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Dailymotion Brings Video to One Laptop per Child Foundation’s XO Laptop

Dailymotion —Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video sharing site, announced a partnership with One Laptop per Child. Under terms of the agreement, Dailymotion and OLPC will explore collaborations involving Dailymotion’s technology and selected educational content to benefit underprivileged children globally. Read more.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Teams with UN High Commissioner for Refugees To Build Schools for Refugee Children of Darfur

PricewaterhouseCoopers —Monday, August 11, 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers has donated more than $4 million to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to be used to build and operate schools for refugee children who have fled the conflict in Darfur. Read more.

Vantage Learning and the Australian Council for Education Research Announce Partnership

Vantage Learning —Monday, August 11, 2008 Vantage Learning announce it will provide computer-based essay scoring using Vantage’s patented IntelliMetric® technology for the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER), one of the world’s leading educational research centers. Read more.