North Atlantic

Yesterday night at around 8:30, there was a match between Rompe Redes F.C. and the College of the North Atlantic in the latter's campus. The fact that the CoNA's team was hosting a football match seemed like a wonderful moment since it was providing a medium to show everyone that football (soccer to others) was still a gentleman's game.

What a disappointment!

Hi to all.........
In Doha is there any center that provides banking diploma courses.Does anyone have any idea about this? I think that UK university is providing a diploma in banking through correspondence here.Has anyone come across it and does anyone have their contact number.If so please give it to me because I am planning to join there.College of North Atlantic is providing a banking and financial course but its too costly that is 15,000 QRS and according to me UK university is comparatively cheaper.So guys if you have any knowledge about this you are free to PM me any time.

College of the north atlantic has reached a new low. A lot of instructors teaching there are showing signs of flu (runny nose, sneezing etc) but still continue to take classes. Without any protection no less. Hundreds of students have to closely interact with this instructors on a daily basis.

Some students have also been diagnosed with swine flu but still the college refuses to close down at least till the vaccination is distributed.

The college does not have any regard for the safety and well-being of the 2000 or so local and expat students in the college since the biggest measure they have taken is putting hand sanitizers all over the place. Ignorance of the highest degree.

"Close your eyes. Put yourself in the shoes of a parent and ask yourself: What comes to mind when you hear the word "cyber safety"? Now, open your eyes and resume your teacher role and instead of testing your students, take a quiz by yourself."

With this introduction, Mala Bower, Executive Director, Cybersmart, started her engaging lecture on the timely issue of Cyber safety, during a recent ICT in Education Conference, held by ictQATAR and College of North Atlantic (CNA-Q). Attendees were predominantly teachers from across Qatar and Bower challenging them to explore how cyber security should be handled with children. Should it be taught as a way to: (A) protect them from dangers online? or (B) ensure a fun and safe online experience for them?

Over 50 teams from schools across Qatar will compete in the 2009 Digital Star Competition, which asked students to submit digital projects that showcase how learning and teaching could be improved through the use of technology. The competition, which is co sponsored by College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) and the Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR), will take place on Saturday, May 30 9:00 at CNA-Q’s main campus.

The future is already here, it's just not widely distributed". Borrowing William Gibson's famous phrase, Doug Brown, Expert Consultant at the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA), opened his keynote speech, titled "A School Day in 2020", at ictQATAR's second ICT in Education Conference, held on 7-8 March, 2009 at College of North Atlantic in Qatar's main campus. Following his speech ictQATAR had an exclusive interview with Brown.

Read teh full interview in ictQATAR's latest e-newsletter issue:
http://ict.gov.qa/ou...