Why did the Chickenman cross the road?

What is it all about? “Apps for Good is an award-winning course where young people learn to create imaginative mobile apps that change their world. Our students create apps that make a difference and solve real life issues that matter to them and their community, giving them a launchpad in social enterprise and the exciting [...]

I am so excited to finally have the much awaited guest blog post by my brilliant collegue Ben Rowe @itsmerowey. Ben is an amazing teacher who normally teaches French, Learning to Learn and Integrated Learning at Saltash.net on rare occasions he even teaches Science but only when he lets me teach French, we have it [...]

If you haven’t been to the O2 Learn site for a while, you might not know that their awards are back and they are awarding £2,000 every week!  They are continuing to help everyone connect to great teaching by creating Britain’s Biggest Classroom via teacher-created content. See my blog from last year here: http://whydidthechickencrosstheroad.org.uk/2010/11/05/how-do-you-fancy-winning-50k-for-yourself-100k-for-your-school/ This [...]

Thank goodness it’s Friday, to help brighten up your day and to help you with your planning at weekends, I will be posting a weekly web based idea that will take just 1 minute of your time to read about. If you like what you read then why not try it out in your lessons [...]

It is with great sadness that I have resigned from my post as Deputy Headteacher at Saltash.net, I have loved every single minute of the last five years at the school, the children, staff and community are simply amazing and they have always shown me great support and encouragement in everything I have done both [...]

This is a fantastic opportunity for any teacher in the South West to develop their own professional development. This is a new conference for the South West and as well as the amazing keynote speakers such as Stephen Heppell, Tim Ryelands, Pie Corbet and others they are also looking for South West teachers to share [...]

Triptico Desktop Resource is the fantastic suite of teacher tools from talented designer and programmer David Riley @david_triptico. You can see the blog post I did on Triptico earlier this year here: http://whydidthechickencrosstheroad.org.uk/2011/11/11/1-minute-weekly-web-wonder-week-8/ I saw on @kristianstill’s blog recently that they are calling all teachers from all over the world to share any Triptico resources [...]

Triptico Desktop Resource is the fantastic suite of teacher tools from talented designer and programmer David Riley @david_triptico. You can see the blog post I did on Triptico earlier this year here: http://whydidthechickencrosstheroad.org.uk/2011/11/11/1-minute-weekly-web-wonder-week-8/ I saw on @kristianstill’s blog recently that they are calling all teachers from all over the world to share any Triptico resources [...]

Can you help me find some research on some case studies, publications, blogs or videos about developing a whole school approach to ICT? If you can share any links or can point me in the right direction then please leave a comment.

Thank goodness it’s Friday, to help brighten up your day and to help you with your planning at weekends or the long half term , I will be posting a weekly web based idea that will take just 1 minute of your time to read about. If you like what you read then why not [...]