Hi!

Thanks to Ann for setting up the blog! Thanks to her as well, more and more teachers here are using blogs successfully with classes, we'll see where this one goes. I suggested it because I set to wondering how the brilliant new active desktop could become more interactive; this might be one way if we use it to flag up new materials saved in shared files/ask for help etc. If you've never posted on a blog before, help will be at hand, we're aiming to offer some "blog buddies" - people who can sit down with you to help you get a feel for blogs and blogging, and start posting. Let Ann or me (Anne; we like to keep things simple!) know and we'll arrange it.

Hi everyone!

Although I've technically set up this blog, I want to make it clear it's not mine but rather a space which everyone at the centre has equal rights to (and, hopefully, writes to).

The idea was originally Anne's (L). She thought that a blog could be more effective than the News section of the Teachers' Guide in letting people know what's going on: it's easier to update, everyone can access it easily and each post comes with a date so you know what's current or has passed its sell by date.

The rest is up to all of us to make of it what we will.

So here's my first contribution for those of you have classes of C1 and above, age 15 and above:



Get your students to watch the video and then discuss with them what they think makes a good or a bad teacher. If you've set up a class blog with them, they can make postings saying what they think there.