Welcome to the new BikeWithMe Message Board

May 5, 2009

I extend a hearty welcome to all teachers who are viewing this posting.
You are in an area of this new message board which is only for teachers.

This special area, for the immediate future, is the place to share and collect
ideas on not only how to make this new message board as helpful as possible
but also to share ideas on how to make contests even more motivating.

The goal of this message board and the entire BikeWithMe site, as it has been
since the beginning, is to help people of all ages to become more active.

This message board is "full-featured" and offers many possibilities to
enhance not only the Active Lifestyle contests but also can be used to enhance
teaching math with the contest graphs.

So as a teacher, if you would consider posting whatever ideas you have concerning
how to make these contests run more effectively please do not hesitate.
You may post anonymously if you prefer.

To kick things off, here are two examples:

1. Have a private messaging forum for the students in a single class so they can plan
their exercising together and discuss math homework.

2. One of the reasons this board was installed is to support a new summer program
coming up. This was requested by one of the schools.
The program will probably be called "The Summer Teacher Exercise Network",
and will help teachers stay in better contact while they are exercising over the summer,
but are away from the school grounds.

In conclusion, I wish to thank all teachers, parents, administration, and especially students, who have
participated in the Active Lifestyle contests. I truly hope you find them helpful.

Best regards,
Craig Breed