Teaching in the digital age.
Book Lovers! Let's make a Bookstore!
Hi teachers,
I'm a longtime teacher and book lover. As teachers we buy loads of books but should get deeper discounts, I believe. So I've started an online 2.0 bookstore that I hope to promote across Ning and get teachers using and creating their own selections. Our own, teacher driven bookstore would give several benefits.
1. The power of numbers. The higher our level of purchases, the bigger the savings will become.
2. Selection. It is hard to find the right book. If we band together and we have a number of people adding recommended books in different categories, we can have our own quick library of REALLY GOOD books recommended by teachers -- not those whose interest is just to sell.
3. Convenience (as noted above) plus online shopping is safe, reliable and quick.
4. discussion. Networks can discuss books and reference quickly in the bookstore. It gets networks active -- book talk is great! It is the highest level of mental sparking!
5. $$$$ If teachers start using the bookstore and purchases are high enough, we get commissions and this will be fed back to each network. A great win - win.
So please take a look, let me know what you think. I'm looking for several teacher volunteers who love books, to start some Recommended Categories (see my own one started). Please message me if interested, I need your help!
thanks and let me know what you think.
David
"ex libris veritas"
http://efllclassroom.ning.com
I'm a longtime teacher and book lover. As teachers we buy loads of books but should get deeper discounts, I believe. So I've started an online 2.0 bookstore that I hope to promote across Ning and get teachers using and creating their own selections. Our own, teacher driven bookstore would give several benefits.
1. The power of numbers. The higher our level of purchases, the bigger the savings will become.
2. Selection. It is hard to find the right book. If we band together and we have a number of people adding recommended books in different categories, we can have our own quick library of REALLY GOOD books recommended by teachers -- not those whose interest is just to sell.
3. Convenience (as noted above) plus online shopping is safe, reliable and quick.
4. discussion. Networks can discuss books and reference quickly in the bookstore. It gets networks active -- book talk is great! It is the highest level of mental sparking!
5. $$$$ If teachers start using the bookstore and purchases are high enough, we get commissions and this will be fed back to each network. A great win - win.
So please take a look, let me know what you think. I'm looking for several teacher volunteers who love books, to start some Recommended Categories (see my own one started). Please message me if interested, I need your help!
thanks and let me know what you think.
David
"ex libris veritas"
http://efllclassroom.ning.com
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