Hello
To whom it may concern,
Thank you for this site, it has been a great help for use within a course module we are undertaking at the moment. We are offering ICT tuition as part of a work related Learning 4 Module of an Applied Computing, Foundation Degree course in our final year and semester.
Your material hits the mark for us. It will greatly help the organisation and staff to whom we are offering ICT support on a voluntary basis.
Thanks again,
Mark Bowers and Johnny Wan
Mark Bowers and Johnny Wan, March 2012
Hi from Michael, Shanghai
Dear Ms. Harnew,
I’m an English teacher in Shanghai, China. I recently found your website, and I have found soooooooooooo many good materials here, and my students like them…
The website is amazing and the materials are really impressive!
I saw your picture on the website. I noticed that there is a Chinese calligraphy with your name on it which is hanging on the wall. I assume that you must had been to China before. I respect that what you have done for this website over the past ten years, you are a great lady.
Thank you for your astounding work, and God bless you and your family.
Best regards,
Michael Guo, December 2011
Fantastic resources
I am supporting schools and training providers in delivering functional skills and have just stumbled upon your brilliant website.
At the moment I just want to leave a comment saying how fantastic the resources are and thanking people for their generosity. In the future I hope I will be able to persuade teachers to upload and share their resources.
Philippa Beagley, October 2011
Wow!
Wow, what a truly inspirational story (History of Skillsworkshop). I assumed it was owned by a large conglomerate in a similar way to Skillswise, etc.
I personally think it’s one of the most useful, invaluable resource banks available online.
Thank you!!!
Susan Vickers, October 2011
Hugely appreciated
Thanks for the excellent service and downloadable resources, all are hugely appreciated.
The site helps takes the strain when I am looking for consistently good quality materials for my maths groups. The user friendliness of the site means I can even have a good chance of matching resources to individual learners in a timely manner.
I aim to upload some resources of my own in the future. Please carry on with the good work.
Steve Killigrew, September 2011
Wonderful job
Thanks Maggie,
It’s an absolutely wonderful job that you do. I hope that in the future I might be able to hand over some tried and tested resources for Functional Maths.
All the Essential Skills tutors in [Strode] college are of the same opinion. Even if we don’t just pick up a session quite as presented, the site is brimming with ideas, information and handouts that stimulate, inspire and save loads of time!
We are indebted to you and all those who contribute.
Kindest regards,
Margy Cockburn, September 2011
Ease of using the new site
Although I’ve written before, I wanted to say another thank you.
I couldn’t remember where I’d downloaded some useful resources but had the author’s name (Margaret Lagoyianni – thank you Margaret!). It was so easy to go to contributors and find what I needed. I’m not sure if the old site had this facility, but I’m glad this one does.
Thanks once again for all the hard work that went into the revamp.
Kind regards
Gill Kanga, June 2011
Congratulations
I’d just like to reiterate the comments Judith made in March. I think whoever was responsible for designing the new site should be commended!
The resources have always been great, but they are much easier to find and the whole look of the website is fresh and uncluttered. A big thank you!
Kind regards
Gill Kanga, May 2011
The new site
The new site is amazing. It took me a while to navigate but, as soon as I found the right buttons to click, I was really impressed by the speed, clarity and suggested links. On the old site I had to trawl through a load of resources which were not appropriate for either the subject I was researching, or the level of teaching.
Yes, it is different from the brightly coloured old site, but so clean and fresh and you can search for a particular subject and level very easily.
Maggie does a fantastic job with this site. How many people would spend so much time on a project, voluntarily, to assist a cause that she is passionate about; adult literacy and numeracy.
I wrote the Readwell Road stories. Lots of you have downloaded them and have used them in your teaching. I hope you have found them both useful and enjoyable. Maggie inspired me to publish them as books. I am pleased that she gave me that encouragement. I would not have done it otherwise.
Thank you Maggie for all you have done for tutors in adult education.
Linda Hoole, March 2011
Resources are so much easier to find...
Hi Maggie,
I just wanted to say how much I like the new Skillworkshop site. Resources are so much easier to find with the clear, coloured tabs at the top of the home page and the drop-down choices under each section – I can find my way to the section I want so much faster than on the old site. The ‘more like this’ and ‘see also’ options are a real help.
The money you won from your well-deserved award has been put to really good use!
Thanks again for all the resources I’ve downloaded over the years.
Judith White, March 2011