Is the UK ready to teach ICT?
Posted by Mike Halsey in teaching on 11. Feb, 2009 | 2 Comments
In 2010 the education rules change in the UK, bringing information and computer technology under the same basic skills umbrella as English and Maths. This means that thousands of training providers, colleges and schools around the country will be expected to deliver ICT qualifications in addition to the ones they are already offering.
This may be [...]
Algebra 101
Posted by Mike Halsey in teaching on 15. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments
I was teaching some algebra today and some of my class were having real trouble getting their heads around the concept of using letters instead of numbers as, in maths, there’s supposed to be a definite answer and if the answer is f for them there is no f in answer!
I wanted to prove that [...]
