Posts Tagged as ‘students’

February 20, 2009

Turn off the computer?

At the risk of having rotten tomatoes thrown at me, and being ostracised from the blogging community, here is something that occurred to me today in class. 
I was lecturing/encouraging/suggesting that my students devote some time over this coming 3-day weekend to revision for their upcoming mock exams.  I went further and advised them to turn [...]

February 16, 2009

Biology + technology = biotechnology?

The thing is, having been a biology teacher for some 17 [eek!] years, I have seen a lot of changes in syllabi and curricula with respect to incorporating new aspects of biotechnology.  But I am noticing a massive shift, much more recently, in the use, application, relevance and importance of actual information technology in my [...]