Teaching on the Internet
A teacher from Oxfordshire stranded in Spain because of air restrictions is using an internet cafe to take lessons. Chris Orr, who teaches at Sibford School, in Sibford Ferris near Banbury, was due to fly back from holiday in Alicante last Friday. He is using a webcam to make sure that his business studies A-Level […]
Better English in Singapore
Singapore has launched campaigns to promote better English. But more importantly, they have another campaign running too, to promote kindness. The city-state wants its citizens to be… nicer. “Kindness. Bring It On!” — to be launched this weekend — is a government-backed initiative aimed at encouraging Singaporeans to be openly gracious to their relatives, colleagues, […]
Spend hours online in class …
… but only if you’re a teacher. Seemingly, a teacher, at a primary school in Cardiff, has been accused of spending hours on the internet during lesson time. But she wasn’t looking up lesson plans, she was buying and selling on eBay and updating her Facebook page. And no – it isn’t me.
Can’t Spell? Teach!
According to an online test taken online by students training for primary and secondary schools, thousands of trainee teachers are struggling to pass literacy tests that require them to spell words such as anxiety, relieved and mathematical. More than 11,000 trainee teachers, just over a quarter of the annual intake, failed to pass the literacy […]
Virtual teachers – well no not really
I got quite excited when I read the headline, dreams of retiring went through my head. Unfortunately it’s just another exercise in vod and podcasting, not a virtual teacher in sight. Ah well. “A new out-of-hours service that allows pupils to receive homework tips from “virtual teachers” is being piloted in Clackmannanshire. Pupils at Alva […]