Published on 22.05.2013
Published on 24.02.2013
AKAD Business: Expert in Sustainable Management, NDS HF (postgraduate course)
The efforts by AKAD Business in making a contribution towards sustainable development through the postgraduate course Expert in Sustainable Management have been officially recognised by the Swiss UNESCO committee as an activity within the UN World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (www.dekade.ch; http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development) was set up by the United Nations to run from 2005 to 2014 with the aim of establishing the theme of sustainable development in all areas of education. Participants and projects which are particularly committed to matters of education for sustainable development can be recognised and honoured by the UNESCO commission.
AKAD Business: Expert in Sustainable Management, NDS HF (postgraduate course)
Published on 10.02.2013
Compendio: Enhanced E-Textbooks
Compendio is working on the principle that enhanced electronic books (Enhanced E-Textbooks – EEB), will take a large share of the teaching material market. What the relationship between EEB and print will look like in the future is uncertain. However, there are increasing signs that a certain number of customers will continue to prefer content presented in both forms. As a result, compendio is working on providing content in both forms in parallel in its main sales markets. This goes hand-in-hand with attractive offers for institutional (B2B) and private (B2C) customers. The first Compendio titles in EEB format are already available at http://www.compendio.ch/E-Medien/E_Textbooks.asp.
www.compendio.ch/E-Medien/
Published on 10.02.2013
SIS Education Days
SIS conducts an array of internal education days in Switzerland and Germany every year as an important tool of quality assurance and development. The course content is governed by the training needs identified by the schools and by the teaching-related corporate goals. The Education Days in November 2012 were a particular highlight; some 200 teachers from Germany and Switzerland travelled to Basel. Internal and external speakers offered a total of 38 courses on themes such as target-oriented teaching, conflict management and differentiation in mathematics lessons.
www.swissinternationalschool.ch
Published on 10.02.2013
Compendio: eco-zoom – an educational app for people interested in economic affairs
Compendio and its partners have developed the eco-zoom educational application (app), which offers users an understanding of economic texts through short articles on current themes and allows them to test their specialist knowledge. Eco-zoom is a free educational app for smartphones. You can download it at www.eco-zoom.ch or in the Apple AppStore. In August 2012, eco-zoom received the Worlddidac Award. eco-zoom is a joint project of CYP, VBV, LerNetz and Compendio Bildungsmedien, and was made possible thanks to crucial investment from the Stiftung Zürcher Bankenverband and the residual assets of the former Verein Wirtschaftsbildung Schweiz.
www.eco-zoom.ch
Published on 10.02.2013
WISS: More space, better connections
WISS Zurich has moved to new premises on Hohlstrasse in Zurich Altstetten. The infrastructure of the new building is more modern and there is a lot more space. There are also excellent public transport links. The Hohlstrasse Education Centre is used by WISS, the Institute for Information Management at Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, the KS Kaderschulen School of Economics and the Arcoidis Foundation.
WISS
Published on 10.02.2013
AKAD College: Game, Set and Matura!
Juggling a career in sport and studying at the same time isn’t always easy. Florian Uffer is proof, however, that this balancing act can be mastered successfully. The 16-year-old rising talent in top tennis is completing his Matura studies at AKAD College, learning not only how to hit one winning ball after another, but also how to stay on the ball with his education. Florian Uffer has almost done it: the 16-year-old from Zurich is in his sixth and last semester at school and will – if all goes well, and one can assume that it will – have his Matura final exams in the bag by spring 2013. Incidentally, as one of the youngest AKAD graduates of all time.
www.akad-college.ch
Published on 04.01.2013
BILANZ - Positions: Dear darlings – how much are our children worth to us?
On 30 December 2012, Christian Zindel, board member of Kalaidos Education Group, will be discussing the topic ”Dear darlings: the cult around our children” on the TV programme BILANZ – Positions. Moderated by “Bilanz” editor in chief Dirk Schütz, the discussion panel further includes:
- Hildegard Fässler, SP National Councillor and President of the Swiss Association of Daycare Facilities for Children
- Stefan Wolter, Director of the Centre for Research in Economics of Education at Bern University
- Elsbeth Stern, Chair for Research on Learning and Instruction at ETH Zurich
Bilanz - Business Talk
Published on 06.08.2012
First Edubook open house – ‘Revolution on the printing market’
Edubook recently acquired a high-performance digital printing system, an innovative printing technology on the Swiss market. The company, which manufactures and distributes printing products, now has much more capacity and can offer its customers full-colour products on very favourable terms. The innovations were presented to a large number of interested guests at a recent open house event.For more information
Published on 06.08.2012
Two ICT projects awarded in the Switch Junior Web Award 2012
Every year, schools throughout Switzerland enter their ICT projects in the Switch Junior Web Award. For years classes from the Minerva Primary school have been among those taking part in this competition and have usually gained one of the top three places. A total of 157 projects in the form of websites were entered in 2012. Both of this year’s projects by students in the fifth year (ninth school year) of our 'progymnasium' were awarded third place in the ‘Sekundarstufe I’ (lower secondary level) and ‘Sekundarstufe II’ (upper secondary level) age groups respectively.first project, ‘Kelvin, Wasserverbrauch im Alltag’ (‘Kelvin, daily water consumption’)
second project, ‘Wir sind Blender’ (‘We are Blender’)