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Barack Obama on education

 "On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities.  And we wil match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in online learning for teachers and students around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo. 

Schools from over 50 countries have now registered with The Schools United.  We now have registrations from the following countries.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Cook Islands, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States and Uzbekistan.

Many Thanks for your registrations and support!

The Schools United Team

Have you had a look at umgumbo yet? This is really exciting. The team at umgumbo are developing a 3D VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) that should be a big hit. It's not released yet but they wanted to share their idea and hope to get some feedback from you.

The idea is a classroom in space – you will be able to attach learning materials to things in the classroom by drag and drop. How cool is that!

They tell me that they plan to launch a version that is working enough to be useful at the Education Show in March. And they want to get some early adopters using it for free.

Looks good to us and is in line with our policy of only accepting advertisements for special goods or services not easily accessible to schools everywhere.

 

Click the link below to visit the site.

 

http://www.umgumbo.com

The Schools United will be exhibiting at the BETT 2009 (14th-17th January), the world’s largest educational technology
event, taking place at London's Olympia Exhibition Centre.

If you wish to know more about The Schools United, please come along to BETT and visit our stand (CKJB)

The Schools United can give your middle school the opportunity to build links with other primary schools across the world.  The Schools United can offer your school the free facility to share educational resources and experiences with other primary schools.

Please click the link below register your primary school and form 'links' with schools from over 40 countries.

http://www.theschoolsunited.com/community/mod/invite/register.php

The Schools United can give your high school the chance to form links with other high schools worldwide.  The Schools United provides your school the free facility to share educational resources and experiences with other high schools.

Please click the link below register your high school and form 'links' with schools from over 40 countries.

http://www.theschoolsunited.com/community/mod/invite/register.php

 

The Schools United can give your middle school the opportunity to build links with other middle schools worldwide.  The Schools United can offer your school the free facility to share educational resources and experiences with other middle schools.

Please click the link below register your middle school and form 'links' with schools from over 40 countries.

http://www.theschoolsunited.com/community/mod/invite/register.php

 

 

If you are a registered staff member, you can complete your staff profile by clicking 'Edit Profile' under the 'My Profile' tab on the left hand menu.

When completing your staff profiles you can specify additional subjects that you teach (you can specify up to 3) in addtion to your primary subject.

Thanks

The Schools United Team

We now have schools from over 40 countries registered with The Schools United.  Many 'links' and partnerships have already been formed and various education related discussions have begun.

We now have registrations from schools in Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, U.S.A and Uzbekistan.

 

John McCain :
McCain says he will provide more funding to recruit better teachers and pay bonuses to teachers who agree to work in troubled schools. He also wants more federal funds to support development of online courses. He believes that students should have the option of switching public schools in order to receive the best education and that “all federal financial support must be predicated on providing parents the ability to move their children, and the dollars associated with them, from failing schools.”

Barack Obama :
Obama says, if elected, he would improve funding for the No Child Left Behind program. He also says he would “make math and science education a national priority” and increase recruitment of teachers in these subjects. In order to better recruit teachers, Obama proposes providing four-year scholarships to those in college who will teach for at least four years after graduation. He pledges to implement a $4,000 tax credit for those attending college.

Learn More:
• Education Unlikely to Be Predominant Campaign Issue