Visual Learning for the 21st Century

The University of Nottingham’s Visual Learning Lab (VLL) has received a grant of 1.8 million pounds from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to facilitate learning and teaching through visual imagery via state-of-the-art technologies that include “virtual” environments, stereo 3D projection equipment, and interactive video links. “Modern technologies now allow lecturers and students to [...]

Intel Scores Speed Breakthrough

Intel researchers say they have developed the first modulator made from silicon that can encode data onto a beam of light at a rate of 40 gigabits per second, which the company says is a major milestone on the way to creating inexpensive optical components that could provide drastically faster communication speeds. Modulators are necessary [...]

Job Opportunities Analyst Programmer

Post: Analyst Programmer.Scope of works: 
Development & maintenance of the intranet, and various in-house projects
Provide user & hardware support
Monitor back-ups
Training will be provided where required.
CVs to be sent either by email fteng@intnet.mu 
or by post at:-
ATTN:  Human Resource Officer/IT Dept

Forges Tardieu Ltd
31 Nicolay Road
Port Louis

Scratch, a New Programming Language

Fun, Not Fear, Is at the Heart of Scratch, a New Programming Language chronicle of Higher Education (07/20/07) Vol. 53, No. 46, P. A27; Young, Jeffrey R.
MIT’s freely available Scratch programming language is being used by schools and some colleges as a tool for teaching computer science basics without resorting to an arcane vernacular [...]

Inter-college debate competition (WoW 2007)

 
I was invited to serve as the member of jury for the Inter-college debate competition (WoW 2007) organised by Infosys on the 27 June 2007. The topic of the debate was “Mauritius has the potential to operate at a higher level of the value chain in IT”. The proposing team was from Royal College Curepipe [...]

Job Opportunities at eTechnology Services (eTs) Ltd

The software company eTechnology Services (eTs) Ltd is recruiting P/T and F/T software developers. Send your application to:
The HR Manager
eTechnology Services Ltd
Rose Hill
email: etsltd.net@gmail.com