WWIEF 2010: Microsoft bids to change classrooms to e-learning environments

 Mr Nwodo Monday Obinna, a teacher from Odogbulu Grammar School, Ogun State Nigeria, (middle) checking the Blood Pressure level of the Citizen Lead, Microsoft Anglophone- West Africa, Jummai Umar- Ajijola, (left) at the exhibition ground while Menasie Zandu from Ethopia (right) looks on during the just concluded Microsoft Partners in Learning 2010 Worldwide Innovative teacher awards held in Cape Town South Africa. Photo by Emeka Aginam.

TAKING the educational  system o f ThirdWorld economies to the next technological level  may have begun when global software maker,  Microsoft  gathered  about 125  innovative teachers  from 70 countries around the world in Cape Town, South Africa last week, celebrating their unique innovations targeted at transforming the traditional classroom into 21st  century learning environment.
Nearly 200,000 teachers around the world had earlier participated at country and regional events, vying to compete on the  global stage.
Running in its sixth series, the 2010 edition of Microsoft Partners in Learning Worldwide Innovative Education Forum, (WWIEF) was rated high  in content by both the teachers  and judges as an intervention strategy for the challenges ahead in the paradigm shift from traditional classroom to e-learning.
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A Townpod concept full electric Nissan car is displayed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show in Paris, capital of France, Oct. 1, 2010. The 2010 Paris Motor Show, one of the most important international auto shows, opened to the public on Friday in southwestern Paris, and will close on Oct. 17.

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