في تعاون مشترك مابين Toshiba و Intel وذالك بهدف طرح حاسبات أنترنت للطلاب اليابانيين صغار السن أثمر عن الأعلان عن حاسب الأنترنت Toshiba CM1 والذي يملك معالج Atom N450 بسرعة 1.66 جيجاهرتز والذاكرة العشوائية 2 جيجابايت والسعه 160 جيجابايت والشاشة طولها 10.1 أنش بدرجة وضوح 1366 في 768 تعمل باللمس وعند قلب الشاشة وتحويله إلى جهاز لوحي يمكنك استخدام القلم .
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Tokyo, Japan – July 1, 2010 – Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”) and Intel KK (“Intel”) announced today that they will jointly commercialize an educational-use tablet PC designed to facilitate learning in compulsory education. Toshiba will launch the new CM1 tablet PC for educational use in the beginning of August, 2010 in the Japanese market. Going forward, the two companies plan to collaborate in various ways to foster ICT environments in schools.
The CM1 has been specially developed to be commercialized for educational purposes by Intel, which promotes ICT[1] education on a global basis, and by Toshiba, which has technologies and expertise for notebook PCs. The monitor rotates 180 degrees and has a touch screen LCD that supports pen input, allowing students to practice handwriting. The PC also has a handle to make it easy to carry around at school.
With the launch of their new product, Toshiba and Intel plan to promote ICT-supported education in elementary and junior high schools. Intel will use the CM1 tablet PC for its educational programs and demonstrations at schools, for example, to foster such ICT environments.
Note 1. ICT=Information and communication technology
Background of New Product
In recent years, PCs and electronic blackboards have been introduced in elementary and junior high schools to help students take advantage of ICT for enhanced learning. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has set out a policy[2] of providing digital textbooks for all elementary and junior high school students by 2015, so the use of ICT in the education field is expected to increase. In response, Toshiba and Intel have decided to jointly commercialize their tablet PC for education and collaborate on developing ICT environments in the expanding educational field.
Note 2. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, “Advancing cooperative educational reform through future schools” in “Vision of ICT Revolution,” December 22, 2009.
Outline of New Product: CM1, available from beginning of August (open pricing)
The CM1 tablet PC for education is based on Intel® Learning Series[3] hardware reference design for developing education-use PCs worldwide and Toshiba’s notebook PC technologies, such as robust, shock-resistant designs and low power consumption. The new PC’s form factor includes a monitor that rotates 180 degrees, a touch screen LCD supporting pen input and a slip-resistant rubber coating for use on school desktops. The CM1 connects with electronic blackboards and projectors wirelessly to enable students both to collaborate and present work. In addition, a handle makes it easy to carry the PC around school.
Efforts to Expand ICT Environment in Schools
Toshiba, together with sales channel, Toshiba Information Equipment Co., Ltd., in addition to developing mobile PCs for education, also provides educational solutions for classrooms designed for PC-based learning and networking. In conjunction with the launch of its new tablet PC for education, Toshiba plans to strengthen its initiative for more effective use of ICT in schools, including through sales of related products and solutions. Toshiba also will operate the Digital Creator School at the Toshiba Science Museum, where students can experience programming as part of the effort to improve IT literacy.
Intel supports the education sector by promoting ICT education through the effective use of PCs. For example, Intel provides the Intel® Teach Program[4] to help teachers become more effective educators, and offers Intel® Learning Series for education. Intel also has launched several initiatives to provide one PC per student at public elementary schools for language and mathematics education. Intel plans to further promote ICT environments to help children acquire the 21st century skills[4] they will need as adults, including ICT, problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking and communication.
Note 3: Intel® Learning Series comprise hardware, software and content, of which the newly announced tablet PC for education is one example.
Note 4: The Intel® Teach Program, which helps teachers to be more effective educators, has been used to train 35,000 teachers in Japan to date. Through the program, teachers learn how to integrate technology into their lessons to teach student 21st century skills.
