Posts Tagged ‘teacher’
Final 3 weeks to nominate teachers for the $1M Global Teacher Prize 2021
Dear friends, We hope you are doing well. There is now less than one month to go until applications and nominations close for the Global Teacher Prize, and we wanted to ask you to help us spread the word. We are now starting the seventh cycle of this prize, which continues to highlight the important work of…
Read MoreIndian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize; shares half with 9 finalists
Top teacher wins $1m and gives half away (BBC News): Mr Disale, who teaches in the Zilla Parishad Primary School, in the drought-prone village of Paritewadi, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, was named the world’s most exceptional teacher, ahead of 12,000 other nominations … He also provides online science lessons for pupils in 83…
Read MoreFinal 10 days to submit nominations for the Global Teacher Prize 2018
_______________ Please join us in celebrating teachers and the amazing things they do to develop and refine our brains. Recognize the teachers who have changed your life, and the lives of others around you, by nominating them for a Global Teacher Prize HERE before October 8th, 2017. Description: The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award…
Read MoreJust in: Call for nominations and applications @ Global Teacher Prize 2018
—– Please join me and the Global Teacher Prize in celebrating teachers and the amazing things they do. Recognize the teachers who have changed your life, and/ or the lives of others around you, by nominating them for a Global Teacher Prize HERE before October 8th, 2017. Description: The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award…
Read MoreMemory Problems? Perhaps you are Multi-tasking
Today’s kids are into multi-tasking. This is the generation hooked on iPods, IM’ing, video games — not to mention TV! Many people in my generation think it is wonderful that kids can do all these things simultaneously and are impressed with their competence. Well, as a teacher of such kids when they reach college, I…
Read MoreThe brain virtues of physical exercise
Dr. Adrian Preda, our newest Expert Contributor, writes today the first in a series of thought-provoking articles, challenging us to think about physical exercise as the best and most unappreciated form of “brain exercise”. A superb article. And one thing is clear, he points out: “the brain really likes it when it’s asked to be…
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