35:35 +0000

An Australian state has banned video website YouTube from its government-run schools. According to Victoria's Education Services Minister Jacinta Allan, the move will help limit cyber-bullying and was prompted after a gang of male students... Read more...

U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools

Steven Parker — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:49:48 +0000

Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from... Read more...

UK Government agency tells schools to shun Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:11:08 +0000

In a surprise criticism of Microsoft, the government's schools computer agency, has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear. Becta, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, said... Read more...

Web safety initiative set up for UK schools

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:29:18 +0000

An influential group of IT security professionals has launched an education programme for UK pupils that will see security experts visiting schools to teach internet safety. The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) has... Read more...

HP seals Michigan schools deal

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:39:52 +0000

Hewlett-Packard said Friday that it has finalized a $68 million deal to provide notebook computers to sixth grade students in the state of Michigan. As previously reported, the Palo Alto, Calif., company... Read more...

Microsoft cuts fees for schools

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:09:03 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will be cutting the prices of its software licences, saving users between 20 and 37 per cent of their software spend -- but only for schools. A "memorandum of understanding" has... Read more...

Philly schools get Microsoft brotherly love

Fri, 05 Sep 2003 18:37:45 +0000

Microsoft is teaming with the School District of Philadelphia to design and build a new high school wired with the latest in educational computing tools. The District and Microsoft announced plans on... Read more...

Northern Ireland schools in IT bonanza

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:43:58 +0000

It's still good to see the tech advance of computers and networking in schools within Northern Ireland, ah, my homeland... (I just hope it's not that RM stuff... eek! Ed.) ... Read more...

Sun aims to oust MSOffice from UK schools

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:54:56 +0000

Sun is aiming to persuade schools to ditch Microsoft Office in favour of its StarOffice productivity suite, with a marketing campaign launched today. The new StarOffice 6.0 education licenses mean that the software... Read more...

Apple cuts price of .Mac for schools

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:46:02 +0000

Apple Computer on Tuesday unveiled a discounted version of its .Mac suite of online services for the education market. But analysts say the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is charging too much for the service, particularly for... Read more...

Students help schools with computers

Wed, 05 Jun 2002 13:49:59 +0000

When it comes to keeping computers running, many school districts rely on students, according to a study by the National School Boards Foundation. The group said the survey it commissioned of 90 of... Read more...

Schools declare file-swapping truce

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:05:42 +0000

After an initial shock, U.S. universities are learning to live with file swapping among students on campus, despite legal risks and the heavy demands such activities place on computer networks. When Napster... Read more...

Microsoft deal may core Apple in schools

Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:55:38 +0000

A proposed settlement agreement in a series of antitrust suits may not only give Microsoft a fairly inexpensive legal resolution, it may also help the company and its PC allies further erode Apple Computer's position... Read more...