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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.
Posted by Jerome Moore | 0 comment(s)
October 14, 2009
The September issue of our customer newsletter, SANAKO FastForward Educational Digest is currently available for viewing.
This time around the digest features a thought-provoking lead article on the different learning styles displayed by adults and youngsters, contributed by French teacher Isabel Montes, who works in Spain.
We also share news of an innovative project, Project Blog!, set up by teachers in Singapore to help students improve their written English language skills and general knowledge by contributing regular blogs on different subjects.
Paul Redhead of SANAKO UK explains to teachers that they should not be afraid of their students' vast kowledge of technology, and shares a simple routine to use the SANAKO Study platform to help engage tech-savvy learners.
Finally in this issue, we invite you to share your opinion in our online poll. Cast your vote and see the cumulative results right away - but remember, you're only allowed to vote once! Simply click here to browse the newsletter.
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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.
Posted by Jerome Moore | 0 comment(s)
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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July 02, 2009
With many schools breaking for summer vacations, now’s a good time to slow down and catch up on what’s happening in the learning sector. Our new customer publication SANAKO FastForward Educational Digest will help keep you abreast of the trends and developments affecting us all.
SANAKO FastForward Educational Digest is our latest newsletter available for download from our public websites, user community and partner websites.
The digest will ensure that our customers and potential collaborators are engaged in the ongoing discussion on trends and concepts affecting the learning sector.
The digest replaces the previous FastForward Learning publication and will in future include the Customer Development Series as a special segment providing end users with valuable usage pointers.
Click here to view SANAKO FastForward Educational Digest and participate in the online poll.
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April 01, 2009
The Education Resources Awards highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession and supplies industry, all working together to encourage the very best in education.
Now in their eleventh successful year, what makes ERA different from other Awards is that they focus on the resources, services and people that create a practical impact.
On Friday 27 March 2009 a gala event was held at The National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, the Awards were organised by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) and Affinity Media, and celebrate the innovative approach to learning and teaching by teachers, education institutions and organisations from all levels of education. All entries were selected by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals, including a large contingency of teachers.
SANAKO UK was nominated for Supplier of the Year Award and we are pleased to announce that we scooped runner-up! This prestigious award highlights the emphasis that SANAKO places on its customer focused approach and we would like to extend our gratitude to our customers who spoke so highly of SANAKO.
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Keywords: Awards, SANAKO UK
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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
Posted by Sheila Riikonen | 0 comment(s)
March 24, 2009
- In this class, I pre-prepare a paragraph that I want students to focus on as a printed document and a pre-recorded spoken word mp3 file.
- I then cut the printed version into different parts: topic sentence, sequence markers, support sentences and examples.
- I give each student a piece of the paragraph to read.
- I then put all of the logged on numbers of the SANAKO lab 300 on the board and tell the students that they will need to ring these numbers to get the other parts of the sentence.
- I activiate the telephone mode in the Lab 300
- When students have finished collecting the individual parts of the paragraph, I transfer the recorded spoken paragraph.
- Students are then given time to listen again and sequence their paragraphs from their collected parts.
- Students are then put into pairs with the pair mode and have to compare their versions of the paragraph.
- I then group the students into one and we go through the paragraph as a class.
- This also works well with songs.
Posted by Darren Brookes | 1 comment(s)
March 09, 2009
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