BigGyan Cloud eLearning : Lecture pranks - 3/10

Posted on : July 15, 2010

Education is generally taken to be very serious business. Sometimes it is good to lighten the mood. Here is a series on Top 10 lecture pranks.

Top 10 Top Inspirational Movies for Educators - Mr. Holland's Opus

Part 4/10

posted on : July 14, 2010

Educators need to be reminded of the importance of their jobs. Here are ten movies that inspire us and make us feel proud to be in the field of education where we really do have an impact. Enjoy!

Introduction

Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 American drama film in which Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland, a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while trying to compose one memorable piece of music to make him famous. However through the course, he discovers a passion for teaching he didn't know he had and ends up dedicating more of himself to it.

The film is a re-imagining of the 1966 Disney movie, "Follow Me, Boys!"[citation needed] which starred Fred MacMurray and Kurt Russell.

Mr. Holland's Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character, Glenn Holland, as a music teacher at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School in Portland, Oregon.

Coaching Institute of the week (Week 3, July) – CMC Academy

About CMC Academy

Posted on : July 14, 2010

CMC Academy channelises CMC's expertise into IT programmes tailored to match industry needs. A faculty of practicing project managers provides solid grounding in fundamental concepts. Ample practice on real-time projects makes the student productive in a job from day one. CMC has been one of the pioneers of IT training in India and offers a wide range of programmes for beginners and for career advancement:

CMC EDGE
CMC GRAD
CMC TECH
CMC PRO

Alumni of the Academy are well placed in leading companies like TCS, PCS, Softsol, HSBC, Applabs, Convergys, Polaris, Vodafone, Airtel, etc.

Contact Details:

Contact No. : 01123736151
Email : lh_corp@cmcltd.com
Website : www.cmcltd.com/
Address : CMC Limited, PTI Building, 5th Floor
4 Sansad Marg Delhi,India, Pincode : 110001

Top 10 Top Inspirational Movies for Educators - Lean on Me

Part 3/10

Posted on : July 13, 2010

Educators need to be reminded of the importance of their jobs. Here are ten movies that inspire us and make us feel proud to be in the field of education where we really do have an impact. Enjoy!

Introduction

Lean on Me is a 1989  biographical-drama film written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman. Lean on Me is loosely based on the story of Joe Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores. This film's title refers to the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name.

BigGyan Cloud eLearning : Lecture pranks - 2/10

Posted on : July 12, 2010

Education is generally taken to be very serious business. Sometimes it is good to lighten the mood. Here is a series on Top 10 lecture pranks.

Top 10 Top Inspirational Movies for Educators - Dangerous Minds

Part 2/10

Posted on : July 12, 2010

Educators need to be reminded of the importance of their jobs. Here are ten movies that inspire us and make us feel proud to be in the field of education where we really do have an impact. Enjoy!

Introduction

Dangerous Minds (1995) is an American drama film based on the autobiography My Posse Don't Do Homework by former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, who took up a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, where most of her students were African-American and Hispanic  teenagers from East Palo Alto, a then-unincorporated town at the opposite end of the school district.

The film, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as LouAnne Johnson, was released to mixed critical reception, but became a surprise box office success in the summer of 1995, leading to the creation of a short-lived television series of the same name.

Teacher of the week (Week 2, July) - “We are creating intellectual zombies”

Posted on : July 10, 2010

In a recent interview with India Today, Prof. L.S. Ganesh (IIT Madras) spoke about his concern on low quality of education delivery in India. Read his full comments below.

We agree with the points raised by him and will like share them with you. He is our teacher of the week.

“If all study is focused on marks and grades, and not getting educated, then all such study is too much. We are burdening our kids beyond what is necessary. Parents belonging to the middle class goad their children to perform well in their studies mainly because they aspire to continuously improve their family’s economic and social status. They know that high marks and grades are necessary for their children to gain “remarks spectable careers,” that would then lead to a higher status. This disposition has resulted in the educational rat race and mounting pressure on the young ones. While India is yet to experience alarming levels of education-induced suicides among its youth, the levels of insensitivity, shamelessness and stress are palpably alarming. The paradox of “educated” youth who are simultaneously “intellectual zombies” is staring at us now. We are now saddled with the extremely large problem of reinventing education to be true to its spirit. Let us lower the unnecessary burden of rote learning and give more importance to real education rather than marks and grades”.

BigGyan Cloud eLearning : Lecture pranks - 1/10

Posted on : July 10, 2010

Education is generally taken to be very serious business. Sometimes it is good to lighten the mood. Here is a series on Top 10 lecture pranks.

Top 10 Top Inspirational Movies for Educators - Stand and Deliver

Part 1/10

Posted on : July 10, 2010

Educators need to be reminded of the importance of their jobs. Here are ten movies that inspire us and make us feel proud to be in the field of education where we really do have an impact. Enjoy!

Introduction

Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American drama film. The film is a dramatization based on a true story of a dedicated high school mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante. Edward James Olmos portrayed Escalante in the film and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role.

Jaime Escalante, the East Los Angeles mathematics teacher whose story inspired the movie Stand and Deliver, died from bladder cancer at his son's home on March 30, 2010.

Plot

In the predominately Chicano area of East Los Angeles, California, in 1982, in an environment that values a quick fix over education and learning, Jaime A. Escalante (Edward James Olmos) is a new teacher at Garfield High School in Los Angeles County, California determined to change the system and challenge the students to a higher level of achievement. Leaving a steady job for a position as a math teacher in a school where rebellion runs high and teachers are more focused on discipline than academics, Escalante is at first not well liked by students, receiving numerous taunts and threats. As the year progresses, he is able to win over the attention of the students by implementing innovative teaching techniques, using props and humor to illustrate abstract…….

Top 10 College dropouts – BigGyan Cloud eLearning

All education is great but sometimes life experience is a better educator. Throughout history there have been people who excelled in their fields despite being failures at school.   These people learnt by experimenting with situations that life presented. Here is a list of Top 10 College dropouts selected by BigGyan.

Posted on : July 9, 2010

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