SchoolNet, the Glossary
Canada's SchoolNet was a federal educational technology project in partnership with provinces, school boards, non-profit organizations, and the private sector, funded primarily by Industry Canada and developed by Ingenia Communications Corporation to promote the effective use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in libraries and schools across the country.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: Bill Gates, Edmonton Journal, Information and communications technology, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Internet Society, Microsoft, MOO, University of Toronto.
- Educational organizations based in Canada
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
See SchoolNet and Edmonton Journal
Information and communications technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and manipulate information.
See SchoolNet and Information and communications technology
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada; label)Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Industry.
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Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1992 with local chapters around the world.
See SchoolNet and Internet Society
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
MOO
A MOO ("MUD, object-oriented") is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.
See SchoolNet and University of Toronto
See also
Educational organizations based in Canada
- Actua (Canadian charity)
- Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
- Canadian Centre for Diversity
- Canadian Centre for Environmental Education
- Canadian Council on Learning
- Canadian Improv Games
- Canadian University Science Games
- Canspell National Spelling Bee
- Computers for Schools (Canada)
- Encounters with Canada
- IBBY Canada
- Inkshed
- Lest We Forget Project
- New Brunswick Drama Festival
- New Brunswick Teachers' Federation
- Project of Heart
- Reach for the Top
- Sanofi Biogenius Canada
- Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
- SchoolNet
- Service Canada Centres for Youth
- Shannen's Dream
- Skills Canada
- VROC
- Writing centres in Canada
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SchoolNet
Also known as Ingenia Communications Corporation, Ingentia Communications.