Posts Tagged ‘Curricular’

iLearning: Using an iPod to Educate

January 30th, 2010

These days, it seems that a teacher can not see without looking, a student with the signature white headphones dangling from his ears covered. Instead of fighting the epidemic iPod, teachers can use to their advantage.

In an article in 2007, the Pew Research Center that more than half of American teens have an iPod or MP3 player. The number increases by 1% in 2003 and expects to raise (Pew Research Center/2006 Harrison Group Holding). Because students spend many hours of listening per day, may their iPod, they are a valuable tool for teachers who want to engage student interest.

Apple offers free educational materials, teacher-developed lesson plans, downloads, podcasts, and more with iTunes U, but there are infinite possibilities beyond what Apple has to offer. » Read more: iLearning: Using an iPod to Educate

Curricular Changes in Teacher Education

November 16th, 2009

India is a developing country. We have thousand years of Tradition and Culture. Different types of people are living in India. In olden days the educational institutions were called as ‘Ashramam’ and teacher was called as ‘Guru’. Guru is a respectable person in the society after mother and father. According to our Vedas Guru is a third God. In olden days they were given importance for shravana, Dhyana and Asana. All types of information are there in Vedas. Yoga is a greatest gift of India to the world. Yoga has its origin in the Vedas, texts that were heard by ancient sages in their state of meditation, and hence are known as srutis. The great sage Vyasa organized the Vedas in a systematic manner. Hence he is known as Veda Vyasa.

Now we are living in the technological world. Vast changes are occurring in day to day life of human being. The effect of Television, Telephone, Radio, Computer, Internet and Mobile is very much in our daily life. Even today also teacher is a role model for the students in the society. Teaching profession is a respectable job in the society. But there are enormous changes were occurred in the system of education. » Read more: Curricular Changes in Teacher Education