Two more thought-provoking articles on telegraph.co.uk. 1) Teachers will never keep up with the Internet This article points out the fundamental misconceptions about how to use technology in the classroom and how technology can enhance education. The author, Radford, sees integrating technology in education simply as ‘teaching’ students how to join a twitter account or [...]
Archive for March, 2009
More interesting education stuff
Posted in Teaching, Technology, The Arts on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Personal, Teaching on March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Was catching up on my Google reader feeds when I chanced upon this article from Telegraph Education: Reading ‘can help reduce stress’. Apparently, the best way to reduce stress is to lose yourself in the world of a book, which can reduce stress by up to 68%. I am planning to show this article to [...]
Educating the Nation
Posted in Teaching on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During my aimless surfing last night, I somehow pounced onto a very interesting topic, which then led me to spend almost 2 hours just reading related articles and concepts. The topic was on the education system in Finland – touted to be the best in the world. I visited a few websites, but the most [...]
The Voice of Truth
Posted in Spiritual on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I purchased the DVD for Facing the Giants with KT three weeks ago, but never got down to watching it. Finally decided it was time to watch it yesterday. I did enjoy the movie and there were many moments which conveyed genuine faith and the journey of a Christian to me. I felt, however, that [...]
The Lost Sheep
Posted in Spiritual on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rev. Paul Scanlon came down to our church this weekend to share the Word with us. Rev Paul Scanlon (Abundant Life Ministries) Photo courtesy of http://alm.org.uk This name did not strike a chord in me at all and I never realised how ‘close-related’ we were until Pastor Derek shared yesterday that he was from Abundant [...]
Building People
Posted in Personal, Spiritual, Teaching on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cell group meetings are indeed going from glory to glory. Last night, we spoke about the importance of being a people builder – one who takes concrete actions and constructive steps to build those around me. This is indeed a very practical and relevant message for myself, especially as I enter the school – especially [...]
‘Trying’ with the Holy Spirit
Posted in Family, Spiritual on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Christians on my dad’s side of the family have banded together recently to have family prayer meetings on the first Thursday of every month. This was something that has been on my heart (the importance of praying) – but it was only when Esther suggested it, that we finally got it moving! My sister [...]
