I'm teaching Science & Technology 11 at my old school. Term 2 starts next Monday, so I am busy preparing everything that will be needed. It's great to be back and I love being able to walk to work. The crunching of the leaves and the Fall grayness...

New report sheds light on what works for successful virtual schools from coast to coast By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor Primary Topic Channel: Instruction Traditional colleges and schools of education will need to develop programs for...

The SMART boards are now operational. I had a chance to use one finally and the kids loved it. It is no substitute for good instruction, but it is a good asset and so far, seems very capable of gluing the attention of the class. It is a big screen...

I'm used to being the youngest teacher on any staff. Back in the 1970s and 80s it wasn't that uncommon to see a teacher that was 21 or 22. With standards as they are, the youngest teachers are seldom younger than 24. Every school I have worked at, I...

A friends forwarded this to me. If it means totally 'killing' the conventional post-secondary experience, I'm not game. As it is now, online education is a suppliment to what is currently offered. In this capacity, it is great. But the...