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SINGAPORE: Students at Ngee Ann Secondary got a treat when Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer visited the school in Tampines on Wednesday.
In Singapore for a day, Mr Ballmer wanted to see how the school was making innovative use of cloud computing technologies for educational development.
Ngee Ann Secondary School, an example of a Living Lab in Singapore, uses online software to improve teaching and learning - something that has caught the attention of software giant Microsoft.
Ngee Ann Secondary is a Microsoft Pathfinder School, part of the company's global partners in learning initiative.
With a software using Windows Live Messenger platform, students have been able to learn and retain information better.
The programme, developed by Singapore-based ACP Computer Training and Consultancy, is the world's first multi-disciplinary online peer tutor.
Using cloud computing technologies, the school's teachers are also able to conduct more personalized classes for their students.
Cloud computing is where services and data are stored online and users access them via the internet, without having to install or maintain them on their own servers. - CNA/fa
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