I am in the Star! "Beyond the textbook"

While I was attending a wedding in Malacca, Dhilip texted me: "Teacher our picture appeared in the STAR today, the Agilent thing" so I looked at the education page of Sunday Star and found it.

This article appeared in Metro (Central) Section, Star on Sunday 14 March 21010.

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2010/3/14/education/5826796&sec=education


Sunday March 14, 2010
"Beyond the textbook"


By ALYCIA LIM

A measurement technology company boosts creative learning by sponsoring RM10,000 worth of The Star’s Maths and Science pullouts.
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Mohamad Anwar (standing, third from left) holding the mock cheque together with Abdul Halim and The Star executive editor Leanne Goh. With them are circulation senior executive Alvin Liew (far right), teachers and students with copies of the pullouts.

(my students are Leong Choy Meng, Dhilip Kumar, Ow Ji Jim and Koh Peng Seng)

At the mock cheque presentation ceremony held recently, Agilent Technologies Sales South Asia Pacific Electronic Measurement Group (EMG) vice president Mohamad Anwar Au said the F123 and F4F5 pullouts fit in very well with the company’s goal to help develop students with the right focus.

SMK (L) Methodist teacher Loo Mee Keun said that the pullouts were useful as a teaching tool because the language used was simple and appropriate.

“There are also pictures and graphics in the pullouts that help explain the Science concepts well. I also like the fact that the contents are always changing and current issues are addressed.”

A mother herself, Loo added that she sometimes used the F123 pullouts to teach her daughter who is still in primary school.



The company will be sponsoring RM10,000 worth of F123 and F4F5 pullouts for the whole school year.
The four schools receiving sponsored copies of the Science and Maths pullouts are SMK Pandan Mewah, SMK (L) Methodist, SMK Sri Petaling, and SMJK Confucian.
(Above is a cut-and-paste article lifted from Star On-line. )