Teacher commutes 200 miles
An Islington teacher is having to commute from Huddersfield in Yorkshire, as property prices make it impossible for him to afford to live in London.
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Teacher commutes 200 miles
An Islington teacher is having to commute from Huddersfield in Yorkshire, as property prices make it impossible for him to afford to live in London.
XanEdu Introduces the Education ReSearch Engine
XanEdu’s Latest ReSearch Engine Geared for Education Students and Educators ANN ARBOR, Michigan, August 20, 2001 — XanEdu, a division of ProQuest Information and Learning (NYSE: PQE), announces the launch of the XanEdu™ Education Research Engine, the newest in an innovative lineup of premium content research engines for higher education. Created especially for pre-service teachers […]
Homestyle Teaching: Home Schooling Is Going Mainstream
When most kids are asked about school, scenes from school buses, rows of desks and the lunchroom spring to their minds. But not for 11-year-old Stephanie Simmens and her 9-year-old sister Molly.
Schoolwork and the Internet: Americans see blessings and pitfalls
High school students say the Internet is a great help in doing schoolwork and many feel they can meet most of their research needs on a computer. Educators encourage its use, but often caution students not to rely on the Internet alone.
An Online Program in Teaching Chess Aims to Capture Minds in Elementary Classrooms
Reading, writing, arithmetic, and rook to queen’s six? Many lessons of life can be found on a chessboard, says Alexey W. Root, a senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas. Sometimes sacrificing a piece is painful but will ultimately win the game, for instance. And it’s a good idea to pay attention to […]
OpenGrid Announces Availability of mobilePlanIt, Providing Wireless Communication Among Sponsors, Exhibitors and Attendees At Conferences
OpenGrid Inc. recently announced a partnership with the WEB2001 and Internet+Mobile Conferences & Exposition and the general availability of mobilePlanIt™, a product that provides wireless messaging and information distribution at meetings and conferences. mobilePlanIt offers conference organizers the ability to distribute and update materials on-site through wireless phones, laptops and handheld computers. Attendees can network […]
Bigchalk.com’s Bobbi Kurshan in the Spotlight on K-12 Panel on LearningWeek Live Webcast
LearningWeek Live, the first interactive weekly webcast featuring stories about the people, technology and business of learning today, is Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan. An education industry leader and currently EVP and Chief Education Officer at bigchalk.com, Kurshan will be in the guest spotlight on this week’s show, dedicated exclusively to technology topics in K-12 education. […]
Successful Utilization of Volunteers for Sustainable Community Technology Centers (CTC)
Jayne Cravens, the online volunteering specialist for United Nations Volunteers, describes how community technology centers can successfully involve volunteers in providing public access to technology.
It’s Back to School for University Web
Traffic to university Web sites skyrocketed for those Internet surfers logging on at home, as students returned to school and accessed their school’s sites, according to leading Internet audience measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings.