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TESCO SCHOOLNET 2000 - Intuitive Media - Ultralab (1990-2006) - DFES

2004-12-20

As we head into 2005, I thought I'd have a look back and I stumbled across information that predates me at Ultralab (1990-2006), but still something I was a part of, in a very different way. Between the years of 1995 - 2000, while studying full time at APU I was also working part

As we head into 2005, I thought I'd have a look back and I stumbled across information that predates me at Ultralab (1990-2006), but still something I was a part of, in a very different way. Between the years of 1995 - 2000, while studying full time at APU I was also working part time for Tesco . During that period, I worked on the staff reception, announced the cheep banana's over the tannoy and went on to run the checkouts in the evenings and weekends. During my time at Tesco, I remember groups of schools turning up at our branch to use some funky looking computers supplied by Apple in the staff training room. So why am I rambling on about this? Computers were not wired up very well to the internet in 1999/2000....not many schools were online, and Tesco SchoolNet 2000 was an online project, allowing schools to come into a Tesco store and use the equipment to take part in the worlds biggest online project....the Guinness World Record Award proves it! Over 520,000 children have taken part. Over 17,400 UK schools registered for the project. Tesco SchoolNet 2000 still exists online, with Ultralab (1990-2006) 's big friend Intuitive Media who do very similar things to Ultralab (1990-2…

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