Many of you may have already seen this video- but whether you are a teacher or student, it does make you pause and think about how the relationship and communication between teacher (I’ll say school/institution) and student has changed over the last five years. The insertion of social media and viral communication via the Internet  has had more then a profound impact on the way students learn and communicate, it has altered the methods and strategies of teaching and the dissemination of knowledge between teacher- student. Many teachers will feel like they have been hit in the gut after watching this video- students will feel like it is a money game. Either way bridging the gap in order to ensure knowledge is being transferred effectively and efficiently is one of the biggest challenges facing schools in the coming years. Gen X, Gen Y see things differently then many of the teachers in classrooms today- I say it starts with them as leaders.

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MiLearn, along with a team of 4 web designers and a college math teacher  developed this online tutorial to help with the huge problem of Grade 10 level math failures-particularly within the Quebec high school system.

If you are a student in a Quebec high school -you know that Math 436 is a killer- and most students will fail it. Get ready. That is the reality- no matter how the school boards try and sugar coat it- students fail this course in droves. If you know someone who works in the high school system or in CEGEP- – ask them to look at the numbers- summer students -taking this course over again because they were not prepared- or had teachers that were not prepared.

When we went out to schools in the Montreal region for example- they turned us away at first- saying that they know how to teach- they know what they are doing- they do not need any new type of online, e-learning, tutorials..thank you very much.

Yes indeed – thank you! And I am certain there are parents and students alike praising all the goodness and  fuzzy feelings that comes out of a math classroom – especially when preparing to enter college or university!

The smarter schools -picked up on what we have been trying to do- use a bit of technology and move with the learning styles of students in an online environment. We thank leaders like Lower Canada College, and  Loyola High School in Montreal in having their students access our tutorials- and in providing feedback.

Enjoy!

Michael Burnatowski-MiLearn

Over 250 web pages, examples, interactive tests and Government exams!

How do we do it!!

check it out below..
.Algebra-Functions-Math 436

Finally- after fighting through the flu- finally have our wicked kick-ass Stats course online (it was developed by MiLearn for a Quebec- French CEGEP- and is a pretty cool design and navigation.)

If you are well versed in French- go for it!. If you know of friends who are -please have them come on board- and ask them to join the MiLearn Facebook Group (the more we have= the more content we get online- pretty simple)

Check it out under “Instructions Francaises”.

cheers!

(and Canadians- don’t forget to Vote on Oct 14!)

I’ll way into my thoughts in all this in the next day or so..)

But think of this- with the world markets in a tailspin- the US economy basically in recession- Canada holding on by a beaver-tail- European countries holding their noses, what is the most common and sensible road to take as a family, income earner, and investor?

What is a typical family saying they must do to weather the “storm”? Tighten their belts?, be prudent? watch their spending? don’t spend foolishly? look for savings.

You bet!
and what are all Canadian parties – save one- telling Canadians they will do if elected? Spend, tax, create more programs, enlarge the bureaucracy, get ‘fatter’- not leaner and more prudent.

Why can’t those guys learn and be more sensible and cautious?

thanks for reading…

Michael