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Posts made in July, 2014

IFJ calls for Israel to be held accountable for 'atrocities' as journalist death toll rises to eight

on Jul 31, 2014

By Angela Haggerty The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the “ongoing cycle of intimidation, violence and murder” against media workers in Palestine as the death toll of journalists covering the conflict in the region rose to eight. Following the deaths of Sameh Al-Aryan, 26, and Rami Rayan, 25, as a result of Israeli shelling at Shojayah on Wednesday, the IFJ said Israel must be held accountable for its actions. IFJ president Jim Boumelha said: “We express our anger and condemnation at the killing of these journalists, the latest victims in this ongoing cycle of intimidation, violence and murder against media workers in Palestine. “We Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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ScratchJr iPad app to give children the coding bug

on Jul 31, 2014

By John Glenday ‘Give me a child for his first seven years and I’ll give you the man’ seemed to work for the Jesuits as their maxim, something researchers at the Massachussets Institute of Technology have taken to heart when seeking to train a new generation of coders. ScratchJr, a new ipad app, is the result. A Kickstarter funded educational tool designed to inspire schoolchildren to adopt the Scratch programming language and ‘code to learn’. Designed for use by 5-7 year olds in tandem with the Playful Invention Company and Tufts University’s Developmental Technologies team, the free app guides pupils to program ‘interactive stories’ using Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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‘We need to take gender out and put values in’ – She Says director on need for change in business attitudes

on Jul 31, 2014

By Angela Haggerty Businesses must fundamentally embrace the values and contributions of both genders to get the best out of workplaces, according to She Says director Emma Sexton. Speaking at The Drum Live after the Evolve or Die session, Sexton said business cultures had been traditionally created by men based on “male values” and there needs to be a shift in thinking. “I was talking [at The Drum Live session] about a real step change in business culture, how business culture’s been created by men on male values and how do we get a more hetero culture where we have the best of feminine and Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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