The rationale behind some worksheets which seem to be so simple and take five minutes to produce being downloaded 100 times and other worksheets which are elaborate and have taken hours to make and yet only having a handful of downloads is just a simple result of market forces.

People download things because they think it is useful and usefulness and effort of production are not necessarily compatible.  After all in real life, the simplest and least complicated inventions are usually the best.

I personally would not download these stickers, but that is my choice.  But obviously many teachers have downloaded them because they feel they could use them.

The comment about the site being for creative teachers is indeed an extremely subjective one.  One man �s grafitti is another man �s art.  just because a worksheet is elaborate and takes a long time to put together does not make it any more creative than the person who originated the smiley.

I absolutely agree that stickers shouldn �t be removed, mena. For me they are an absolutly indispensable tool!

darryl_cameron: I don �t know with what age group you work with, but I work with little children and, believe me, they become really motivated if they know that they become a sticker if they get one correct answer in a game, for example. They try harder when doing the task. I really don �t see how this can have "a negative effect on learning in the longer term"! My experience tells me exactly the opposite!! Competition is also not always a bad thing! Students can learn to work together (if playing in a team) and learn to lose in a game. Of course sometimes they don �t