Playing Entrepreneurship – Pakistan Teacher Training

This weeks practical example from our Teacher Training courses come from our Pakistan group students Noshin Rabia.

In my class 90% children belongs to Arab families and others Srilankan’s, Pakistanis, Indians, etc. In early classes they always have a problem of speaking and understanding English Language. So this is the basic theme to motivate them in [...]

Beyond the whiteboard, using innovative technology

In an article suitably named “Moving beyond the whiteboard”, BBC takes a closer look at how a few British schools have integrated technology in the classrooms in a fun and effective way.
At one school, 3D projectors and glasses have been introduced and function to make science classes more interactive. For example, learning about how the [...]

International donors commit to Haiti rebuilding

Despite concerns the Haitian government might lack the ability to manage a reconstruction fund and fears President René Préval does not hold true leadership in the country, international leaders committed to a 10-year rebuilding effort in Haiti at a tentative cost of $3 billion The New York Times
The money would be used to build model [...]

MKFC Stockholm College visiting students in Pakistan

A girls’ class proudly presenting their drawings

Alamdar Khan receiving a present from Babar Maqbool Khan, teacher at Faisal Public School and student at the MKFC Teacher Training course

Alamdar Khan from MKFC Stockholm College is now visiting MKFC students in Pakistan, attending the Teacher Training education. Alamdar spent half a day at Faisal Public School, where [...]

Communicating after the earthquake

Phone lines collapsed soon after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, but large parts of the network infrastructure was actually intact. This led many people to use the internet and social networks to try and contact friends and relatives and get information about their condition.
According to a BBC article, Facebook, Twitter, and e-mailing were widely used [...]