Once again a bumper issue! This week we launch a new shopping directory, helping you make the best online purchases. The focus this week is on the Teaching Awards. Don’t miss the top teaching tips from the award winners! If you haven’t already, make sure you visit the members’ pages on the site and complete your TagTeacherNet profile. (http://www.tagteacher.net/members/) We plan a number of exciting developments around this concept to help teachers get together and share resources and experiences. Not to be missed! Thanks for the superb feedback we have received over the last 2 weeks. It is always fantastic to hear from our readers, especially with comments like this from TagTeacherNet member Jan Horlett: "Thanks so much for the site and all the useful links - it saved me hours of time, and gave me materials I would never have dreamed of!".
Karim Derrick PS. Have
you checked out the web mail service yet? If not, click here to get
a free Web-based email account that you can access from any computer
connected to the Internet: The teaching awards scheme, or Platos, were originally
launched in 1999 and organised by film maker, government education adviser
and chairman of the General Teaching Council Lord Puttnam. Each winner
in all fourteen categories earns £20,000 for their school. To view a
brief David Puttnam biography click here: So what, according to the Platos, constitutes a good teacher? A common theme seems to be the involvement of the wider community in the education process. A more worrying trend is the emphasis on extra curricular activities such as breakfast clubs. Make your own mind up with the collection of links below: To read the profiles of the winners, click:
To view the top tips that the award winners have compiled,
click: To view the DFEE report on teacher effectiveness from
June this year, click:
What criteria should the Platos use? What constitutes good teaching practice? Have your say on the Grapevine: http://www.tagteacher.net/grapevine/
Site Spotlight - http://www.tagteacher.net/shops/ Shopping on the Internet can be a daunting activity. Some sites have a poor reputation for delivering the goods and then there are the security issues. TagTeacherNet now provides a Internet shopping guide and directory. All of our sites have been carefully selected - but we'd like to know what your online favourite shops are, so please email us at: Email: feedback@tagteacher.net Found a site that you think is really useful? Please share it with the TagTeacherNet community. Email: feedback@tagteacher.net Resource Finder - Visual Thesaurus A few TagTeacherNet members had recommended we look at a site called Plumb Design. It didn't sound very exciting, but then we visited the site, and were amazed. Plumb Design is a web company based in the USA that have used a number of different Internet technologies to produce a fascinating new slant on the Thesaurus. In their words: "The Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus is an exploration of sense relationships within the English language. By clicking on words, you follow a thread of meaning, creating a spatial map of linguistic associations." To be honest, the only way to understand it is to use it. If you've any interest in language, take a few minutes to visit: http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/ Education in the News - Government announces more education spending
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Get on the Grapevine...http://www.tagteacher.net/grapevine/ The TagTeacherNet Grapevine area is the teaching community's place to let off steam, ask questions and get answers. And you can write anonymously, saying what you feel, not what you are expected to say - what a refreshing change! In this week's Grapevine:
If you’re not on the Grapevine yet, click: http://www.tagteacher.net/grapevine/ Breaktime - Take the Stress Test How stressed are you? This quick and easy questionnaire provides instant feedback and a number of suggestions for coping. Click: http://www.tagteacher.net/stress/ Is teaching getting more stressful? How do you deal with stress? Whether you have top tips for dealing with everyday administration or simply a bad experience to share, get down to the Grapevine. Click: http://www.tagteacher.net/grapevine/ Bluffer's Guide No 11- Digimon What is Digimon? Short for Digital Monster, Digimon was launched in Japan in 1997. Following on from where Tamagotchi left off, the Digimon game is a cyber pet who can be connected to other Digimon games to fight to the death. The winner is based solely on which Digimon was raised the most effectively. Is that all? No. There are Digimon videos, computer games, toys, pinball machines and now a Digimon movie. The marketing people have gone to town with this one This all sounds very familiar? You’re thinking of Pokemon. The last Japanese attempt to capture the entire toys market. Where can I find out more? Try the Digimon website. Click: http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/digimon/ Technical Tip - Copying Images Images brighten up otherwise dull worksheets and can be used to great affect in emails and your own web work. With much of the World Wide Web now having a very graphical public face, finding the right image for the job has never been easier. However, do make sure the images you use are not copyright protected before using them in your own work. For Windows users To copy an image from a website simply hover your mouse over the image. Click the right button on your mouse and then select ‘Save Picture As’. Choose a sensible place to save your file and you’re all done! Alternatively, hover your mouse over the image, right click your mouse and then select ‘Copy’. Next choose the destination for your image, right click your mouse and then select ‘Paste’. For Mac users To copy an image from a website simply move the mouse cursor over the image, then click and hold the mouse button down. From the popup menu that appears select ‘Download image to disk'. Choose a sensible place to save your file and you’re all done! Alternatively, move the mouse cursor over the image, then click and hold the mouse button down. From the popup men that appears, select ‘Copy image’. The image is then saved on your Mac's clipboard. Watch out for new TagTeacherNet profile features, and a new resource directory. Copyright TagTeacherNet 2000 |
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