http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/07/05/share-my-lesson-a-free-online-portal-for-teachers-will-debut-this-summer-with-more-than-100000-user-generated-lessons/
Discussing education reform at
Stanford University last year, Randi Weingarten, president of the American
Federation of Teachers, asked of the audience: “You’re all technology people. Could
you actually help us?” Weingarten said she received one call—from Louise
Rogers, chief executive of TSL Education, a United Kingdom-based company that
operates an online network that lets teachers around the globe access, review,
and discuss lesson plans and other learning materials. The result of that call
is Share My Lesson, an online portal that teachers will be able to access free
of charge. It is expected to contain more than 100,000 user-generated materials
when it launches in August. “We’ve been trying to find a way to have teachers
be able to access information quickly, actively, and share with each other,”
Weingarten said. “It felt to me almost too good to be true, that some private
entity had created a platform for teachers to be able to share.” Share My
Lesson is expected to be the largest online resource for teachers in the U.S.,
and it comes at a time when cuts to education budgets have led many districts
to slash professional development. AFT and TSL have pledged $10 million to
develop and maintain the site.
eSchool News: ‘Share My Lesson,’ a free online portal for teachers, will debut this summer with more than 100,000 user-generated lessons
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