May 28 2009
About
I’m Dan Roberts AKA ‘The Chicken Man’ or ‘Chickensaltash’. I do have a problem just like Dr David Banner with my alter ego the 6ft Giant Yellow chicken. (He seems to pop out and take over often when I am angry or in public. He is definately more famous than I am.) I am a Science teacher in his 7th year of teaching, currently Assistant Headteacher at Saltash.net Community School in Cornwall and inspired by my students who love using new technologies to enhance how effectively they learn.
In my spare time I love to watch Manchester United and have a season ticket, I like playing lots of sports like Football and occasionally attempt to surf which I love but never seem to get enough time to do. I love travelling lots within my work and social life and have been known to be called Phileas Fogg by some of my colleagues. Apparently this was due to my tax concession last year after managing to go on many so called international ‘jollies’ during term time.
Well I never, I didn’t know you were that famous, can I have your autograph?
As an English teacher, I can’t stop myself from correcting your “definately” above. As a teacher with almost twice as many years experience as yourself, I would like to kneel down in awe and wonder before you and say thank you for this blog and it’s usefulness to me and my teaching.
Surely anyone can see that we have a typo here, I have made enough of them and have found intelligent people write a private e-mail and the rest like to tell the world as if they were perfect, I would have corrected a few words from the above post, but hey I don’t want to start world war III lol Anyway for a chicken I would say he writes quite well ha ha
p.s Did I spell everything ok?
Hi Aniya
Actually, it was meant to be self-effacing. As I wrote, I couldn’t help myself from butting in. You are right to say that intelligent people CAN stop themselves.
What was NOT tongue-in-cheek was the admiration bit.
Dear Dan Roberts,
I’d like to contact you because my distance learning organization, eCollegeFinder.org, would like to recognize your efforts in educational blogging. Could you please contact me at MaryFrancesS [AT] dmipartners [DOT] com? Thanks very much.
Best,
Mary Frances Stotler
Dear Dan,
My name is Sara Parker and I am writing an article for the TES about how blogging and social networking can help teachers CPD – I would very much like to speak with you or anyone else who has specific examples/experience of how they/their pupils have benefited from blogs, twitter, facebook groups etc – please contact me on saraparker@homecall.co.uk
best wishes
Sara
Gotta get myself an alter ego. Brilliant.
Hi Dan
I’m writing a report on the role that social media can play in continuing professional development for teachers, and would love to talk to you about your thoughts on this.
I’m interested in how teachers are currently exploiting social media for their own professional development, and how this might translate into recommendations into how schools, government and training providers could build on this good practice in creating effective and affordable CPD opportunities for teachers.
Could you drop me a note (julie.mcculloch@pearson.com) if you’d be willing to chat about this?
Best wishes
Julie
Hi Dan,
I was at your session at Mobl – would it be possible to have a copy of the slides?
Many thanks,
Vanessa