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25.02.2010 Electronic school textbook – the textbook of the future
On 19 February the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science hosted the presentation of Pocketbook 901, the first electronic textbook recommended for Ukrainian schoolchildren. The electronic textbook is a device for book reading into whose memory all school textbooks are installed. The authors of the innovation assure that in terms of contents the electronic textbook is the exact copy of the paper textbook and that its producers took into account all the sanitation standards...
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19.02.2010 Chess – the Choice of a New Generation
Let’s take a glimpse into the history of chess, one of the oldest games in the world. Chess is considered to be an Indian invention, although it made its way into Europe through Persians and Arabs. The Russian for chess is “shakhmaty”, a name which consists of two words: “shah”, the Persian for “king”, and “mate”, the Arabic for “died”. Literally, the word “shakhmaty” means “the death of the king” or “the death of the shah”...
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12.02.2010 Valentine's Day
St Valentine's Day has been celebrated in Europe as a holiday of lovers since the thirteenth century. Very little is known about the life of the real Christian Valentine, who gave the holiday its name. People say that Valentine was born in the 3rd century AD in the Roman Empire and was the bishop of his native town of Terni. He did young lovers special favours: reconciled those who had quarrelled and gave flowers to young couples...
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For the first time in Kharkiv was І City teacher conference "Informatization of education - a priority direction of development in the educational system of Kharkiv" . The purpose of the conference was to light the achievements of the education system of Kharkiv on information and determination of priorities for 2010. The ceremony of awarding the winners-protection for the best model of informatization of educational institutions "School world", which took place in several categories...
