World Telecommunication Day 1999 |
IHT October 12, 1999 |
Countries around the world are working to integrate the
latest communications technologies, including the Internet, into their education
systems. Governments, educational institutions, private enterprises and
international organizations are all involved in these developments.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
The power of knowledge is stretching to the far corners
of the most secluded continents, thanks to the untethered reach of the Internet.
True to its heritage of linking academia, the Net is the base for many
international efforts aimed at disseminating educational opportunities.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
Two colleagues working together to develop a new device
examine their latest prototype. It is an everyday occurrence in academia, except
that these colleagues are thousands of miles apart. The collaborators are taking
part in the Tele-Immersion Initiative of the Central Laboratories unit of
Internet 2, a consortium of universities and corporations developing
applications for the next-generation Internet.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
Expanding high-speed telecommunications networks,
increased use of information technology systems and the dramatic proliferation
of the Internet all hold out the promise of cheaper, faster and more expert
health care. And, in the not-too-distant future, it may be that robotic machines
will be diagnosing patient ailments and even treating some of them.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
The goal of the Japanese government is simple. It aims
to connect every school in the country to the Internet over the next few years
in order to close the Net gap between Japan and major Western industrialized
countries. An advisory panel to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi recommended earlier
this year that all schools be connected to the Internet by 2005.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
While thousands of high-tech jobs go unfilled in Europe
and North America because potential employees have not been trained in the
required skills, the world's poorest nations struggle with a more pressing
educational deficiency more than 1.5 billion illiterates, by conservative
estimates.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
Snow and ice are not often associated with computers and
the Internet, but for one class of French schoolchildren, they all came together
to provide them and their parents with a memorable winter vacation. Last year,
21 students aged 10 and 11 from the Charles Peguy elementary school in Colombes
in the Hauts-de-Seine region near Paris were sent on a winter sports holiday.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
From grammar school to graduate school to postgraduate
education, the United States is leading the world in the development of on-line
education. And if current plans come to fruition, American students will sprint
even further ahead than their international counterparts.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story
The opening of the first stage of a 300 million euro
($320 million) backbone connecting 40 metropolitan areas in 16 European
countries was announced by France Telecom during the first full day of Telecom
99 and Interactive 99 in Geneva.
Oct. 12, 1999 The Full Story