Suzuki to IT: Nature, not profit, is the bottom line
IT World Canada 10/06/10

Environmental activist David Suzuki was in Toronto this week, where he gave a keynote on sustainability in business. Suzuki spoke with ComputerWorld Canada afterwards about the IT industry's role in an economy that depends on consumption and steady growth, and why the IT sector must agree that nature, not profit, is the bottom line.

 
Model solar car race in Springfield attracts middle school students
Stumbleupon.com 13/06/10

Using soda cans, solar panels and a variety of lightweight materials middle school students from all over New England showcased their model solar powered cars during the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Junior Solar Sprint.  Arianna Grindrod, education director for the association, said there were 130 schools from across the northeast participating in the event held Sunday at the High School of Commerce.

 
Infrastructure, energy and green technology are new thrust areas for Canada-India ties
Oye Times 16/06/10

Infrastructure, energy and green technology are expected to propel Canada-India business ties into a different league in the coming years, Peter Hall, Chief Economist, Export Development Canada said June 15. Hall was addressing around 100 members and invited guests at the Speaker Series of Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce at a downtown hotel in Toronto.  "Overall, the economic opportunities between Canada and India are growing exponentially, especially in certain select spheres such as infrastructure, energy and green technology," Hall said.


The 2010 Smartest and Greenest IT departments in Canada
Digital Journal 17/06/10

After a four month coast to coast search, The Quest for Canada's Smartest IT announced the winners of Smartest and Greenest IT departments in Canada at a gala event in Toronto last night. Info-Tech Research Group received over 70 nominations from companies across the country. The winners are.... Canada's Smartest IT for Community Empowerment:  Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. Dufferin-Peel successfully supplies thousands of special needs students with assistive technology on a daily basis.


Government of Canada invests in community environmental project
PR-Canada.net 24/06/10

Colin Mayes, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Shuswap, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, today announced funding from the EcoAction Community Funding Program for two new environmental projects in Vernon, British Columbia. A total of $82,213 in federal funding will support the protection of natural habitat and encourage community education

Blogs, wikis, discussion forums, document sharing, personal work sites, and more. Why wouldn't you like Microsoft's SharePoint technology? SharePoint is Microsoft's solution for engaging a team of people who need to collaborate on common tasks and projects in a networking environment with seamless integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook. Created for business initially, SharePoint has taken the education community by storm, or at least it has South of the border. The reason for this adoption is pretty obvious: a collaborative and safe working environment that empowers teams to work collaboratively using blogs, wikis, personal and shared work sites and more without having to use separate online sites or tools and a multiple number of logins. Moreover, the technology can be tweaked to become what you want it to be using a vast array of templates and plug-ins. All good for education! Read on to find out more about Microsoft's SharePoint technology from a teacher's perspective!

Post Secondary Education Feature Headlines

Flexibility key to today's MBA programs
UCAN 14/06/10

Business professionals who want to advance through the ranks recognize the value of an MBA, but many want to acquire the degree without interrupting their career. Western Canadian universities are finding creative ways to respond to this growing demand for flexible MBA programs.

 
Technology powers distance learning
UCAN 15/06/10

The rise of online streaming video and expectation of instant access to quality information on the web has given distance learning a boost. Whether as part of a formal degree program or as a component of a lifelong learning commitment, technology is powering an educational revolution. Distance learning once struggled with the disconnect between professors and students since lessons had to be mailed and conversations could only take place over the phone.

 
Durham College's panic over Panama campus
Northumberland News 17/06/10

Just a few years ago, Durham College was poised to take on the world. Under the leadership of then-president Leah Myers, the publicly funded institution embarked on an ambitious program to establish campuses and export curriculum to students in India and Panama. But by 2008, two years after the international expansion began in earnest, it all lay in shambles. The college invested $500,000 it now considers a loss in a campus in Bangalore, India, that never welcomed a single student. It spent another half a million dollars on the Panama experiment, which did eventually graduate students in late 2009. But those students promptly sued the college, claiming programs they had been promised weren't delivered.


Why textbooks are so expensive
Macleans OnCampus 18/06/10

The price of textbooks is a constant source of frustration for students. When proposed changes to the Copyright Act were announced earlier this month, the education sector followed the crowd and focused its attention on the protection of digital locks that make it illegal to bypass the locks, even when using copyrighted material would be otherwise permitted.

 

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Hawaiian Musician Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

Summertime can be the most creative season for young people because of all the free time to explore their artistic talents without the pressures of school life. In this edition of the Youth File, I will take a look at how a music project can teach you about connecting education and technology through music and how we're collectively creating new spaces for music making, learning and sharing.  Contributed by Aislinn Malszecki