As stated on the homepage, "Every month, classroom management gurus Harry & Rosemary Wong publish a new collection of classroom strategies and approaches designed to help teachers - new and seasoned - master the routine matters that can consume so much of a teacher's time. Read the Wongs' articles each month, and if you're lucky enough to see Harry at one of his speaking engagements around the country, thank him for his generous contributions to teachers everywhere."
Be aware that although their blog is supposedly free, finding the blog may be difficult as it appears the website has changed.
Type of Material:
Social Networking Tool
Recommended Uses:
The products might be used as self-paced learning.
Technical Requirements:
The webpage is browser based.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The purpose of this site is to sell their products. The user might find some interesting/useful information.
User can gain insight into tips from educators about classroom management.
Target Student Population:
The website is designed for teachers of Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division and pre-teachers.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
An interest in teaching and learning is recommended.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The website authors are The Wongs who according to their website "have written the best selling self-published book ever in education. Over 2 million copies of The First Days of School have been sold. They have also produced the video series The Effective Teacher, which won the Telly Award for being the best educational staff development video of the past twenty years." (and there are more awards)
With the above information we are assuming that the information will present correct models and skills for teaching and learning.
The materials above are listed with purchase prices on the website.
Links take user to updated website with audio, video, and text resources for educators of all levels. Newsletter can be downloaded for free. Most of these promotional materials can be purchased. Section with free resources is still being developed.
Concerns:
The 'free news articles" no longer seems to be available, although they might be found at any of these other links which are found on the website homepage.
Questions submitted to Kathleen Carpenter at kathleen@teachers.net, will be considered by the Wongs for responses in future monthly columns in the Teachers.Net Gazette.
Although we can assume the materials are of good quality, we cannot assume the effectiveness without purchasing the materials which include videos and books. If the news articles were still available, we might be able to determine how effective the products would be for effectiveness as a teaching tool
The objective is to provide educators with knowledge/skills to be more effective. Topics include: classroom management, student acheivement, elearning, and a safe learning environment.
Concerns:
Effectiveness is impossible to determine without making a purchase.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
If the user in interested in purchasing books and/or videos from award winning authors with educational backgrounds, they will find the products front and center on the linked website https://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html
Easy to use. Materials would be insightful for pre-service teacher and teacher educator use.
Concerns:
The material linked website does not deliver what is promised, there is no longer a "gazette' although if the /wong.html is removed from the end of the link, the user is directed to https://gazette.teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/december-2017/ where a database error is received.
Looking further, removing the gazette/wong.html will take the user to what may be a more useful website. https://teachers.net/
Most materials require a purchase.
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