We are not inventing the wheel.  We are taking what we have learned and adding our own personal twist as technology advances to use as a teaching tool.  Yet some think we have created the wheel and not realized we have only used stuff we have either been taught or viewed and then add our own little touch.  This is just basic psychology.  But as we create our ws and PowerPoints even if it is old materials being rehashed with a new twists it is actually opening our minds to expand our minds creating new synapsis in our mind which will eventually expand our next generation to use more of their brain.  It is already being shown scientifically.

 

As for saying I shouldn �t talk since I only have a few ws and PowerPoints uploaded.  I personnally don �t think most of my stuff is appropriate to post since they are mostly cut and paste jobs.  I download a lot of materials and then put them into their objective folders and when I need something open several of those documents and pull from a variety of sources to make a new one that will be more effective for the type of students are going to be in that class.  I work in several offices and schools and most don �t have internet access in them so download as much as possible and you can find me in the offices or on the subway pulling items from different ws or PowerPoints to make new ones to use in the different types of classes I teach.  I will pull a couple and post on here after making them more "original" with my own pictures to make my critics a little happier.

 

Nice book to read "The History of the Education System."    Here are some texts to view

 

Education is a political tool and has changed from one form to another over the decades/centuries.  Yet the real voices (the teachers) have been silent throughout most of these changes.  We are patted on the back for originality.  Can I really say what I have posted is original.  I don �t really think so.  All I did was use modern technology to update or combine lessons that have already been done and life experiences in a new format to reach the new generation.  The benefit is expanding my mind and those of our students to be able to use a larger portion of our brains as each generation arrives.  At one point in our evolution we only used the primal portion of our brain, next came basic grunts to words for communication, then came the written word.  From there we expanded and as we expanded we started using more of our brain functions.  Imagine what our children �s children will be in intelligence as we continue our expansion.  But as we grow we continue to use prior knowledge and experience to create materials to teach to the next generation.  So can we really call it original or use another more proper term?  We have expanded the old materials with as I like to call it "a new twist" to share what we are teaching to the next generation.

 

Lindsey as you may know we live on a world with different time zones.  I am seeking additional responses so I can gather additional information to formulate and re-evaluate my thoughts on the subjects I bring up.  Basically re-educating my thinking to be a better teacher.  I teach pre-school to university level students.  This discussion was actually initially brought up by one of my university classes, so seeking answers and other points of views on the subject before the next class begins.

If people increase the number of rules and if they keep asking for originality, the contributors will give up uploading here. 

And I don �t understand why some people even ask for the these things.......It sounds to me something like:People , common, upload some high quality wss here cos I NEED quality for my students(and I cannot make it) and I am so tired to see the same contributions every day. 

And how come people with hundred of thousands of points never ask for originality and difference, they just contribute....... 

@Bruna.....Dear, I invented the fire. Don�t tell anyone!

 

When a thread "vanishes" from the main page, if it interests people they will still engage in it clicking on the "hot topics" link that we find on the botton of the page.

 

If a thread doesn �t interest many people, sending it again and again to the main page won �t change that, I think you �ll get more and more aggressive responses.

 

But you don �t really care about that, do you?

 

Maybe I should ask the question using preschool English. 

 

Here is a list of the classes I teach from preschool to university:

Longman English Club preschool, primary

Beeno 1, 3 and 5

Hip Hip Hooray 1, 5

Side by Side 2, 3

Hong Kong English 5th grade (not in Hong Kong but the students are from there)

Inside out 2, 3 (middle and high school)

English in Mind 2, 3 (middle and high school)

high school (reading club)

AP World History 7th and 10th grade

IELTs Review

Overview Ethics and Philosophy of English teaching

History of Education (Western Views)