Teacher's Vault Blog

E-mailing Large Files?

2006-11-08T19:44:00.000-05:00

Have you ever needed to send large files to someone, but your email service could not handle the file size?

If so, check out www.yousendit.com. This website allows users to send up to 100MB for free! It is excellent for sending large power point presentations, word documents, photos, and more.

Simple and easy to use. Try it yourself.

Google For Educators

2006-10-17T14:46:00.000-04:00

Google recently released Google For Educators, a comprehensive listing of how to incorporate 12 of Google's products into the classroom.

"Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is one of the ways we're working to bolster that support and explore how Google and educators can work together."

With ideas for using Google Earth, Google Video and Blogger, it's definitely worth checking out.

Borders Books Savings

2006-10-05T13:53:00.000-04:00

Borders is offering 25% off your purchase for classroom or personal use from October 12 - 17. All you need to do to take advantage of this savings is bring proof of educator status with you to the store. You can view more details of this special offer by visiting their website.

Selling Yourself

2006-09-10T20:13:00.000-04:00

teachnet.com has an excellent article on how to create the ultimate teaching portfolio. Whether you're a veteran or just starting out in your career, the portfolio is a key element in a teacher's self-promotion and self-evaluation. Some good tips to consider when creating your online portfolio here at Teacher's Vault.

Selling Yourself: Creating the Ultimate Teaching/Interview Portfolio

Official Launch

2006-08-27T21:20:00.000-04:00

Well, after months of planning and development, Teacher's Vault has officially launched. We are very excited to be offering the service to both educators and school districts, and hope that both groups find it extremely useful and beneficial.

Throughout the week we'll be sending out launch notification to those who requested it at the website, as well as to school districts and college professors with some special offers to take advantage of. We also have a press release to draft, among other things, so our work is far from finished. We've also already began working on new features to be released in the future, so don't expect the intial version to be the last. Our goal is to continually improve upon what we have built, and make Teacher's Vault the defacto standard for posting and finding education jobs in the US.

If you're already using Teacher's Vault, and encounter any problems or issues, please let us know immediately by utilizing our contact form. Feedback from you, the users, will help us to continually improve your experience while using Teacher's Vault.

Beta Closing Friday

2006-08-15T22:01:00.000-04:00

Our private beta will be wrapping up this Friday, August 18th. We would like to thank everyone who assisted us in testing our pre-release version of Teacher's Vault.

Of course, with the beta ending, that can only mean one thing. We're planning on launching within the next week or two, depending on how long it takes to wrap up a few finishing touches. Look for a full on launch around September 1st.

Private Beta Has Launched

2006-07-23T20:49:00.000-04:00

After three months of initial development, we have officially launched the private beta of Teacher's Vault for educators. This is a huge milestone for a web app that started as a casual phone conversation in early April. We are still seeking a few additional testers for this phase of our development. If you are a current or future educator, and would be interested in joining the beta test, send an email to beta@teachersvault.com for more info.

Development continues on Teacher's Vault for school districts as we prepare for our official launch. If you are involved in the hiring process at a school district and would like to be notified when we lauch, please send an email to launch@teachersvault.com to be added to our list.