http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1091 en_GB_uk http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160409/1/1091 Intel will work with Sheikh Muhammed Foundation to expand its Teach programme in Arab countries. Apart from training 2 million teachers by 2011, Intel also hopes to educate and develop the talent of Arab youth in the region. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/157584/1/1091 Several programmes have been implemented in recent years for capacity building of teachers in the use and integration of information and communication technology. UNESCO’s recent publication: ICT in Teacher Education: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region contains a collection of examples of ICT in Teacher Education programmes. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/129551/1/1091 A recent conference focused on how to ensure all schools, libraries and local governments from around the world could access information technologies within the next decade. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/128919/1/1091 Becta is pleased to announce that the ICT Excellence awards are now open for entries. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125069/1/1091 The NGO iEARN-Netherlands will organize the international iEARN World Conference and Youth Summit in 2006 in Enschede in The Netherlands. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/110988/1/1091 This catalogue contains a range of resources in the form of books, CD-ROMs, online publications, websites and articles from e-journals that aim to provide teachers, senior school managers, curriculum developers and administrators with guidelines and strategies for integrating ICTs effectively into teaching and learning. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/103846/1/1091 The Jordan Pilot Expansion Program, launched in cooperation with the Jordonian Ministry of Education, will train 1,000 teachers in using technology in providing quality learning in classrooms. Through this Project, World Link will integrate ICTs into the school curriculum. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/55195 Educators were trained in the use of ICTs for educating people with special needs at a workshop organised by UNESCO recently in Yerevan, Armenia. The workshop was part of a seminar for school educators, being conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/48873 Secondary schools in Zambia recently came together in an informal meeting to exchange share their difficult experiences in using the computers and other information and communication tools. They exchanged ideas on how to address the sustainability of computers and the Internet use in their schools and developed a set of strategies. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/46808 This tool, created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, allows educators and school adminstrators to measure how well they are integrating ICT literacy and other 21st century skills into the curriculum. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/46029 UNESCO is providing extensive training to Cambodian teachers in the use of information and communication technologies. Teachers are expected to return to their colleges and impart the newly learned skills to both fellow teachers and students. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/45842 A South African satellite television network has launched an educational TV channel, which focuses on mathematics, science, English and an educator development programme. The channel is targeting learners, educators and schools, but educationists are sceptical of its success. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/45053 This book provides a global overview of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) relate to education. Published by Unesco and the Academy for Educational Development, the entire book is available for downloading. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/39647 UNESCO is organising this week a training seminar in Druskinenkai, Lithuania, for teachers and teacher trainers. The seminar aims to promote developing strategies and syllabi for ICT integration in Lithuania's general education. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/39648 With the proliferation of corporate-sponsored computer centres, rural areas of South Africa are set for an IT revolution. The arrival of computers and software in rural high schools has sparked incredible excitement among students and teachers alike, bringing teens to school at all hours of the day.