According to a senior executive at Apple Computer, education is in the Dark Ages. “In general, education is in the dark ages,” he said, adding that education has challenges that are “pretty profound.” “It’s hard not to see that the textbook is not always the ideal learning tool,” Mr. Schiller said. Apple announced digital textbooks [...]
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Education is in the “Dark Ages”
Posted on January 19, 2012 by Canadian Teacher
How To Land a Teaching Job
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Canadian Teacher
This is a guest post by Candace Davies, Global Career Management Professional, Creator of ‘A+ Resumes for Teachers’ & Author of 101 A+ Teaching Job Search Tips ——————————————————————————————————————– If you have just finished college and have received your teaching degree, or are currently a professional not in the teaching field and you want to transition [...]
Lesson Plan To Mark Death of Bin Laden
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Canadian Teacher
In the wake of the death of Osama Bin Laden, twitter was lighting up with teacher questions about how this historical event should be taught in classrooms. Here are some suggestions that we’ve gathered from some of the more popular tweets. Some Questions To Ask Students in Lesson Plan In order to facilitate a student [...]
Will Venture Capitalists Disrupt Public Education?
Posted on April 24, 2011 by Canadian Teacher
The leading venture capitalists think that education is a bubble that should be disrupted by technology.
New Teacher Unemployment Statistics Are ‘Staggering’
Posted on April 19, 2011 by Canadian Teacher
Why it will be difficult for new Canadian teachers to find teaching jobs.
