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iHorizons continues its cooperation with Schlumberger on site localization

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, May 19 - 2005 at 08:56
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SEED, Schlumberger's youth-oriented educational program, is the company's channel for members of its workforce to help 10-18 year old students all over the world enhance their academic achievements.

Arabic is one of seven languages in which the SEED site is published. iHorizons worked with Schlumberger to translate and localize the website so that thousands of Arab students and teachers can benefit from the rich and comprehensive educational content on the site.

SEED's educational program offers three core components to:

SEED consists of four main components:

• The Connectivity Grant Program provides Internet connectivity and technical assistance for underserved school children in economically developing countries where Schlumberger people live and work. To date, 116 schools have been connected in 31 countries serving 160,000 children.

• The Online Science Center, published in 7 languages - English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Russian - connects students with SEED Experts: Schlumberger scientists, engineers and mentors. Students and teachers are engaged with Science Watch articles and Science Lab experiments and their results and reports are published online. The Science Center has more than 100,000 visitors and 600 Ask an Expert question per month.

• Collaborative Projects build a global learning community. Students work together developing teamwork, innovation, research and communication of ideas fostering understanding, tolerance and curiosity. Youth-led community initiatives are supported through the SEED Action Fund.

• Educational Programs


• The SEED Workshops for Students and Teachers are hands-on intensive workshops focusing on creative uses of educational technology through project and inquiry based learning techniques. Taught by SEED staff, Schlumberger volunteers and collaborators from the Future of Learning Group of the MIT Media Lab, the students are engaged in solving problems that affect their own communities and the global community.

• Learning While Doing (LWD) is an educational and cultural immersion experience for Schlumberger scientists working in SEED schools for a few days to two weeks.

Mr. Mohamad Takriti, iHorizons CEO, added "This web site (www.seed.slb.com) is very rich with scientific experiments, information and projects designed for secondary and high school students. iHorizons provides translation, localization and Arabization of the site's content and interfaces."

Seed staff and volunteers encourage all the educational parties in the Arab states to benefit from this program, which promotes educational awareness among students in an exciting way, and to participate in its different projects and activities.
www.seed.slb.com 
www.seed.slb.com
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About SEED
SEED; Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development was created in 1998 in response to information and communication technology needs in developing countries, to the challenges of science education around the world, and in recognition of the resources Schlumberger could provide to help address these challenges. The success of SEED depends entirely on the commitment of the Schlumberger volunteers, numbering over 1000 people. Their commitment, ideas, and motivation are key assets supporting continued program development around the world.

About iHorizons
iHorizons is a leading Internet software and eBusiness solution provider. Founded in 1994, iHorizons has offices in Dubai, Doha and Amman and has a team of specialized and talented Internet professionals. Its flagship product, iHorizons Knowledge Server, is deployed in large setups like AlJazeera.net. It also powers PublishArabia.com, the premier web-based content management service.

For more information, please contact iHorizons at the following addresses:
Tel: (+974) 432-2269
Fax: (+974) 436-4183

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