Government has set aside $1 million to reward five schools that are showing academic improvements from utilisation of the tablet computers provided under the Tablets in Schools Pilot project. Students who demonstrate excellent technology skills from use of the tablets will also benefit from the allocation. Hon. Phillip Paulwell, the technology minister, said his ministry, […]
Parry Town, Rio Bueno last to get tablets
The handing over of computer tablets under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme pilot project ended this week, with distribution to students in the two remaining institutions on January 28 and 29. Some 449 students at Parry Town Primary and Infant School in St. Ann were presented with the devices on Wednesday, January 28, while […]
Technology Management Teams (TMT) trained to ensure success of project
With the tablets now in the hands of the students in the 38 pilot institutions, the Tablets in Schools (TIS) Pilot Project has embarked on a new phase – that of ensuring the proper use of the devices and the integration of the tablets into the teaching learning process. With this mind, eLJam has established […]
Captain Finzi Smith Outlines the Ten Commandments of Tablet Security
If you’re a student who has received your tablet under the Tablets in Schools Pilot Project you will agree the world is about to get exciting and learning is about to become more entertaining. Captain Robert Finzi Smith, Director of Safety and Security at the University of Technology reminds you, that, “you now have a […]
Second Education Symposium Well suppoted by teachers and students
Educators from a wide range of institutions in the education sector gathered at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on November 17, 2014 to benefit and share in demonstrations of some of the latest developments in the use of technology in teaching and learning with particular focus of providing support for the Tablet In Schools […]