For teachers by teachers
What is it?
Linked2Teach is a platform for teachers where they can see what is going on in other classrooms around the world through themed pinboards and gain inspiration. When a teacher logs in they can immediately search for terms related to the field the are in, the age of their students or the year.
When they find something that could provide inspiration for their own lessons, teachers can then add to their folders for reference or simply click the heart button to like it. Images with higher numbers of likes or saves are automatically moved to the top of search results. Educators can also add images of their own lesson ideas.
Why is it cool?
With the ease of technology, teachers can now expand their circle and collaborate with teachers worldwide. So in this way they are not limited by getting information from teachers only they know, now they can see what is happening in other countries and they might learn from that. And when a teacher notices that his class is doing well, he can share his manner of teaching and explaining so that other teachers can try if it works with them.
I think it is important that knowledge is spread over the world, and the level of teaching has to be the same everywhere in the future so that everyone is treated the same and every child is learning the same important things. Linked2Teach could be the basis of a quick and easy tool for education professionals to glean what’s going on around the world and gain inspiration.