TeachNet

This weeks article is a review of the webpage Teachnet.com (http://www.teachnet.com/). TeachNet.Com's slogan is "Smart Tools for Busy Teachers". It is a web page that is designed to help teachers manage in the class room. It is divided into 10 categories which can be accessed from the main page. These include: Lesson Ideas; How-to; Take 5 Activities; Teacher-2-Teacher; Resources and Links; Sponsors; Partners; Contributors; Search; and Contact Teachnet.

The Lesson Ideas page contains ideas for many lessons that a teacher could use for all the typical subjects such as art, maths, and science, as well as other lesson ideas for parents, classroom-to-classroom, and internet lessons. For example, the science section has a subsection giving detailed lessons that could be given for physics. Each leason has a indicator describing what grade the lesson is aimed at, an overview of what the lesson teaches, and exactly how the lesson can be taught. The physics section contains various lessons, including "Cause and Effect", "Water Displacement", "Speed of Sound", "Physics 12", "Alternating Climate in the Classroom", and more. This section of the page is great for teachers looking for ideas and inspiration for their lessons, and instructions in the lessons are quite clear and helpful.

The How-To section of Teachnet.com contains several topics of interest for many teachers - how-to's for things in the classroom. The topics include: classroom decor; classroom management; getting organized; classroom P.R; Back-to-School; and End of year. Each of these sections is broken down into additional categories. For example, the classroom management section contains the following sub-categories: general classroom management tips; dealing with tardiness; classroom chores; what clasroom teachers can do to increase attendance; advantage learning gives you a break; bathroom breaks; starting the day tips, and more. Each sub-section is quite informative and shows great innovation. For example, the "Keeping kids in the classroom" article has the following piece of advice: "One tactic that works with students who haven't given up on themselves as learners is to call parents the first time they skip and require a parent-student-teacher conference the second and subsequent times. That forces the families to either try harder or to give up. Although this sounds rather harsh, the parents should understand if you explain that in some cases schools are learning war zones in which students can be casualties. It is important to make sure these students are not left by the way side to give up on themselves. And this policy makes sure parents are aware of the problem and make a conscious effort with their children to either attend, learn and achieve or to deliberately become a disheartening statistic."

The best feature of Teachnet.com is their Teacher-2-Teacher service.

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