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Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT to blame? IT teacher applications continue to decline Teacher shortage Also getting readers... [03 Jul 2008]
Blunkett not teacher's pet over laptop offer to heads
News The heads will find having a laptop very useful, as the average head teacher works in excess of 60 hours per week," commented a NUT spokeswoman. Teachers unions say they are unimpressed with the government's plan to... [24 Oct 1999]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News The number of students applying to start postgraduate teacher training courses in IT this academic year continues to slide. The latest stats from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) show total... [01 Jul 2008]
Student escapes punishment for PDA videoing of teacher
News The postage-stamp-sized, grainy, three-minute video clip, shot on a Sony Clie handheld, showed a somewhat hysterical teacher reprimanding the student before tearing up his homework in front of the class. [17 Jul 2003]
Jobs eyes top of the class with an 'Apple for teacher'
News The new range, which is already selling to US schools, features a wireless networking capability, as well as wired network access. US prices will range from $1,300 for a computer with 64MB of memory and a CD-Rom drive, or a $1,800... [02 May 2001]
Steve Jobs hands over a rotten Apple for teacher
News Apple has admitted to a glitch in its eMac models which is causing the computers, designed specifically for use in schools, to fail. Apple said on its website that a number of the all-in-one desktops have been making a 'popping' noise at... [02 Oct 2002]
Innovative School Enhances Student Learning, Teacher Productivity With Digital Notes
White Paper Laptops have been part of the classroom experience at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart since 1996. Nevertheless, teachers were still using traditional, time-consuming methods for creating lesson plans, organizing paperwork, giving... [19 Sep 2008]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News Some UK schools may now be able to get a better deal on Microsoft software following the introduction of a new licensing pilot. Up until now schools buying Microsoft software on a subscription basis had to do so under the Schools Agreement. [08 Jul 2009]
IT one of the 'most boring' jobs for graduates
News Jobs in IT and telecoms are the fifth-most boring professions graduates can choose, according to research from a teacher training organisation. When asked why they find their job interesting, 81 per cent of... [27 Jul 2006]
Porn pic row snares student
News When the students crowded around a computer in a Malaysian Chinese school's multimedia room took off quickly when a teacher entered the room, they left behind a screen full of pornographic photographs with a surprise. [10 Nov 2003]
Photos: Cooking up a storm in a digital kitchen
Photo Here you can see the teacher preparing a dish, which is being filmed on the motorised digital camera - the device you can see in the top right of the picture. Images from the cameras appear on the students' screens,... [06 Nov 2006]
Fall in students applying to be IT teachers
News The skills shortage could be set to take a turn for the worse if an early year drop in the number of students applying for postgraduate IT teacher training courses continues. The stats have been published by the graduate... [07 Feb 2008]
Indian call centre agents drilled by former UK teachers
News Led by a retired teacher from Glasgow, Scotland, the team will conduct general knowledge classes for the Indian workers to teach them how to handle UK customer calls. One teacher was quoted as saying... [19 Aug 2003]
VoIP in K-12 Education: Leveraging Data Networks and E-Rate Funding
White Paper Phones and advanced applications are being deployed to every teacher and classroom at minimal cost, by leveraging data infrastructures. Learn how David Douglas School District in Portland, Ore.and Dougherty County School... [02 Oct 2008]
Kelly pushes for sex-offender database overhaul
News Kelly, who is reacting to pressure from MPs for allowing a teacher listed on the Sex Offender's Register to work in a school, said she wanted to urgently review how the education department aligns its database (known as... [13 Jan 2006]
