| Intel Corporation announced that the Classmate PC`s | | | | • Learning through fun, collaboration and |
| started to be delivered in the emerged markets. These | | | | interaction |
| PC`s, offered at accesible prices are based on the | | | | • Easy to deploy |
| Intel Ceron M procesor. These are the first laptops | | | | • IA-based, runs on already available content, |
| oriented to the eductional systems in Brasil and Mexico. | | | | applications and operating systems with full |
| Intel has a long history of working to improve education | | | | compatibility to standard PC ecosystem |
| worldwide and our ongoing programs prepare | | | | Collaborative content programs utilize the expertise of |
| teachers and students for success in the global | | | | government decision makers, universities, educators, |
| economy. | | | | telecommunication companies, solution developers, and |
| Intel plans to start this year pilot-programs in over 25 | | | | NGOs to deliver applications and services that |
| countries like China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Libia, | | | | enhance lives and expand social and economic |
| Pakistan and Thailand. Intel want to deliver these | | | | opportunities to ensure that the local demands are |
| laptops in several languages: english, arabic, chinese, | | | | fulfilled, local language is used and to create local |
| portuguese, russian, spanish and turkish. | | | | content. Partnering with public and private |
| With students using the Classmate PC in class, a | | | | organizations, Intel is driving WiMAX broadband |
| teacher can make presentations, guide student's | | | | deployments that will reach cities as well as suburban |
| access to the Internet, deliver specific controlled | | | | and rural communities that previously were either |
| content and interact individually with students and | | | | impossible or too costly for carriers to pursue. |
| parents in giving tests or providing feedback. | | | | For people living in underdeveloped communities, the |
| Intel's award-winning skoool technology for online digital | | | | Internet is either a complete mystery or a resource |
| learning offers a scalable, multimedia, multi-device | | | | beyond their reach. |
| learning solution to improve the teaching and learning of | | | | The program will also provide 100,000 free PCs to |
| mathematics and science. Easily adaptable to local | | | | classrooms in those communities to improve learning |
| needs, it is being used in Europe, the Middle East, | | | | skills. Intel is working with developing country |
| Africa, Southeast Asia, and a number of | | | | governments to ensure that these PCs are utilized |
| Spanish-speaking countries. | | | | within a holistic, sustainable framework-focused on |
| As part of the Intel World Ahead Program, Intel will | | | | providing appropriate technology, teacher training, |
| train an additional 10 million teachers over the next 5 | | | | relevant content, and connectivity. |
| years in developing communities on the effective use | | | | Intel Classmate PC is part of the "Intel World Ahead" |
| of technology in the classroom. | | | | Program, a program where technology, school |
| Features: | | | | programs and theachers ability are blend to improve |
| • Designed for education | | | | the educational level in the poor countries. Intel will |
| • Durable rugged design for children's | | | | co-operate with these countries to develop plans that |
| day-to-day use | | | | include local industries colaboration, free Internet acces |
| • Small, kid friendly, form factor for classroom | | | | in schools, training for teachers and the Intel Teach |
| use | | | | program tha help teachers to use the technology |
| • Easy to carry and light-weight | | | | efficient in the teaching process and the creation of |
| • Education-specific features | | | | local teaching content. |
| • Integrated software and hardware solution | | | | |