Advances in technology continue to transform how we live, work, play, and learn. To succeed in the 21st century, students must develop digital literacy skills including information gathering, content generation, interactive problem solving, and media creation. Education technology decision makersare looking for complete education solutions. The Intel Learning Series brings together a strong ecosystem of PC manufacturers, operating system vendors, education service providers, digital content, and software providers to deliver a complete, localized end-to-end education solution.

At the heart of Intel® Learning Series is the Intel classmate PC- an affordable purpose-built netbook with full PC functionality, designed especially for students. Based on years of ethnographic research in real classrooms around the world, the ruggedized, water resistant design provides a collaborative, interactive and fun learning experience . Since its launch in 2007, more than 6 million classmate PCs have been shipped.

The Intel® Learning Series Alliance brings vendors together to deliver locally relevant, integrated solutions to classrooms worldwide. More than 500 vendors of the Alliance are developing applications, peripherals, and services optimized for Intel classmate PCs. As an Alliance member, you can be part of this extensive group of innovative software and hardware providers.

At the heart of Intel® Learning Series is the Intel classmate PC, which is improving teaching and learning for more than six million students in over 70 countries around the world.

January 11, 2012: The new Intel classmate PCs are being showcased in about 20 booths at BETT, the British Educational Training & Technology trade show, by computer and software vendors from our network of over 500 Intel Learning Series Alliance members from 70 countries. Check out the blog from the Education Market Platform Group General Manager, Kapil Wadhera.

5 years: It has now been five years since we showcased the first classmate PC reference design in 2006.

500 members: We recently surpassed the milestone of over 500 members of our Intel® Learning Series Alliance.

5,000,000 units: We have now deployed over five million units of the Intel-powered classmate PC in more than 70 countries.

September 14, 2011 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the Intel® Learning Series announced an exciting milestone of deploying more than 5 million Intel-powered classmate PC’s worldwide.