Dec 21, 1898: The Curies Discover Radium

Sorbonne-bred physicist Pierre Curie had been noodling with crystals and magnetism since the early 1880s. He was a professor at the School of Physics in Paris when one of his students, Marie Sklodowska, caught his eye. They wed in 1895, and theirs was both a happy marriage and a fruitful professional collaboration.

Teacher's Special : What Not to do in a Classroom

As teachers we are totally committed to improving our skills, pedagogical approaches and doing what is best for our students. In this process we also realise what are the practices which MUST BE AVOIDED AT ANY COST in our classrooms.

Top 12 Ways of Motivating Students

There is one thing we know about students and that is that they have short attention spans and tend to postpone tasks. This is especially true at the beginning of the academic year. Teacher have to be smart and devise new ways to keep them engaged.
I would like to share some useful ways I gathered along the way, to keep our students motivated which helped me to be a more effective teacher.

Scope and Role of Technology in Education

From the naissance of guru-shishya parampara to outside schooling to small classrooms to magnanimous schools and equally colossal number of students to now teachers slowly being assisted by high-tech, trained and ‘smart’ machinery.