Intel® Learning Series News and Events

Learning Series Events

May 15, 2012: Intel Developer Forum - Brazil Sao Paulo WTC Convention Center. Leading researchers from Intel Learning Series will be presenting topics on: the role of technology in the digital transformation, growth and scale in the education marketplace, trends in usage models and 1 to 1 eLearning, and shaping future learning experiences. Click here for full agenda details and registration.

June 18-22, 2012, XIII Virtual Educa International Symposium - Panama
Conference, Multilateral Forum, Exhibition "Education, Innovation and ICT": Held every June, the Virtual Educa International Symposium is widely recognized as a "cannot miss" event on Education, Innovation and ICT for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Intel® Studybook In the News - April, 2012

Intel Develops Small, Sturdy Tablet for Education, by Don Clark, Wall Street Journal
Companies have been trying to transform education with computers for decades, with mixed results. But there is new enthusiasm for the possibilities represented by tablets, and Intel has a new entry.

Hands On: Intel Studybook Tablet, by Eric Grevstad. PC Magazine According to Intel, there are more than 7 million of its Classmate PC devices in students' hands, with an ecosystem of more than 500 hardware and software partners in 70 countries backing up the chipmaker's reference designs for computers built for 1:1 e-learning.

Intel's new Studybook tablet reignites rivalry with OLPC, by Agam Shah. IDG News
Intel on Tuesday announced a reference design for a new 7-inch education tablet, which will rekindle the chip maker's rivalry with nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child in the area of providing computing devices as learning tools.

The Intel Studybook: What an education tablet should be, by Christopher Dawson. ZDNet Education
I can almost smell the holy grail…the right hardware, the right ecosystem, the right price. Intel has hit a home run with its Studybook.

Can an Intel Tablet Win Emerging Markets? by David Zax. Technology Review
Various outlets are reporting that Intel has plans to follow up its Classmate PC with a tablet computer aimed at emerging markets like China and Brazil.

Intel Seeks to Bridge the Digital Divide with a Rugged Tablet PC, by Larry Greenemeier. Scientific American
Efforts over the past several years to bridge the digital divide using low-cost computers have put millions of these devices in the hands of students in developing countries throughout Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

Intel Studybook Hands-on: Student-Friendly Tablet for $200, by Michael Prospero. LAPTOP Magazine
Following in the footsteps of its student-friendly Classmate PC netbooks, Intel today announced the Studybook, a 7-inch tablet geared for children in the classroom that should cost around $200. Click through for all this rugged tablet offers, as well as our hands-on video and gallery.

Intel adds rugged Studybook tablet to its student-friendly Classmate lineup, by Dana Wollman. Engadget

File this under: "Wait, that didn't happen already?" Intel just announced the Studybook, that tablet you see up there, and believe it or not it's only the first slate to join the company's lineup of Classmate products for schools.

Intel Studybook Hands-On: The Indestructible Education Tablet, by Mario Aguilar. Gizmodo
Intel's Classmate Convertibles have been a huge success: 7 million of these PCs are scattered across the globe in classrooms in more than 70 countries.

Intel Releases Rugged Education Tablet for the Developing World, by Zoe Fox. Mashable
Intel has launched the latest device in its line of classroom computers: a tablet, Intel studybook