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First Academic Case Competition Proposes Novel Ways to Put IBM Watson to Work

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:28 +0000

The University of Rochester (UR) Simon School of Business and IBM today announced winners of the first Watson academic case competition. Part of a series for students studying a variety of academic concentrations, the competition develops new i...

Jakarta University Taps IBM Smarter Computing to Enhance Student Experience

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:01:52 +0000

IBM today announced that The Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University (UIN) Yogyakarta has adopted IBM's smarter computing approach to IT to improve the quality of the education process through highly collaborative learning services. ...

IBM Helps Emirate of Sharjah in UAE Enhance E-Literacy and Support Local Social Development

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:00:19 +0000

An international team of 14 IBM employees chosen for the company's Corporate Services Corps program has arrived in the United Arab Emirates to volunteer their expertise in support of e-literacy and social development in the Emirate of Sharja...

IBM and Bauman Moscow State Technical University Open Smarter Cities Development and Education Center in Russia

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:00:05 +0000

IBM and Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) today announced the opening of a Smarter Cities Development and Education Center in Russia – the first of its kind in the region. E-mail this page ...

Groundbreaking Research Collaboration Creates a New Economic Cornerstone for Canada

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:00:25 +0000

The Governments of Canada and Ontario, with IBM and a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University today announced they are collaborating to establish a new Ontario-based $210 million dollar research a...

Free iPad App from IBM and Eames Office, Reinvents Iconic ’60s-Era Infographic on History of Math

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:51:11 +0000

To celebrate the history of math and its impact on the world, IBM has released Minds of Modern Mathematics, an iPad app that re-imagines a classic 50-foot infographic on the history of math created by husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray...

Rice University, IBM Partner to Bring First Blue Gene Supercomputer to Texas

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:00:47 +0000

Rice University and IBM today announced a partnership to build the first award-winning IBM Blue Gene supercomputer in Texas. Rice also announced a related collaboration agreement with the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil to initiate the s...

Rutgers Teams With IBM to Build Powerful High-Performance Computing Center in New Jersey

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:00:10 +0000

Rutgers today formally launched a high-performance computing (HPC) center at the university focused on the application of “Big Data” analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries. The center is aimed at improving the economic co...

City University of New York Child Care Centers Receive IBM Technology to Improve Children’s Math and Science Skills

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:06 +0000

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it donated 45 Young Explorer™ computer learning centers to help the children of CUNY students learn key concepts in math, science and language -- while also making teachers and teachers-in-training more eff...

IBM Unveils Playbook for U.S. Cities to Develop Grades 9-14 Schools That Prepare Students for Technology Jobs

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:01:18 +0000

IBM today released a new playbook designed to outline how to develop an innovative grades 9-14 school that connects education to economic development and good-paying jobs. (#THINKskills) In conjunction with the release of the playbook, IBM also...

University Teams Tap Mobile Phones and Social Networks to Fight Non-communicable Diseases

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:24:45 +0000

New solutions developed by university teams could soon be harnessed to help manage the growing global problem of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as asthma, diabetes, stroke and cancer. E-mail this pag...

About those 4,400 MacBooks in Mooresville, N.C.’s schools

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:33:04 +0000

For once, an educational success story that's not really about the computers

Fifth graders in Mooresville. Photo: Jeremy M. Lange for the New York Times

Kudos to the New York Times' Alan Schwarz for seeing beyond the Apple (AAPL) angle -- those 4,400 MacBooks, the school district's cutesy slogan (iBelieve, iCan, iWill), the fact that the DOE's director of educational technology worked for Apple for eight years -- in his front MORE

Newark Schools Receive IBM Technology Centers to Improve Children’s Math, Science & Language Skills

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:03:38 +0000

NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At one of its early childhood schools, the City of Newark today showed off two of the 75 Young Explorer™ computer learning centers it is receiving from IBM (NYSE: IBM) to help teach young children con...

Profitero Named IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:31 +0000

IBM today named Profitero the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year and winner of its SmartCamp competition for startup companies. Profitero analyzes competitor pricing data, offering retailers new levels of insight to help them maximize profits b...

How much of the school tablet market belongs to Apple?

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:33:39 +0000

100% according to a survey of educational technology directors conducted in October

Image: Apple Inc.

In the wake of Apple's (AAPL) iPad textbook announcement Thursday, it might be useful to take a second look at Piper Jaffray's October survey of 25 school technology directors. The sample is small, concedes Gene Munster, who conducted the survey, but so is the population IT decision makers in U.S. schools.

Among his findings:

Apple has a virtual MORE

Video of Apple’s education special event now online

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:44:55 +0000

Click to view. For those who couldn't make it to the Guggenheim Museum Thursday morning, Apple (AAPL) has posted the full 60-minute video on its website here. Except for the hands-on demos and the free mac and cheese, it's almost as good as being there...

Live from Apple’s education event at the Guggenheim

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:57:59 +0000

New tools and platforms for replacing today's paper textbooks with iPads

Apple (AAPL) on Thursday introduced three new inititatives by which it hopes to "reinvent the textbook" around the iPad:

iBooks 2, a new iPad app and reading tool offering searchable, interactive, updatable textbooks filled with as many videos, photo galleries, glossaries and study guides as publishers choose to throw in iTunes author, a Mac app with an array of tools for creating MORE

Schulich School of Business Students Graduate to the IBM SmartCloud

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:38:12 +0000

IBM today announced that it is helping students at York University's Schulich School of Business develop leadership skills by learning to collaborate on course work virtually in the cloud. E-mail this ...

Apple books the Guggenheim for a Jan. 19 education event

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:31:34 +0000

Returns to the venue where Rupert Murdoch launched The Daily on the iPad

Eddy Cue, Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for Internet software and services, is reported to be in charge of the much-touted special event scheduled for the morning of Jan. 19 in New York City. The wording of the blackboard-like invitation sent to reporters Wednesday -- "Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple" -- suggests that this could MORE

IBM and San Jose State University Collaborate to Advance Social Business Skills

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:49:21 +0000

IBM and San Jose State University (SJSU) today announced they are collaborating to help students turn their social networking savvy into business ready skills to prepare for the jobs of the future. E-mail ...

IBM Advances Analytics Skills Program To Universities Globally

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:07:07 +0000

Students in China, India, Northern Ireland, and Scotland Studying How Analytics Applies to Industries, E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this ...

Analytics Goes to the Head of the Class at Northwestern University; Two New Masters Degree Programs Prepare Students for Next Generation Careers

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:51:03 +0000

Armonk, NY and Evanston, IL, 8 December 2011 – Northwestern University and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced they are collaborating on new business and technology curricula to help students gain the latest skills in business analytics. The new co...

More Than 1,000 Schools Help Graduates Get Jobs By Teaching the IBM System z Mainframe

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:50:06 +0000

IBM today announced that 1,067 schools worldwide are recognizing the vast number of job opportunities available in enterprise computing and the importance of teaching students key systems technology like the IBM System z mainframe. This mileston...

Yale School of Management and IBM Collaborate to Prepare Students with Analytics Skills for the Next Generation of Jobs

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:02:28 +0000

The Yale School of Management Center for Customer Insights and IBM today announced they are collaborating on an academic initiative that will provide analytics and training resources to MBA students, helping them develop the skills needed as the...

No more iPads for New York City teachers?

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:32:02 +0000

The schools' ActiveSync networks are now off limits to new Apple and Android tablets

Image: Apple Inc.

In January, according to the New York Times, the NYC public school system -- the largest in the U.S. -- joined the latest educational technology bandwagon and spent $1.3 million to buy 2,000 iPads for classroom use.

On Nov 10., the Department of Education's IT department slammed on the brakes.

In a memo addressed to all MORE

IBM Opens Three New Offices in India

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:00:22 +0000

IBM today announced the opening of three regional offices in India as part of the company’s on-going geographic expansion in the country. The new offices in Dehradun (North India), Guwahati (Eastern India) and Raipur (Central India) provide IB...

IBM and MIT Sloan Management Review: Corporate Culture Key to Success with Analytics

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:54:21 +0000

New research released today by MIT Sloan Management Review and the IBM Institute for Business Value reports that organizational challenges, more so than technology hurdles, are holding companies back from fully integrating analytics across their...

Barbara Bush builds a healthcare startup

Patricia Sellers — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:25:37 +0000

Wendy Kopp, the founder and CEO of Teach for America, is one of the most impressive social entrepreneurs I've ever met. Anyone who writes her college thesis about recruiting America's top young people to education—and then spends the next 22 years building an organization that now hires more college seniors than most any Fortune 500 company—gets my vote.

But I'm not here to tell you about Kopp. (She's had many profiles MORE

iPads in schools: ‘The last generation with backpacks’?

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:30:46 +0000

In survey, 16% of school tech directors expect to have 1 tablet per student within 5 years

Click to enlarge. Source: Piper Jaffray

Whether counting heads at the Apple Store or buttonholing cell phone users at the Mall of America, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is the master of the small survey that may or may not be significant.

His latest: A survey of 25 educational technology directors at a conference on integrating technology MORE

Fordham University Launches Center for Digital Transformation; Forms Partnership with IBM to Educate Students in Next-Generation Business Analytics

IBM Press Releases - Education - United States — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:20:53 +0000

NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fordham University today launched the new Center for Digital Transformation at a symposium organized by Fordham and IBM (NYSE: IBM) on the future of business analytics education. The center will bring toge...