February 2010

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February 22, 2010

Teacher training – who needs it?

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I started teaching (OK, yes, it was decades ago) with no training at all. Hobart Technical College was happy to take me on to teach maths to its apprentices and diploma students, dutifully armed with my BSc and six months’ working experience in a prison.

 

February 1, 2010

TED goes to India

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Many of us have now caught on to the gems on TED, which offers wonderful insight (following its focus on Ideas Worth Spreading) into the worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design (and more!).