Playing Entrepreneurship – Pakistan Teacher Training
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
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 the class all time. Active learning doesn’t mean the children need to by physically active throughout the class period – it just means that you design your class period around having them actively participate in the learning process. There are lots of things you can do…
Read the whole post about what Noshin does to activate her pupils and stimulate learning processes.
Tags: Entrepreneurship > pakistan. teacher training
Beyond the whiteboard, using innovative technology
Posted on | January 28, 2010 | No Comments
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 heart works is no longer limited to abstract text books – now, students can get this kind of knowledge by experiencing how different body parts almost jump out of the 3D screens! Teaching and learning is more hands-on and Kathryn Macaulay, director of ICT, calls the project “one of the most successful pilots of IT we have had for a long time”. In Illinois, 3D learning has been tested and has proved to have a real impact on how children learn.
The students’ grades actually improved by a whopping 35% in the classes that were studied.
Read more here.
Source: BBC.
Written by Fanny Johansson
International donors commit to Haiti rebuilding
Posted on | January 27, 2010 | No Comments
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 home communities for some 200,000 people rendered homeless and to reconstruct government offices destroyed in Port-au-Prince.
But donor nations called for an independent-needs assessment to be conducted by representatives of the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the UN Development Programme to ascertain the true costs associated with rebuilding.
Check out these 360 degree videos from Haiti, filmed by CNN
MKFC Stockholm College visiting students in Pakistan
Posted on | January 25, 2010 | No Comments
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 some of the TT-students are employed as teachers.
– Last Friday I was invited by one of our teacher training Pakistan students in his school, says Alamdar. The students had their last exam of drawing yesterday so they looked quite happy.
– I accepted a gift on behalf of Emma, the TT tutor in Stockholm. One of the children knitted this upper on the photo for Emma, I hope you will like it, Emma!
Olle Lundberg
Communicating after the earthquake
Posted on | January 21, 2010 | No Comments
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 after the earthquake and in order to help those in need, volunteers came together to develop a specific tool, combining web and mobile phone technologies. The result is Project Ushahidi, which gathers reports sent in by Haitians in need of water and food, or needing help with locating a missing person. The reports can be submitted through either mobile phones or the web and are forwarded by Ushahidi to different organizations working on the ground. This enables the work on the ground to be completely focused on the needs of the population, as reported by ordinary people.
Read more here.
Source: BBC.
Written by Fanny Johansson
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