Teaching music and art to young people can be a particular rewarding career. Allowing youngsters expression through art and music disciplines can result in the foundation of not just a balance of formal versus artistic education.

To use twitter effectively, you need a reason to start with. In teaching you can use twitter for; Conference, Collaboration, Library, Classroom activity, seminar discussion etc.

Sometimes teachers get overwhelmed with how students innovate themselves through technology and how they cope with online trends. Aside from the amazement, I think it would be good to see and understand what tickles the interest of your students.

You might be thinking of adding this website as a magic wand in your teaching career and helping you with certain topics that textbooks may not have yet covered. But you’re also probably thinking is it worth the try? Well, it certainly is.

I’m not suggesting you consider Wikipedia as your sole source of information but as a valuable supplement.

Here are top 5 reasons why you should have Wikipedia as a good teaching tool

Here’s this week’s (May 10-13, 2009) round-up for you on the headlines for UAE and Middle East’s education industry.

No doubt due to mass redundancies in other sectors, (and the fact that rocky economic times such as these are likely to make more people stop and re-assess their personal situations, there is a marked rise in the amount of people taking up further academic studies and or retraining to take up teaching.

While the common course of action when retrenched or terminated is to look for a substitute opportunity, it’s never too late to back to school to earn a few units which is actually worth a lot in pursuing a career in these dire times. Here are reasons why I think further education may be better than desperate job search

There are opportunities for educators and support staff all over the globe; after all, there are very few places internationally without schools or other learning establishments.

Every other business and social sector has made their existence visible in the World Wide Web. Teachers and education professionals should not fall behind the technological/online experience.