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- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk (Alan Glover)
- Subject: Acorn Press Release 5 of 8 (AECs)
- Date: 27 Aug 92 10:24:16 GMT
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- Acorn Strengthens Links with IT Centres
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- Acorn Computers is launching an initiative aimed at
- strengthening its working partnerships with Educational IT
- Support Centres throughout the UK and thereby enhancing the
- support available to schools in their use of Information
- Technology.
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- Acorn in Education Centres all around the country are
- providing a collaborative network to offer the best level of
- IT support to schools. The Centres will act in close
- collaboration with Acorn's network of Education dealers,
- with Acorn, the Centres and Education dealers mutually
- assisting one another. The role of the Centres is to provide
- the educational aspects of IT support while dealers will
- continue to offer sales, installation and technical support
- to schools.
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- As education and technology develop, Acorn will continue to
- need to channel information to schools. Schools on the other
- hand will continue to need support to help them to use their
- computers to good educational ends.
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- The Acorn in Education Centres, which now exist within many
- of the best Educational IT Support Centres in the country,
- will assure schools of a significant base level of support
- while helping them to access the wide range of advanced
- services offered independently by the Centres.
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- Each Centre can be visited by teachers, where they will find
- a representative sample of Acorn's computers - including
- desktop machines, portables, network solutions, multimedia
- equipment and peripherals. A reference library of core
- curriculum software will also be available so that teachers
- will be able to inspect the various offerings and get advice
- on how best to implement their use in the classroom
- environment. The Centres will also offer access to local
- educational training centres equipped with Acorn's range of
- computers and help schools to fund appropriate curriculum
- materials.
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- As Acorn launches new equipment, demonstration systems will
- be made available to the Acorn in Education Centres so that
- teachers can always be apprised of the latest offerings
- available with information as to how they are best used in
- the classroom.
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- Strong links are developing between these Centres and other
- groups in the Acorn community such as software houses and
- publishers. Centres will also be able to register to carry
- out Acorn training courses and will be able to join with
- Acorn in mounting training conferences for teachers, and in
- exhibiting their services to teachers at national events
- such as the BETT and Education shows.
-
- Acorn's Managing Director Sam Wauchope said that the Acorn
- in Education Centre initiative showed Acorn was fully
- committed to serving the needs of Education in the UK. "I
- believe strongly that computer technology has an important
- role in enabling teaching and learning" he said.
-
- "However, we are aware that merely providing the computer
- hardware is not sufficient. It is for this reason that we
- have defined, as part of our mission, that we will work in
- partnership with others whose expertise is vital in creating
- the complete environment for effective use of IT in schools.
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- "The AEC initiative is intended to strengthen and formalise
- our links with Educational IT Support Centres and we intend
- that the basis of the initiative will be a permanent part of
- our business. "
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- ENDS
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- Issued by:
- Brian Salter
- Corporate Affairs Manager
- Acorn Computers
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