TEACHER TESTIMONIALS
B.: "YOU made me "Teacher of the Year" today. You wowed them until they were speechless. Halfway through the presentation, I looked around and some were staring at the screen with their mouths wide open. One sitting next to me said, "This is like a spiritual experience." After your presentation, we had to go back to the staff meeting, but, as soon as it was over, I saw several rushing to their rooms to set up their accounts. I can't thank you enough; you did a fabulous job and made me look so good. I will stay in touch and let you know what is happening. Thank you once again."
J. Warren, Grade 4-6 Learning Center Director: "Thanks for passing along the sentence strip tip. TeachingMadeEasier did make my life easier just before the holidays when a frantic homeroom mom needed a last minute BINGO game for a class Christmas party. We entered a list of words and generated all the BINGO cards needed for the party just in time. What a lifesaver!"
J. Drake: "Love the site!"
C. Meara: "I am trying to get our school to buy the program. I have really enjoyed using it. The older grades were really grooving on it."
Joyce A., MD, Grade 1: "My parent conference was in 30 minutes----I knew that in 5 minutes time and a simple click of the "mouse" I could have Bingo, Concentration, Go Fish, Old Maids, and flashcards to present to my parent for at-home help. I sat at my computer to do this task and for some unknown reason I could not log on TeachingMadeEasier. At first I panicked, then I simply e-mailed for help with my password and user name. I had an answer in seconds. But still no luck. I called TeachingMadeEasier for help. I had a response in minutes. I was given help as to what to do and, before my conference arrived, had all the activities I had planned on giving the parent. Teaching is made easier-since discovering you. Thanks so much."
A. White: "I use it all of the time. I think it's the greatest thing to help with the reading groups that we need to keep going every day in our classrooms."
J. Holen, Northern MN: "I cannot stop talking about this site to all the teachers I know. I would like to know more about the 15-minute presentation. Thanks!"
M. Ceballos: "This great web site is very helpful. Making flashcards is a snap. I am able to custom-make cards for students who have just a few to learn. I just signed up for it and love it. I find it is already worth the money. You might enjoy checking out all the great features they have. It is great!!"
J. Neff: "THANKS for the Bingo tips. They sound great!"
H. Berkshire: "Thanks!! These (Bingo tips) will come in VERY handy."
R. Newell: "Thanks for all your wonderful tips on making learning easier, they really have helped!!!!!"
R. Zimmerman, W. Seneca, NY: "Thank you so much for the wonderful video presentation, especially for your quick & helpful responses to accommodate us on such short notice. It's amazing what can be done through technology these days. The teachers were very excited to try out the program and so far all I have received was positive feedback. And, you should know, the feedback was from a wide variety of educators in our school: Music Teachers, the Art Teacher, the Reading Teachers (of course), the Speech teacher, Librarian, etc., as well as the regular ed. teachers and our principal. You truly have developed a program that makes teaching easier."
N. Ruiz: "My teachers are really excited about this program - even teachers that I have never seen motivated are now motivated and using your program. Thanks for your continued
interest."
S. Winans, VA: "Hello and thank you. This is the most awesome web site!!! I am having a blast!"
C. Herbin, Chesterfield, VA:
"During new teacher training, when I first transferred to CCPS, the instructors were giving rave reviews about TeachingMadeEasier."
M. Felker, Preston, CT:
"There has been positive feedback from the teachers at my school about your website. I love it! Thanks!"
K. Gerber, Erie, PA:
"I was so impressed that I've already subscribed for a year. I wasted no time in making a few activities for the first day of school, too."
K. Wright: "I did give a presentation to the teachers in my school using Diann's password (it shows so much more than the demo). I have some teachers that are very interested and one for sure wants to buy in. I am still amazed at how quick everything comes up, and the saved list option is a real time-saver."
B. Jones, Houston, TX: "Thank you for the demo…the teachers were excited about the possibilities they saw. In a bilingual school, giving teachers equal access in Spanish is a dream come true! Again, thanks for your time and support -- AND for all of the helpful hints you've given me. I'm getting ready for a faculty bingo game to go with our first faculty meeting of the year -- the TGIFaculty Meeting."
A. Peterson, Decatur, GA: "My son's teacher recommended it as a homework support
tool."
S. Sulivan, Sarasota, FL: "I am so relieved... TeachingMadeEasier has lessened my workload tremendously! THANK YOU SO MUCH!"
N. Frey, PA:
"I need a computer program to teach my grandchildren their spelling words. Something where I can enter their words each week and they can practice them -- to learn how to spell them."
L. Stader: "Teachers are using the site. I have heard good comments…I have been getting with each grade level to give them the opportunity to use, share ideas and experiment with the site. Everyone likes the idea that they can use TeachingMadeEasier from home."
D. Miller: "I have recently graduated but, while I was a student teacher, I wanted to impress my master teacher. TeachingMadeEasier definitely helped me do that. In fact, I impressed her so much with the materials I was creating, she asked me how I was making such things and ended up purchasing a membership for herself."
R. Smith: "As a parent of 3, I am very busy. Until now, I was constantly looking for new ways to challenge my children. Discovering TeachingMadeEasier has been absolutely wonderful for us. I now print out activities for my kids to do in the car and do on the weekends. I mostly use their weekly spelling words to create the activities. This reinforces their learning as well as my confidence that they are getting enough repetition of using these words."
L. Mayo: "TeachingMadeEasier has given me SO MUCH MORE FREE TIME to focus on each of my student's academic needs! I DON'T know how I survived without it!"
D. Redmond:
"Being my first year in the profession, I felt overwhelmed. TeachingMadeEasier has GREATLY reduced my stress level by creating fun and educational activities for my students. Thank you so much!"
M. Martinez: "I live in a very transient area and receive students of ALL academic levels! Having TeachingMadeEasier as a consistent resource has made it tremendously easy to challenge EVERY student!"
E. Gant: "Being a substitute teacher, I find it a bit difficult to keep everyone's attention. I've discovered that if I go into the classroom with my own fun yet educational activities, keeping students attentive is MUCH easier. TeachingMadeEasier provides me with so many activities that I use."
M. Young: "I was a bit skeptical about homeschooling (whether or not I would provide the right-leveled work for my child). Once I got a hold of TeachingMadeEasier, my worries were OVER! I now have challenging activities for my son as he continually progresses! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!"
G. Kite: "TME is a MUST-HAVE teaching tool for reading! It creates such a variety of activities, which has peaked the interest of every single one of my reading groups!"
Hot websites Teaching Pre K - 8; Norwalk; Nov/Dec 2002; Linda Lindroth
Abstract: Lindroth describes several Web sites that focus on standards and achievement and that can assist teachers in deciphering the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Web site edstandards.org/standards.html categorizes links to state and national standards by subject area and by state. The Web site www.archive.org is a comprehensive database of research and information on academic standards.
Teaching Is Easy www.teachingiseasy.com (a.k.a. www.TeachingMadeEasier.com) - "Here's an online tool that seems to do it all when it comes to saving valuable teacher preparation time. It allows you to take control of the content in your teaching materials and create engaging manipulatives to use in centers or as take-home materials. Once you log into the database, the possibilities are endless. You can create activities using letters, numbers, pictures, words or activity masters. You have the option of entering your own words or using the database of the more than 130,000 words organized into different content categories. You can even select words in eight different languages or select from more than 1,400 pictures and create ESL picture cards for current vocabulary. Activities include bingo, dictionary and flash cards, books, ABC order, concentration boards, cubes, puzzle cards, pocket chart cards and game boards. Print out your creations or save the list to add to or print out later. This great tool for individualized instruction is wonderfully priced at only $29.95 a year."
Linda Lindroth is a K-5 Technology Teacher, a Teaching Editor and Website Coordinator for Teaching K-8. E-mail: Linda@TeachingK-8.com
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