If you have been enjoying too much sun and sand this summer and have left it too late to plan for your new classes in September then these 5 blog posts will save your start to a new academic year.
Here is the second site and I guess I talk quite a bit about this or have done in the past but I think if you are not a member of this community as a teacher then you must be mad!
What is the Partners in Learning Network?
Here is the official blurb:
“Microsoft Partners in Learning is a 10-year, $500M global initiative aimed at supporting schools’ and educators’ use of technology to help every student receive an excellent education and gain the skills they need in work and life.
With governments, academic institutions and NGOs, Partners in Learning has invested in a comprehensive research program, the creation of vibrant community of education stakeholders, and specific educator and school programs to improve teaching and learning and optimize the use of technology within pedagogy. Thus far, the program has trained more than 9 million educators and reached more than 190 million students in 114 countries.”
Here is a crazy chicken dressing teachers’ unofficial blurb:
I have had so many amazing opportunities, amazing times in my classroom and so have so many of the teachers that I work with as a result of joining the network. If I am still not convincing you then you really have to read this new article from Merlin John on his website, I am sure once you read it you would agree that is worth the couple of minutes it takes to sign up:
You can join Microsoft’s 4 million-strong Partners in Learning Network, which includes teachers from 107 countries, and free downloads of resources, by signing up here: http://uk.partnersinlearningnetwork.com/Pages/default.aspx
What do you think?