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
