TES Connect, the world’s largest professional teaching community on the web, saw a record five million classroom resources downloaded in March from its teaching resource bank www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources – equivalent to a single resource downloaded every 2 seconds.
- A record five million classroom resources were downloaded by teachers in March 2011, from TES Connect
- That is equivalent to a single resource downloaded every 2 seconds.
- Teaching materials themed around Red Nose Day were the most popular resources downloaded by teachers during this period
- Other popular themes were Easter, Top 10 Behaviour tips and resources based on a better understanding of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
- TES Resources is now one of the world’s largest collections of teaching resources with over 60,000 free teaching resources available
Bill Donoghue, Managing Director of TSL Education said, “This is another major milestone in the development of TES Resources and a huge endorsement of our significant investment in Digital technologies for the teaching community. The landmark achievement is even more significant when you consider, the majority of our teaching resources have been contributed by teachers for teachers and fits with our ethos of helping to share best practice and raise standards of education in the classroom”.
