Category Archives: Intel® Learning Series

The influence of Internet in the current educational processes

Nowadays, the use of Internet is not only more common, but also more diverse, therefore, for activities such as the entrepreneurial and the financial, lacking an Internet connection can result unconceivable. Thus, competitiveness and productivity standards are, in some way, … Read more >

Educational technology applied to children with print disabilities

Talking about children with special needs generally means kids with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy or some kind of mental deficiency. Truth is, the spectrum of special needs is so wide that discussion may include not only many varied conditions, but … Read more >

The development of new knowledge through the learning economies approach

Society nowadays can be described as in constant change, growth, content generation and learning methods. All these situations define what is known as learning economies: societies that generate content and innovative techniques through the promotion of better competitiveness standards. The … Read more >

The use of technological resources for education: a new professional competency for teachers

Currently, the work of teachers has been characterized by the inclusion of technological resources to benefit the teaching and learning processes. Authors such as Perrenoud (1999) and Hargreaves (2005), dissert about the existing need for teachers to develop teaching strategies … Read more >

Collaborative work: a consolidation premise in 1:1 electronic learning environments

One of the skills known as XXI Century Skills[1] is collaborative work[2]. This skill, which implies harmonic cooperation towards a common goal, has in turn a close relationship with others that are also considered in this new skill curriculum: the … Read more >

Development of mathematical skills through technological tools

Nowadays, modernization processes around the world have pushed forward the use of technological resources (portable computers, interactive whiteboards, projectors, educational software, etc.) for the teaching of sciences (biology, physics, chemistry) and math. Although as a matter of fact no curricular … Read more >

IESC Haiti: A Small Step for Man, a Giant Leap for a Student

The Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for a select group of Intel employees to support the deployment of Intel classmate PCs in developing countries. In this blog, Cheryl Dalsin, a Technical Program Manager … Read more >