Teachers Pay Teachers...?
I received this e-mail in the past week, about a new company called Teacher Synergy, Inc.:
Dear Potential Teacher-Author,Isn't this interesting? I wrote the guy who sent the message (I don't include his address here to protect his privacy but if you want to reach him I will tell you how), and I told him this business model was of interest to me as a professional curiosity, but that I would also participate if anyone out there is interested in what I can offer. What I can offer would start with selections from Rhetoric for Engineers.
A group of teachers has developed a new model for educational publishing, one that has evolved over the past few months. Initially, we were going to review, edit and approve all submissions for our new website [this site was not yet activated as of this writing] called TEACHERSpayTEACHERS.com, a marketplace for original educational resources (lesson plans, lectures, examinations, worksheets, complete courses, thematic unit plans, projects, syllabi, etc.). What such a process does, though, is turn us into a dictator of style and substance, an idea to which we have become averse.
Therefore, we are instead creating an open marketplace that will be regulated by ratings and comments, sort of like eBay for teachers/professors and teacher-created materials. It will be ready in about six weeks. The exciting thing is that everyone (in K-12, higher and adult ed, either current, former or retired) who believes they create high quality materials can join, create a personal and professional profile, upload documents/products, write descriptions, set prices, manage their catalogs and access sales data. Essentially, you will be starting your own small businesses. The royalties rate is very high: 85%, to be paid on a quarterly basis, and teacher-authors will maintain the intellectual property rights to their work. Purchasers of products will receive instant downloads and will rate and write comments about their purchases. Eventually, the cream will rise to the top and the best teacher-authors will make the most money.
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posted by Ron @ 7:49 PM
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