The Higher Colleges of Technology is hosting the 6th Biennial Education Without Borders (EWB) International Student Conference from 28-31 March 2011 in the UAE.
The objective of EWB is to create networks across cultures in order to understand, and generate solutions for some of the world’s greatest challenges. This is achieved by engaging the world’s most innovative tertiary education students with leaders in the business, technology, education, and humanitarian sectors in a collaborative forum that culminates in a commitment to action. At HCT we believe the concept that leaders meet and listen to these bright young students should be the norm rather than the reverse.
EWB began in 2001 with 210 students from 47 countries. At EWB in 2009 (website:http://ewb2009. hct.ac.ae ) over 1000 students, from 110 countries and 150 universities, participated. More than 550 student papers passed the initial screening process, from which 36 papers and 7 multimedia papers were selected for presentation at the conference. In addition, 40 students gave poster presentations during the conference.
Building on EWB’s previous successes we believe that by bringing together leaders of business, education, NGOs, government, and technology sectors from six continents, we will create networks and innovations which positively impact communities and individuals around the globe for years to come.
EWB 2011 will give students an opportunity to present their contributions to an international audience. It is also a forum for meeting students from around the globe to discuss issues relating to the future of education and technology, and an excellent opportunity for students to learn more about the fascinating culture of the Arab world.
This is one of the largest student-focused events of its kind in the world and, uniquely, is organized, developed and implemented by a EWB World Student Organizing Committee under the auspices of the Higher Colleges of Technology.
We are pleased to invite you to encourage two or more of your outstanding student leaders to submit papers on the conference themes and attend EWB 2011.
For students selected to present their papers the HCT will cover their airfares, accommodation, and all in-country meals and transport. For students selected to attend the conference but who do not present papers the HCT will pay for accommodation, all in-country meals and transport. They will only have to raise funds for their airfares.
Complete details about the conference, and an application form, can be found on the conference web site at website:www. ewb.ae
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Internship Programme for Fall 2010
Due dates
Duration: approximately 4 months (September 1, 2010 ~ Dec 21, 2010)
- Deadline for receiving application: June 1-4, 2010)
Announcement Click here
Application Click here
see more at 2010_Internship Programme Fall
Duration: approximately 4 months (September 1, 2010 ~ Dec 21, 2010)
- Deadline for receiving application: June 1-4, 2010)
Announcement Click here
Application Click here
see more at 2010_Internship Programme Fall
Friday, April 23, 2010
Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development
Language: English
ISBN: 1847192823
Paperback: 488 pages
Data: Nov 2007
Format: PDF
Description: This invaluable reference guide for PHP developers extending or customizing Joomla! 1.5 is packed with expert advice and tips on all aspects of Joomla! programming illustrated by self-contained examples. The world’s hottest open-source content management system, and winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize, standard Joomla! does a great job managing website content; but its true power lies in its application framework, which facilitates creating sophisticated add-ons that extend Joomla! in virtually unlimited directions. If you’ve mastered the basics of creating Joomla! extensions using PHP, this book takes you to the next level, covering: best-practice design and coding for Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and other extensions; customizing page output; using JavaScript effects; using Web Services from within Joomla!; and ensuring your code is secure and error-free. A unique and comprehensive reference to the main areas of interest within the Joomla! framework is also included.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thanksgiving lesson plans and activities for high school students
Sometimes, it is difficult for teachers to incorporate national holidays into their lesson plans. After all, holidays generally become increasing personal, and when a holiday like Thanksgiving is celebrated in a high school classroom, it is difficult to make use of it in an educational manner. Fortunately, there are a few ways you can easily incorporate Thanksgiving into your lesson plans without boring your high school students:
1. Ask your students to write a play or story about Thanksgiving. Ask them to do this, allowing them to write what they know and use the knowledge that they already have about Thanksgiving. Their stories should be fairly short, about two or three pages long. Then, ask for volunteers to read their stories aloud. Compare the different students' stories. How do they differ? How are they similar? Ask your class whether they think it is a result of culture.
2. After you have asked your students to write about Thanksgiving, read to them some verified information about Thanksgiving. For example, you can talk about the actual menu (what it consisted of) that the Pilgrims and Native Americans ate. Or, you can talk about the way Thanksgiving, as a national holiday, was treated through American history. Alternatively, you can talk about Thanksgiving's importance as a cultural holiday.
3. Once you have given your students information about the holiday, they will now create a play that will show what Thanksgiving may have been like. They will have to research the information in groups. They will need to gather the correct names of the tribes and the group of Europeans involved. They will also need to prepare a script.
4. Before Thanksgiving, have one half of the class act out their play in front of the other half of the class. Ask the other half of the class to write down some comments. Then, they will switch roles. How do they think Thanksgiving has changed, as a holiday, throughout American history? Is it still relevant today, and why?
These activities are meant to stimulate your students' minds about Thanksgiving, and about holidays in general. These ideas are meant to be a part of an educational lesson plan that incorporates the real world into the world of education. Hopefully, your students will appreciate what you are trying to teach them by having them engage in these activities. Not only that, but they are learning about a holiday that most of them have celebrated for many years.
Helium.com
2. After you have asked your students to write about Thanksgiving, read to them some verified information about Thanksgiving. For example, you can talk about the actual menu (what it consisted of) that the Pilgrims and Native Americans ate. Or, you can talk about the way Thanksgiving, as a national holiday, was treated through American history. Alternatively, you can talk about Thanksgiving's importance as a cultural holiday.
3. Once you have given your students information about the holiday, they will now create a play that will show what Thanksgiving may have been like. They will have to research the information in groups. They will need to gather the correct names of the tribes and the group of Europeans involved. They will also need to prepare a script.
4. Before Thanksgiving, have one half of the class act out their play in front of the other half of the class. Ask the other half of the class to write down some comments. Then, they will switch roles. How do they think Thanksgiving has changed, as a holiday, throughout American history? Is it still relevant today, and why?
These activities are meant to stimulate your students' minds about Thanksgiving, and about holidays in general. These ideas are meant to be a part of an educational lesson plan that incorporates the real world into the world of education. Hopefully, your students will appreciate what you are trying to teach them by having them engage in these activities. Not only that, but they are learning about a holiday that most of them have celebrated for many years.
Helium.com
Monday, March 22, 2010
Education
Education in the broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another.
Etymologically the word education contains educare (Latin) "bring up", which is related to educere "bring out", "bring forth what is within", "bring out potential" and ducere, "to lead".
Teachers in educational institutions direct the education of students and might draw on many subjects, including reading, writing, mathematics, science and history. This process is sometimes called schooling when referring to the education of teaching only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific vocational skills, such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the informal level, such as in museums and libraries, with the Internet and in life experience. Many non-traditional education options are now available and continue to evolve.
The right to education has been established as a basic human right: since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level, the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.
Etymologically the word education contains educare (Latin) "bring up", which is related to educere "bring out", "bring forth what is within", "bring out potential" and ducere, "to lead".
Teachers in educational institutions direct the education of students and might draw on many subjects, including reading, writing, mathematics, science and history. This process is sometimes called schooling when referring to the education of teaching only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific vocational skills, such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the informal level, such as in museums and libraries, with the Internet and in life experience. Many non-traditional education options are now available and continue to evolve.
The right to education has been established as a basic human right: since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level, the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.
Essay writing competition for the Fourth Anniversary of XJTLU
On May 22nd, 2010, XJTLU will have its fourth anniversary. In order to celebrate this historic moment, the Neverland Literary Club will hold an essay writing competition to collect XJTLU members’ stories and experiences in this university. We hereby notify the related matters as follows:
Ⅰ. Possible Candidates of the Competition
All XJTLU Students (including 2+2 students in UoL), teachers, staff and student parents
Ⅱ. Content of the essay
Certain experiences or people that impressed you during your life in XJLTU
Ⅲ. Deadline
April 20th, 2010
Ⅳ. Requirements:
Originality, sincerity and fluency
1. no limits for writing type; Chinese or English are both accepted;
2. maximum amount of character: 3000 words
3. please clarify the author’s name, major or working department, mobile number, CV(optional)
4. please state ‘essay for the 4th anniversary’
5. please send to the following email address: xjtlu-neverland@hotmail.com, or send your essay to One Sop Student Centre, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Ren’ai Road, Suzhou Industry Park. Post code:215123
6. we’ll write back when we receive your easy within two working days
7. please be aware that we will not return your essay paper\
Ⅴ Outstanding paper selection
We will invite specialists to look at every piece. The principle would be equal, honest and transparent. All the essays will be kept and bound afterwards. Every participant has the chance to win a gift.
Neverland Literary Club
2010-3-19
http://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/campus-events/essay-writing-competition-for-the-fourth-anniversary-of-xjtlu
Teaching college aims to raise education standards
Seventeen-year-old Sufyan Suri could not hide his enthusiasm when he spoke of his dream to become a teacher.
The high school graduate from Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, leaned forward and used hand gestures to emphasize Indonesia's need for more skilled teachers and to redefine its teacher-student relationship.
"There is a gap between teachers and students that restricts them from effectively communicating with each other," he told The Jakarta Post at the Sampoerna School of Education college in Jakarta on Wednesday. "We need to change this.
"Students should feel comfortable approaching their teachers."
Sufyan and 88 other students, all from underprivileged families, were granted scholarships yesterday from Indonesia's first private teachers college.
Forty-three students received full scholarships worth more than Rp 223 million (US$23,000) each. The remaining 46 were granted scholarships that covered their tuition fees for four years, worth Rp 168 million each.
The students were selected out of 1,200 applicants to major in mathematics or English at the undergraduate institution. Seventy-one students were from Java, 14 from Sumatra, two from Bali and two from Kalimantan.
Paulina Pannen, the school's dean, said she wanted to ensure students were provided with the skills to become highly qualified teachers, exceeding international standards.
The school has teamed up with Iowa University in the US, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Massey University in New Zealand to develop its curriculum.
"We encourage our students to research and develop innovative teaching methodologies," she said.
The school has been structured to qualify students as senior high school teachers. To aid their learning, the school requires students to complete an internship, teaching in high schools for one semester in their final year.
"Our students will teach in one of the 17 state senior high schools and five Madrasah *Muslim schools* that the Sampoerna Foundation supports," she said.
The foundation, established by tobacco giant PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, has been providing schools with assistance to improve teacher quality through its United Schools Program.
Muchlas, from the Directorate of Higher Education at the National Education Ministry, said he hoped the school would enhance education in each of Indonesia's regions.
"I would like to see the school's graduates return to their respective regions to improve education across the country," he added.
Paulina said she strongly encouraged her students to apply their knowledge in their hometowns. She said that was where teachers were needed because schools in cities had "relatively adequate facilities" and many skilled teachers.
"Sampoerna graduates will be great assets to their regions because they are being trained to become highly skilled teachers," she added.
Sufyan said he looked forward to teaching in his hometown.
"We must give back to our communities and help them to prosper," he said. (adh)
From TheJakartapost.com
The high school graduate from Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, leaned forward and used hand gestures to emphasize Indonesia's need for more skilled teachers and to redefine its teacher-student relationship.
"There is a gap between teachers and students that restricts them from effectively communicating with each other," he told The Jakarta Post at the Sampoerna School of Education college in Jakarta on Wednesday. "We need to change this.
"Students should feel comfortable approaching their teachers."
Sufyan and 88 other students, all from underprivileged families, were granted scholarships yesterday from Indonesia's first private teachers college.
Forty-three students received full scholarships worth more than Rp 223 million (US$23,000) each. The remaining 46 were granted scholarships that covered their tuition fees for four years, worth Rp 168 million each.
The students were selected out of 1,200 applicants to major in mathematics or English at the undergraduate institution. Seventy-one students were from Java, 14 from Sumatra, two from Bali and two from Kalimantan.
Paulina Pannen, the school's dean, said she wanted to ensure students were provided with the skills to become highly qualified teachers, exceeding international standards.
The school has teamed up with Iowa University in the US, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Massey University in New Zealand to develop its curriculum.
"We encourage our students to research and develop innovative teaching methodologies," she said.
The school has been structured to qualify students as senior high school teachers. To aid their learning, the school requires students to complete an internship, teaching in high schools for one semester in their final year.
"Our students will teach in one of the 17 state senior high schools and five Madrasah *Muslim schools* that the Sampoerna Foundation supports," she said.
The foundation, established by tobacco giant PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, has been providing schools with assistance to improve teacher quality through its United Schools Program.
Muchlas, from the Directorate of Higher Education at the National Education Ministry, said he hoped the school would enhance education in each of Indonesia's regions.
"I would like to see the school's graduates return to their respective regions to improve education across the country," he added.
Paulina said she strongly encouraged her students to apply their knowledge in their hometowns. She said that was where teachers were needed because schools in cities had "relatively adequate facilities" and many skilled teachers.
"Sampoerna graduates will be great assets to their regions because they are being trained to become highly skilled teachers," she added.
Sufyan said he looked forward to teaching in his hometown.
"We must give back to our communities and help them to prosper," he said. (adh)
From TheJakartapost.com
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