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Australian youths build Thai 'sala' in Chiang Mai
Learningpost, Published on 21/09/2010
» A group of 96 Australian Year-9 students from Firbank Grammar School in Melbourne took part in an experiential learning programme in Thailand from July 25 to Aug 13.
Study sees importance of ICT in city management
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/07/2010
» A strong Internet network and an ICT-savvy workforce are crucial for a city's competitiveness, according to a Siemens-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study into the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) for city management.
Bayer and friends teach conservation
Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010
» On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between the cultivated land in Mae Poen district and the reserved forests of Mae Wong National Park, in Nakhon Sawan province. The district is about 300km north of Bangkok.
Bayer and friends teach conservation
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 01/06/2010
» On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between the cultivated land in Mae Poen district and the reserved forests of Mae Wong National Park, in Nakhon Sawan province. The district is about 300km north of Bangkok.
Taking the science path
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 20/04/2010
» Once again, MSD Thailand (MSD), in collaboration with Kenan Institute Asia, the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, organised the "MSD In-Step Fun Science Camp" (Fun Science Camp) at Rajaprajanugroh 35 School in Takua Pa district in the southern province of Phangnga.
Thammasat optimises proactive education
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 09/03/2010
» Recently, over 1,600 students packed the ground floor of the Social Science Complex in the Rangsit campus of Thammasat University (TU). The students put up posters that described projects that they had designed on their own to help eliminate problems in Thai society. The posters were on display.
Bayer hosts ecological 'bootcamp'
Learningpost, Published on 23/02/2010
» Once again, the Bayer Environmental Envoy Program, the organiser of worldwide Eco-Camps and a Germany-based intensive study tour - presented in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) since 2004 - is a smashing success!
Out with the old, in with the new
Outlook, Marius Murdoch, Published on 14/01/2010
» It might seem like the ancient past, but it wasn't so long ago that we lived in the dark ages of dial-up internet, floppy disks, pagers and fax machines. Luckily these old-hats died with dignity, and while we may miss the harrowing screams of connecting modems, good riddance to bad rubbish. But other technologies seem insistent on carrying on, despite smarter and more accessible alternatives gaining saliency in the new decade. What looked to be consumer mainstays seem poised for poor performance and obsolescence this year. Here's a list of some of the stale technologies of 2010.