The Teacher Wall is a website designed to act as a virtual teacher town square, where teachers across the country can talk about things that are important to them and answer questions like, "What is the biggest challenge you face in your classroom and how do you tackle it?" and "What is one thing you've done in the past year to make yourself a better teacher?" America's educators post their answers to the Teacher Wall, giving them the chance to interact with and learn from each other.
The site seems to be pretty popular, when it launched last month more than 3,000 teachers posted more than 8,000 videos, and that number is growing. The Teacher Wall also gives participating teachers the ability to share videos or comments on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, as well as via email.
On the home page (pictured above) you just see a huge collage of videos — each square represents an individual video — from teachers all over America sharing little snippets of advice.
If you're looking for something specific, you can pick one of the nine questions that are currently trending... right now, those are:
- If you could change one thing about American education, what would it be?
- Where do you go to get feedback on your performance as a teacher and why?
- What has been your greatest success as a teacher?
- What is the biggest challenge you face in your classroom? How do you tackle it?
- What is the best thing about teaching?
- What is one thing you’ve done in the past year to make yourself a better teacher?
- What words of advice would you give a new teacher?
- How do you introduce high expectations for your students and encourage their highest level of success?
- What is one thing about teaching that would surprise people outside the profession?
Another neat feature of the site is the ability to search by zip code, allowing teachers to see what other teachers in their area are saying.
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