Home
Peter Beens's Library tagged → View Popular, Search in Google
From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America’s first sustained use of cyberweapons, according to participants in the program.
I've probably mentioned this before, but I felt I needed to clarify my thoughts on the question of teaching "computer science" in schools here in the UK.
My first thought is "do they really mean 'computer science'?" Let's be honest, a lot of people who've waded into this debate don't really know what computer science is.
Google has said it will cough up funds to train (British) computer science teachers.
-
Google has said it will cough up funds to train computer science teachers.
-
the funding would be handed to the charity Teach First, to put 100 recent graduates through a six-week training course and give them equipment - including the Raspberry Pi - before sending them into schools to teach.
- 1 more annotation(s)...
Reluctantly or otherwise, Facebook is the place most of us have chosen to share our lives online. In spite of its many useful features, the social media site can be a constant source of annoyance, embarrassment, and trouble if you make a few stupid decisions you might not even realize you're making. Fortunately, with a little effort, you can get Facebook under your control.
Thousands of first-year students at Ontario community colleges are taking catch-up courses in basic math skills — fractions, decimals, percentages — that they should have learned in grades 6, 7 and 8, according to an alarming new study.
Ontario’s publicly funded education system has made remarkable
progress since the current Liberal Government was elected
in 2003. Teachers, educational workers, parents and students
appreciate the intense interest in improving our education system.
Premier mcGuinty has earned a reputation as one of the preeminent
leaders in educational innovations in the world. Our education system
has moved in a positive direction and it continues to improve to meet
the needs of our students and the expectations of the public through
initiatives aimed at:
• reducing primary class size;
• renewing the focus on professional development;
• recognizing the importance of literacy and numeracy;
• targeting resources and supports to the most vulnerable schools;
• focusing on supporting disengaged students at the secondary
level;
• increasing graduation rates;
• enhancing supports for students with special needs;
• reducing gaps in student achievement.
While many of these programs and initiatives within the publicly
funded education system have been effective, there is a need to
examine the current provincial testing model. We are requesting a
review of the mandate of the education Quality and Assessment Office (eQAO).
A vocal opponent of standardized testing in schools is bringing his message to Windsor tonight and hopes the "monster" that has become the Education Quality and Accountability Office will be reined in.
It seems as though teens are becoming conditioned to be “on call” through texting with cell phones. Some youth say they feel social pressure to answer each other’s text messages regardless of the time of day, and that’s causing problems at home and at school. Teachers are concerned about the impact of interruptions on learning, and school administrators are responding with policies on cell phone-use in schools. But how can the education system guide teens through confronting compulsion if students are conditioned to be “on-call”? Can kids find the self-control to plan time with their cell phones efficiently?
This year is different for Grade 12 students heading for university. Except for English 12 or its equivalent, the Ministry of Education has abandoned provincial examinations in all senior academic courses.
Grade 12 exams are no longer offered in key courses such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, English literature, French and Mandarin.
US customs agents seek to prosecute Richard O'Dwyer over TVShack, which linked to sites carrying pirated shows and films
British schools should impart skills that will help pupils create the next Google, Twitter and Facebook
Great essay about what learning should really be like.
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Top Contributors
Groups interested in issues
-
China unit of work
A set of bookmarks for some ...
Items: 30 | Visits: 647
Created by: Rob McTaggart
-
Race, Culture, and Politics in the "New South"
These resources address issu...
Items: 11 | Visits: 322
Created by: David Voelker
-
review of issues relating to tags
Review of selected issues re...
Items: 17 | Visits: 153
Created by: Graham Perrin
Highlighter, Sticky notes, Tagging, Groups and Network: integrated suite dramatically boosting research productivity. Learn more »
Join Diigo