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The UniServity">UniServity cLc Learning Platform empowers School Leaders in Harrisburg, the State Capitol of Pennsylvania, USA, to become the first School District in the USA to respond to President Obama’s 21st Century learning challenge by developing an online web 2.0 collaborative learning partnership with students in Egypt. Harrisburg School District">Harrisburg School District (HSD), is at the forefront of using technology to innovate and enrich the learning experience by providing learners with new 21st Century global collaborative learning opportunities. Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed has announced the new initiative connecting Harrisburg students with students in Cairo, Egypt, using the powerful social learning tools of the UniServity cLc (connected Learning communities) Learning Platform. Mayor Reed shared his announcement and educational vision to an audience of leading international educationalists and thought-leaders at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington D.C.; the largest Educational Event in the USA. Mayor Reed’s announcement is a dynamic response to U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent address at the UniServity of Cairo, when President Obama articulated his vision to connect American learners with foreign learners, stating, “I want students in Kansas working with students in Cairo.” “Students today must be prepared to become part of a global community,” said Reed. “As Thomas Friedman has written, ‘the world is flat.’ It is no longer enough for our students to learn basic skills such as reading and writing. They also need to be able to apply them in new ways through new technological options, and more importantly, they need to be able to use 21st Century higher learning skills to work with others worldwide.” “Harrisburg is the first city in the United States to implement the UniServity cLc city-wide,” said Reed. “Through the support of private and corporate donors and philanthropic foundations working with the Harrisburg Public School Foundation">Harrisburg Public School Foundation (HPSF), the implementation of this 21st Century learning platform has become possible, and will radically alter the way many of our City’s youth are learning.” The first phase of the partnership will involve Harrisburg Schools developing an online arts, cultural, and social learning project facilitated by UniServity and Dr. Gerald W. Kohn, Superintendent of Harrisburg Schools, who commented, “This is only the beginning of the phenomenal learning opportunities that will be made available to our students through the implementation of the outcome-proven cLc.” Dr. Lisa Paige, Executive Director of the HPSF added, “When we became aware of President Obama’s call to action, UniServity moved quickly to connect us with educational leaders in Cairo.” In just a couple of weeks the initial ideas for collaboration between US and Egyptian Schools have become a reality. Dr. Nermien Ismail, Administrator, The American International American School in Cairo has confirmed the School’s participation in the partnership and has flown to Washington DC to meet Harrisburg School leaders and members of the UniServity Educational team during the NECC event. Alan Wood, CEO, UniServity, added, “UniServity is very proud to welcome both Harrisburg and Cairo schools into the growing cLc social learning community of circa. 1.5 million learners and teachers in 21 countries around the world. Harrisburg and Cairo School Leaders share our vision of transforming the learning experience and extending learning opportunities for all learners. In addition, I’d like to pay tribute to the Harrisburg Public Schools Foundation and the generosity and support of their donors and philanthropic foundations who have given learners in their community a new world of authentic and enriching learning opportunities beyond the traditional walls of the classroom.”
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An online survey of senior IT personnel, by software efficiency and IT Audit consultancy group Liken, has revealed the affect of the current economic backdrop on attitudes to Software Asset Management. Many of those polled, now feel that Software Asset Management standards have become too onerous and have switched their primary focus to delivering cost savings internally. The online survey of over 250 senior IT personnel from both public and private sectors (a full copy of which is available from www.liken.com">www.liken.com) revealed that 58% of respondents have now switched their primary focus away from adoption of the latest SAM standards to seeking software cost savings. Key areas of cost scrutiny were usage, software licences and reviewing open source alternatives. This contrasted markedly with those who stated that their primary focus was performance improvement (18%), or achieving a return on investment (24%). However, despite the altered focus, the vast majority of those questioned (64%) felt that the main importance of existing SAM investments was to ensure regulatory compliance. One in three respondents (31%) felt that formal SAM programs like ISO 19770, SAM Advantage and FAST are too onerous and fail to provide clear business benefits. In addition, well over one in four respondents (28%) felt that they did not currently posses the budgetary resources to implement the standards fully. When questioned specifically about the latest ISO 19770 standard, 46% of respondents, the majority response, felt that they are less likely to invest in achieving this standard than they had been in 2008. James Rowlands CEO of Liken feels that the figures suggest a clear picture of the prevailing thought processes of CIOs and other senior management. In his view, “Over the last 10 years a whole industry has grown up around supporting organisations to meet SAM standards along with other best practice goals. However, because of the dramatic economic volte face, IT management clearly equates formal SAM programs with compliance; in that it is primarily a method for meeting regulatory obligations. Cost savings are not seen to be a key deliverable of SAM standards and consequently they are seen as onerous and resource intensive. This is likely to explain why our figures showed that organisations are less likely to implement formal SAM programs than they were a year ago. “The primary focus seems to have shifted to achieving whatever savings are possible, albeit not at the risk of breeching compliance. From our relationship with our own clients, one of the key areas where the costs saving focus has been most intense is software licensing. Many companies are starting to question whether they have over licensed to ensure compliance or whether they are under-utilising the software they already have licenses for. Many believe that by reviewing their licence and related maintenance requirements that they can reduce costs without significantly impacting service level agreements or performance. Others seem to be taking a greater or renewed interest in Open Source alternatives. “In the future, even with the prospect of a recovery in sight, SAM must now re-focus on how it can reduce costs. The new message is not just ‘be legal’ but rather be 'lean and legal'. To achieve this, the primary goal of SAM should be to reduce the amount and types of software in use, therein delivering the most cost-efficient usage possible. Regular software efficiency auditing and software usage metering would help achieve this in the meantime and it would surely be good practice to build these processes into software management from now forwards.”
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A l’occasion de la 100ème édition du salon du Bourget, la région des Pays de la Loire illustre son dynamisme dans le secteur des composites pour l’aéronautique Hall 4- D102 et E 84 du 15 au 21 juin 2009. La richesse et la diversité des compétences dans la filière et l’inauguration prochaine du Centre Technocampus EMC² font de la Région Pays de la Loire, un territoire d’excellence pour les composites. La région des Pays de La Loire participera au Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget, qui se déroulera du 15 au 21 juin 2009 prochain. A cette occasion, elle présentera sur son stand 24 entreprises illustrant le dynamisme et l’innovation dans le domaine des composites et son rôle fédérateur pour cette filière stratégique avec le Centre Technocampus EMC², inauguré en septembre prochain.
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