For teachers and by teachers

For teachers and by teachers

After surfing the internet for a week, reading here and there, I was still in a loss. I thought about our project ''a website for teachers and by teachers''. I like this logo which I had seen in one of many sites I've been browsing. All right! Let's do it.  There are arrays of sites dealing with teachers' issues. All I have to do is to ask Google so what is the difference?

There are these three questions that bother me ( how/ who/ why?)

How can we set up the website?

For whom is this website? (I know it is for teachers but what kind of teachers? all teachers, English teachers, Egyptians, Or is it for all teachers all over the world?

What is the purpose of this website?

I mean what is the vision of our website?

Hence, I asked myself and some of my colleagues this question (if there is a website for teachers, what do you want to see in it?  ) one of them said as a teacher I would like to find resources for my teaching ,  for how to be an effective teacher, how to deal with my students etc… that means professional development is the key issue for some of them.

For me I use Google when I search for something. However, it will be easy if there is a website where I can find what I want easily.

So what do I want? 

-I need to find information that can help me inside the classroom.

-What others do inside their classrooms or their experiences?

-What are the oldest and the newest theories of teaching?

-Some lesson plans for teachers in different countries.

-What are the curricula in other countries?

-How can I explore my students' creative sides?

-I need to find some activities, videos and worksheets

-Some stories from other teachers.

When I read some articles in Nelta Choutari , I liked them very much they share their visions with us . Sharing is the key word which we need to understand and adopt.So we need to evaluate the strengths, the weaknesses , the opportunities and  the threats  of our  project.

some useful links

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

Teaching Ideas and Resources

 http://teachers.net/chatboard/mission.html

 Teachers.Net was founded on four principles:

1. To allow our teacher-users to contribute the content and direct site development
2. To utilize the Internet to harness the collective intellect and wisdom of the worldwide teaching community
3. To minimize costs to the greatest extent possible through automation, and
4. To never charge teachers for using our resources

https://www.teachervision.com/ 

TeacherVision^® is dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 22,000 pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources. 

https://www.planboardapp.com/ 

                 524,079 lessons planned on Planboard. Join the 

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              Lesson planning made easy. Finally.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/blogs/index.html?intc=thed 

Education Week   professional development directory

A guide to PD resources

http://voices.yahoo.com/a-lesson-plan-adjectives-adults-learning-english-1957403.html?cat=16 

Top Five Lesson Plan Websites for K-12 Educators

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/ 

Teacher Resources, Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Activities

 https://www.planbook.com/