Saturday, 19 April 2008
Display Photos Back Online!
I have now completed the transfer to a new photo system, so Display Photos is back online.
There are hundreds of displays, ideas and tips online, so I hope that they are useful. If you would like to contributed a display of your own, please email it to me. Thanks!
Display Photos is currently offline.
Having experienced a number of technical problems with the site over the past week, I have decided to move to a new gallery system. I am currently testing the new system and hope to have it up and running very soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Mark
I'm keen to find out what you think about the organisation of the ideas and resources on Teaching Ideas. I've been spending lots of time over the past year shuffling things around on the contents pages within each subject area. Some of the pages have been split (to save you having to scroll down enormous pages), and lots of subheadings have been added to split the resources up into smaller sections. Has this been useful?
I would be really interested in hearing your thoughts about finding material on Teaching Ideas. Can you get to the sections you want quickly and easily? Does it take you a while to find your way around? Do you have an idea for making things clearer?
Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments area, or email me at mark@teachingideas.co.uk. Thanks!
Calling all budding scriptwriters who work in education!
Following the success of Staffroom Monologues 2007, Teachers TV are delighted to announce a national competition in association with the National Union of Teachers to find the best screenwriters of the staffroom.
School staff who are budding screenwriters or simply have an interesting story to tell can win the chance of having their script performed by a well known actor for a special Teachers TV series, Staffroom Monologues. As part of their prize, five winning writers will be invited to see their monologue being filmed or recorded for broadcast by Teachers TV later in the year. The deadline for entries is midnight on 25 March 2008.
This years Writer Judge will be Ashley Pharoah the British television writer, co-creator of the successful drama series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes..
I think this competition is a great way for people who work at the coal-face of education to tell the rest of us about it and I'm really looking forward to seeing what people come up with. I remember my own school days very clearly, a time of argument and wonder, friendship and plotting, tears and laughter. All life was there, a writer's dream. And then you got to go home on a bus. Happy scribbling!"
To enter, budding script writers that work in education (paid or voluntary) are asked to submit a single character fictional monologue of between 800 and 1,000 words by 25 March 2008 on any aspect of school life from the perspective of someone who works in a school. For help and inspiration and to enter please visit www.teachers.tv/monologues
There are hundreds of displays, ideas and tips online, so I hope that they are useful. If you would like to contributed a display of your own, please email it to me. Thanks!
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Display Photos
Display Photos is currently offline.
Having experienced a number of technical problems with the site over the past week, I have decided to move to a new gallery system. I am currently testing the new system and hope to have it up and running very soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Mark
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Your Feedback - Finding Ideas and Resources
I'm keen to find out what you think about the organisation of the ideas and resources on Teaching Ideas. I've been spending lots of time over the past year shuffling things around on the contents pages within each subject area. Some of the pages have been split (to save you having to scroll down enormous pages), and lots of subheadings have been added to split the resources up into smaller sections. Has this been useful?
I would be really interested in hearing your thoughts about finding material on Teaching Ideas. Can you get to the sections you want quickly and easily? Does it take you a while to find your way around? Do you have an idea for making things clearer?
Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments area, or email me at mark@teachingideas.co.uk. Thanks!
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Teachers TV Staffroom Monologues Competition
Calling all budding scriptwriters who work in education!
Following the success of Staffroom Monologues 2007, Teachers TV are delighted to announce a national competition in association with the National Union of Teachers to find the best screenwriters of the staffroom.
School staff who are budding screenwriters or simply have an interesting story to tell can win the chance of having their script performed by a well known actor for a special Teachers TV series, Staffroom Monologues. As part of their prize, five winning writers will be invited to see their monologue being filmed or recorded for broadcast by Teachers TV later in the year. The deadline for entries is midnight on 25 March 2008.
This years Writer Judge will be Ashley Pharoah the British television writer, co-creator of the successful drama series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes..
I think this competition is a great way for people who work at the coal-face of education to tell the rest of us about it and I'm really looking forward to seeing what people come up with. I remember my own school days very clearly, a time of argument and wonder, friendship and plotting, tears and laughter. All life was there, a writer's dream. And then you got to go home on a bus. Happy scribbling!"
To enter, budding script writers that work in education (paid or voluntary) are asked to submit a single character fictional monologue of between 800 and 1,000 words by 25 March 2008 on any aspect of school life from the perspective of someone who works in a school. For help and inspiration and to enter please visit www.teachers.tv/monologues
Monday, 18 February 2008
List of Teaching Ideas
Luke Watkinson (from www.teachinglinks.co.uk) has set up a very useful list of teaching ideas which can be used across the curriculum. You can view these at:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dg3mtjfp_12fq9wkn&pli=1
If anyone is able to add any new ideas to the list, contact Luke (view the document for his contact details) and he'll give you permission to edit the list.
I've just set up a new site at www.teachr.co.uk.
It's intended to be a single place which gives you easy access to:
* the latest teaching news (from the BBC / Guardian / Primary Teacher UK),
* lots of useful teaching links,
* the latest posts in education forums,
* a search engine which finds ideas and resources on a selection of high quality education resource sites.
I would really like to hear what people think of it. Is it useful to you? Can you think of other useful sections / links to add?
Thanks,
Mark
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dg3mtjfp_12fq9wkn&pli=1
If anyone is able to add any new ideas to the list, contact Luke (view the document for his contact details) and he'll give you permission to edit the list.
Monday, 11 February 2008
teachr.co.uk
I've just set up a new site at www.teachr.co.uk.It's intended to be a single place which gives you easy access to:
* the latest teaching news (from the BBC / Guardian / Primary Teacher UK),
* lots of useful teaching links,
* the latest posts in education forums,
* a search engine which finds ideas and resources on a selection of high quality education resource sites.
I would really like to hear what people think of it. Is it useful to you? Can you think of other useful sections / links to add?
Thanks,
Mark
Monday, 31 December 2007
Teaching Ideas Update - 31st December 2007
Here's a copy of my recent update message for those who don't subscribe the mailing list:
Hi,
It's holiday time for me here in the UK, so I've been able to add a lot of new material to Teaching Ideas, and make a few other changes...
New Ideas and Resources - Take a look at the new content, including Jailbreak (a super cross-curricular Maths and ICT activity), Adjective Alphabet (a simple way of collecting adjectives for your written work), and lots of new printables in the Maths and Classroom Management sections. Look at the New Ideas page to see what's been added recently. Don't forget the new photos on the Display Photos site, or the new messages in the Teaching Forum too. Thank you to the contributors.
Organisation - Teaching Ideas continues to grow quickly, so I've been tidying things up a little lately. The contents pages have been re-organised, and some things have been moved to a new location. I hope that this makes things easier to find, but I realise that there are some areas that could still do with a spring clean!
Quick Contributions - As I'm a full-time teacher, it's difficult to add new ideas and contributions as quickly as I would like to be able to. However, at the bottom of each of the contents pages, there is now a new 'Submit an Idea' form. This allows you to add one of your own fantastic lesson ideas, which will appear on the same page once it is moderated (normally within 24 hours). Any ideas submitted using these forms may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date, so please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to).
Of course, you can still contribute ideas and resources using the Share Your Ideas form, or by email.
Happy Birthday! - I started Teaching Ideas in 1998 while I was at university training to be a teacher. So, 2008 is the tenth birthday of the site. It's hard to believe that it's been going for 10 years. The site has grown enormously because of the numerous contributions from kind teachers all around the world, so THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time to share their ideas, support the site, or send feedback since then. I'm incredibly proud of what Teaching Ideas has achieved, and I hope to continue working on it for another ten years at least!
Happy New Year, and Best Wishes for 2008.
Hi,
It's holiday time for me here in the UK, so I've been able to add a lot of new material to Teaching Ideas, and make a few other changes...
New Ideas and Resources - Take a look at the new content, including Jailbreak (a super cross-curricular Maths and ICT activity), Adjective Alphabet (a simple way of collecting adjectives for your written work), and lots of new printables in the Maths and Classroom Management sections. Look at the New Ideas page to see what's been added recently. Don't forget the new photos on the Display Photos site, or the new messages in the Teaching Forum too. Thank you to the contributors.
Organisation - Teaching Ideas continues to grow quickly, so I've been tidying things up a little lately. The contents pages have been re-organised, and some things have been moved to a new location. I hope that this makes things easier to find, but I realise that there are some areas that could still do with a spring clean!
Quick Contributions - As I'm a full-time teacher, it's difficult to add new ideas and contributions as quickly as I would like to be able to. However, at the bottom of each of the contents pages, there is now a new 'Submit an Idea' form. This allows you to add one of your own fantastic lesson ideas, which will appear on the same page once it is moderated (normally within 24 hours). Any ideas submitted using these forms may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date, so please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to).
Of course, you can still contribute ideas and resources using the Share Your Ideas form, or by email.
Happy Birthday! - I started Teaching Ideas in 1998 while I was at university training to be a teacher. So, 2008 is the tenth birthday of the site. It's hard to believe that it's been going for 10 years. The site has grown enormously because of the numerous contributions from kind teachers all around the world, so THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time to share their ideas, support the site, or send feedback since then. I'm incredibly proud of what Teaching Ideas has achieved, and I hope to continue working on it for another ten years at least!
Happy New Year, and Best Wishes for 2008.
Mark Warner
