http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/2011/06/words-in-the-news-reward.html"Graduates with first-class degrees will be eligible for the most generous bursaries to teach shortage subjects such as science and maths, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
In an overhaul of the system of teacher training in England, ministers will announce the introduction of new personality tests – combined with tougher English and maths exams – to weed out the weakest applicants.
Teacher training courses will be reformed to put more focus on behaviour management and reading. Ministers will also signal plans to train more students in schools – instead of universities – in a move seen as an attack on the Left-wing teaching establishment.
The reforms are designed to raise the profile of the teaching profession amid fears that English state schools are falling behind those in other developed nations.
It comes just days after Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, described the quality of education offered in many schools as “simply not good enough”."
Bright students to get £20,000 to train as teachers - Telegraph
Bright students to get £20,000 to train as teachers - Telegraph:
Top note-taking apps for iOS | The Download Blog - Download.com
Top note-taking apps for iOS | The Download Blog - Download.com:
"Aside from games, some of the most popular categories of iOS apps in the iTunes App Store are note-taking apps. Whether you're a student taking notes for class or your workday requires that you take notes in meetings, a handy app that makes it easy to jot things down and organize them can be incredibly useful.
Apple's Pages ($9.99) is probably the most obvious choice here, having been around since the first iPad was launched (now a universal app for iPhone and iPod Touch as well), but there are several third-party apps that offer different features that might be more in tune with your style of note-taking.
This week's iOS apps are all about taking notes. The first is all about taking notes that autosync across all your devices; the second offers a sleek-looking interface with several themes to categorize your notes; and the last is an iPad-only app offering an elegant system for keeping your class and meeting notes organized."
Procrastination - Tips for Stopping Procrastination
Procrastination - Tips for Stopping Procrastination:
"Why We Procrastinate
Why do we fall into the procrastination trap time after time? Because procrastination becomes a way--no matter how maladaptive-- of coping with the emotions and physical symptoms that accompany depression. It may bring some temporary relief, but we eventually wake up the following day and find that no brownies have dropped in overnight and done our work for us.
Which style of procrastination fits you? "
Are you SMART online? - Langle land - An e-Safe place to be!
Are you SMART online? - Langle land - An e-Safe place to be!:
"Have you ever got an email, text or other things like that from people you don’t know? If you have, did you open it? And if you haven’t never open things from people you don’t know even if you are anxious to or really want to badly still… DON’T!
Because there might be an attachment with a virus on. If you replied to someone you didn’t know it would tell them what your email is to. Help us put a stop to cyber bullying and when you get an email from someone you don’t know:
* Block them.* Tell a trusted adult.* Delete it.* Next time try to be safer online."
Let Google make mindmaps for you! | Işıl Boy's Blog
Let Google make mindmaps for you! | Işıl Boy's Blog:
"Pre-writing stage serves as a necessary step for writing, and students need to do brainstorming before they start writing to see that they can make it work without any magic. Both for searching effectively on the web and mind mapping, students can make use of google’s ‘wonder wheel’.
Here are three screenshots to show how it can be used:"
EdTech Toolbox: 20 Youtube Features You Need to Know
EdTech Toolbox: 20 Youtube Features You Need to Know:
"Almost activity task or activity has a how to video on Youtube. Any historical period, major event or art movement has a mini documentary uploaded. Almost any scientist or scientific experimented has been documented and shared. At this stage we should all be embracing the knowledge and shared information that is Youtube. This is a great article that shows you from Niall Harbison is from over at Simplyzesty
With over 3 billion Youtube videos watched every single day and 48 hours of footage uploaded every single minute to the world’s most popular video sharing website we wanted to produce a useful guide for getting the most out of the service. You’ll struggle to find somebody who uses the web and who doesn’t watch Youtube videos on a daily basis but there is so much more to Youtube than just little funny videos of cats. The list also provides tips and tricks for publishers who are the people who make the site what it is today. Over the coming years we can expect Youtube to continue it’s growth especially on mobile and possibly even on to our smart TVs in the future to form a core part of our daily entertainment experience. Here is how you can get much more out of Youtube…"
BBC News - Webscape - The app connecting you to people near by
BBC News - Webscape - The app connecting you to people near by:
"Web reviewer Kate Russell gets social with a proximity chat, photo and video sharing iPhone app called Color, with an Android version in development. Great for capturing multiple view points at a large event like a music festival.
If you are curious about the value of your network, Empire Avenue can help work it out, as you trade a virtual currency for shares in a person or company's social media profile. You will find a useful beginners' guide on how to play at The Next Web.
Life is a journey and if you want to share that trip, there is an interesting new edition to the web at iJourney. This free, flash-based social tool lets you add video, pictures, notes, social media feeds and more, to any day in the calendar you choose.
Sometimes your friends go on more interesting travels than you, but you can still follow their exploits with Feedkite . It is a Facebook plug-in that uses the built-in travel resources to extract albums from various locations, all wrapped up in a simple interface. "
Why virtual weight loss programs could lead to better health habits | SmartPlanet
Why virtual weight loss programs could lead to better health habits | SmartPlanet:
"We asked the question: Can you deliver a weight loss program through [a 3D virtual] environment that is at least as effective as a real world, face-to-face environment?
We had a group in the traditional face-to-face program. We compared them to two groups that were in the virtual program [Club One Island]. The program runs over 12 weeks. We did baseline measures of their bio-metrics and their behavioral perception. We did post-measures at the end of the program and collected other data along the way."
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