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07 September, 2016
At the heart of the Chinese classroom is the teacher’s unshakeable belief that all children are capable of learning anything if that learning is presented in the right way. The idea works on the basis that understanding is the result of high intention, sincere effort and intelligent execution, and that difficulty is pleasurable.
05 September, 2016
NBN Co is looking to juice up its copper infrastructure with the company working with technology partner Nokia to trial XG-FAST over the copper network. XG-FAST is the latest iteration of Nokia’s G.fast technology that allows the delivery of multi-gigabit speeds over copper.
Labels:
ICT Capability,
research
FOR THE FIRST time since even before Facebook acquired it in a whopping $19 billion acquisition two years ago, WhatsApp has changed its terms of service. This time, you’ll want to read them very closely. Under the new user agreement, WhatsApp will share the phone numbers of people using the service with Facebook, along with analytics such as what devices and operating systems are being used. Previously, no information passed between the two, a stance more in line with WhatsApp’s original sales pitch as a privacy oasis.
Artificial intelligence used to be something that featured in science fiction films. Now, it's writing the scripts. Following the debut in June of Sunspring, a hilariously disjointed short film written entirely by AI, a feature-length movie has been written by AI – with human input – in an effort to nail the formula for box office success.
Girl Geek Academy has launched what it says is the world’s first hackathon for girls aged 5 to 8, Miss Makes Code. The hackathon, led by Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran, will see over 70 young girls learn deep algorithmic thinking and creative problem solving through practical hands-on tasks.
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Asia Connection,
Education,
ICT Capability,
ICT Career,
Literacy,
Numeracy,
Social,
Women in IT
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