[senco-forum] valuing the forum

Many people have written on this theme before but in view of two recent
mails where people felt the forum was of no value to them and had a high
volume of messages...

Yes there is high volume.  There are also subject titles and a delete
button.

Over the years I have found that sifting through messages and picking the
ones that relate to my work of IMMENSE value.  It takes time (something any
teacher is always short of) but without the forum I would have missed
essential information that I have taken into school and directly applied to
my teaching.

I have passed on information to colleagues.

The forum has been invaluable as a place to ask questions.  Responses are
many, varied, helpful and highly professional.

Without the forum I would not have had the opportunity, for example, to
learn of Martin Miles (co-author of Acceleread Accelewrite - now one of our
core resources), Ruth Newbury, Jamie Munro, Ian Litterick and ianSYST, Eddie
Carron (Electronic Library) and many other well-informed and helpful
people.  We have Alphasmarts in school as the forum convinced me they are
worth having.  Two Year 6 boys have had their lives changed by these.

The forum is a fantastic resource.

Philippa