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February 05, 2010
We've been using this system for a few years now, and one problem we are consistently experiencing is latency/echo when students are in paired discussion. Its very off putting indeed. So I was wondering if anyone else has seen this problem?
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December 21, 2009
Games have always been a part of the learning process - whether board, card or word games. The general idea is to enhance learning by application of knowledge with some reward provided to the learner. If we apply these loose criteria we may find that many of us have in some way incorporated games in education. But now due to the massive recent growth of the gaming industry serious learning games have the potential to change the way we approach education as a whole.
Since the early 90's edutainment has attempted to merge education and gaming applications but the results by educators seemed more like work than entertainment. Now with gaming studios and educators collaborating, the outcomes are as enjoyable as they are educative. In general the way we look at gaming has changed a lot in recent years. The affordability, variation and availability of online games in have made it possible to create games that teach specific skills or lessons.
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October 05, 2009
Google Books
As you might already know Google Inc. has been attempting to scan and digitalize all books currently published to make them available to the public, in a project called Google Books Search. Many might approve of this initiative as a step forward in the democratization of knowledge but for students and educators alike this might have a more practical function.
Since late 2004 Google has been scanning and adding books to its catalog with the help of many universities and to date has uploaded more than 7 million books. The Google Books Library Project includes bibliographic information, as well as snippets of text from books which may often be previewd.
If a book is out of print and in the public domain, its content may be fully available to read or to download, making research the work of only a few keystrokes. In addition to this, newer versions of the search include the ability to browse for books with similar content to possibly improve better understanding of subject material.
But there have also been some drawbacks to the project, due to mainly errors on Google’s part. Incorrect dating of books and classification errors not to mention mismatches involving authors, titles and text might make one think Google bit off more than it could chew.
As professor Geoffrey Nunberg wrote in the Education Chronicle “Books aren’t simply vehicles for communicating information,... managing a vast library collection requires different skills, approaches, and data than those that enabled Google to dominate Web searching."
In the end it may be that once these problems are dealt with, Google Books Search might be every an important research tool to help complement traditional information gathering. For now the jury is still out.
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September 18, 2009
The student version of G-20 summit is to play out in the world's classrooms this week. Using the technology that made the global economy to solve issues that world leader plan to discuss. With some 450 local Pittsburgh area students and hundreds more participating via the internet the student G-20 aims at providing students with a non-partisan perspective on global issues
... Read On
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March 25, 2009
With a social bookmarking system, you can now save links to your fave SANAKO web pages to remember and/or share with your Web 2.0 tools. Bookmark & Share your fave SANAKO homepage in selected local languages: Share, Weitersagen, Compartir, Partilhar. Neat, isn't it? 
What is Social Bookmarking?
"Bookmarks are methods for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata, typically in the form of tags that collectively and/or collaboratively become a folksonomy or social tagging -- the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content." (Source: Wikipedia)
We hope you like it and we always welcome your feedback on how we can serve you better at SVEC! 
Keywords: Bookmark, Compartir, Internet, local languages, navigation, Partilhar, SANAKO homepage, search, Share, Web 2.0, Weitersagen, Wikipedia
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March 09, 2009
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March 05, 2009
The Computer Lab is the ideal environment to do the World Language AP Exam for US-based students. When a student puts on a headset, each computer station equipped with the SANAKO Study 1200 software is transformed into an individualized test station where audio is clear and understandable allowing the student to focus on the task at hand. Once the student have recorded their responses the exam proctor can easily collect them and write them to a CD as required by ETS.
Try it - you'll like it!
Sanako Study 1200 AP takes the guess work out of the AP exam process. Use your computer lab to prepare your students for the exams. Listen - Record - Collect - Write to CD in one easy activity with the highest fidelity digital audio available. Headset included!
Get the Online Order Form and learn more from SANAKO US today!Keywords: AP© Exams, computer lab, international course, language course, language learning, languages, SANAKO Study 1200, US, World Language AP Exam
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January 19, 2009
Do you know that you can now view some of the latest news about SANAKO at SANAKOWorld@YouTube! Yes, that's right! No kidding, go and take a look!
More From: SanakoWorld
Jacques Denies of Microsoft School Technology Innovation Centers visits SANAKO at BETT 2009
Icknield Primary Study Mobile Case Study
Andy Powell of Siveco
Sanako Study Solutions
Thomlinson Junior School, Cumbria
See all 6 videos
Plus, take a look at the Bett Photo Gallery from the SANAKO perspective!
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January 14, 2009
This is a D-day!
As you know, BETT 09 is the place to see exciting ideas, the latest technology and practical solutions that can have an immediate impact, and new ways to put ICT at the heart of education.
SANAKO colleagues, customers, and strategic partners will be at London Olympia, UK - Stand P69 on 14.1.2009-17.1.2009 to attend the world"s leading educational ICT event, attracting over 600 educational suppliers and over 28,000 visitors.
Bringing together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations, this is the only opportunity in the education calendar where you can see, touch and experience the best ICT products from the broadest range of educational ICT suppliers anywhere.
Check out the latest SANAKO products for BETT showcase: http://bett2009.sanako.com/Bett2009/Products_overview
Or, view the SANAKO Product Line at BETT for ICT, Modern Foreign Languages, Science, and Cross Curricular Subject Interests.
If you are nearby, visit our exhibition and check out www.bettshow.com to register. The SANAKO BETT blog also went live on Tuesday, January 13. Visit our special BETT website and follow our BETT blog for updates!
To have a glimpse of the SANAKO products on exhibit, watch the SANAKO Study Mobile Video Case at YouTube.
Welcome and we look forward to see you or hear your comments!
Keywords: BETT, Classroom Management, conference, Cross Curricular, Digital Language Teaching, hand-held technology, Handheld Learning, ICT, ICT Training, IT, Modern Foreign Languages, Motivating Learning, Portable, SANAKO Study 1200, SANAKO Study Mobile, Science, technology solutions; SANAKO Study Science Lab
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December 05, 2008
It was a rainy but cozy evening last night at Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, where an international group of primary and secondary school teachers, and Finnish education experts gathered for a ‘pikkujoulu’ (little Christmas in Finnish).
The highlights of the evening aside from the warm glögi (a Scandinavian drink of wine or fruit juice, laced with sugar, spices: cinnamon, cloves, etc.) was a presentation on Universarium, followed by a film “The Search for Life - Are We Alone?”, narrated in English by Harrison Ford.
Produced by the American Museum of Natural History in cooperation with NASA, a piece of sky came alive at Heureka’s Vattenfall Planetarium, one of the most modern digital planetariums in Europe. The biggest scientific question tackled in the short narrive was: Is there life anywhere else in the universe? The exciting 3D view took me to a few minutes of historical excerpts of mankind while being told that "people have been searching for signs of life from outer space, with no results so far." The pictures from the American Museum of Natural History provided by Heureka shows the most dramatic, breathtaking images:
Jupiter and its moon Europa
NASA’s Pathfinder probe on planet Mars
The amazing recent discovery of exoplanets
The synopsis: “The film begins the search for life from the depths of the oceans where sunlight cannot reach. For a long time people imagined that all living organisms obtain their energy from the sun. This perception was proven wrong in the 1970s after the discovery of the so-called black smokers, deep-sea hydrothermal vents surrounded by a thriving and diverse population of organisms living on chemical energy. If life can thrive on the ocean floor, can it survive in other extreme conditions? “ (Attached in this entry is a scientific paper produced on " Is there life anywhere else in the universe? ")
“Science Changing the World”
Meanwhile, visitors to Heureka will surely appreciate the new agreement it recently forged with European science centres to host an exhibit about the greatest achievements of science and their impact on society and everyday life. The exhibit featuring four scientific themes: Life and Mind, Towards Better Health, System Earth and Beyond the Visible, will also present research processes, scientists, and highlight ethical issues.
One of Heureka’s most famous visitors this year is The Millennium Technology Prize 2008 winner, Professor Robert Langer, who gave a lecture “How to win the Millennium Technology Prize?” (“How my innovation came into existence; the trials and triumphs of a young researcher – The applications of my innovation today and in the future”).
According to his Millennium Technology Prize profile: “Dr. Robert Langer has been cited as one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine. He holds 380 patents, has published 680 articles and 13 books, has licensed products to about 80 companies, and is known as the father of controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering. He also discovered advanced drug delivery systems that have had a significant impact on fighting cancer, heart disease, mental health illnesses and numerous other diseases.”
Professor Langer it seems was interested in educational achievement early on. “I got my degree in chemical engineering in 1974 and almost all my colleagues went into the oil industry, because there were so many jobs there at that time. But I wasn’t so excited about the industry - I was interested in education,” recounted Prof. Langer in the website reference.
At the awards ceremony of the Millennium Technology Prize at Finlandia House, Helsinki, Finland on July 11, 2008. In this photo, the writer with Professor David Payne, Millennium Technology Prize Laureate for "outstanding contributions to telecommunications through the invention and development of the erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) which enabled the global high-capacity optical fibre network.” In the next photo is Dr. Robert Langer (middle), and an unidentified guest. Dr. Langer is the Millennium Technology Prize Winner "for his invention and development of innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration that have significantly improved human health.”
Attached in this entry is the Millennium Technology Prize profile of Dr. Robert Langer. I hope you will enjoy reading them!
Keywords: advanced drugs, American Museum of Natural History, awards, biomaterials, David Payne, EDFA, Finlandia, glögi, Heureka, human health, innovation, invention, lecture, medicine, Millennium Technology Prize, multimedia interactive content, NASA, optical fibre network, pikkujoulu, planetarium, research, Robert Langer, science, scientists, telecommunications, universe, Vattenfall
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