Why did the Chickenman cross the road?

I had the most amazing day today working with 20 Year 9′s (14 year olds) as part of a project they were learning all about social enterprise as part of one of saltash.net’s theme days. The main objectives were that: Students should gain an idea of what a Social Enterprise is and the importance of [...]

If you are on Facebook and you are a teacher then you must sign up to this page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-UK-Education/168060843249026#!/pages/Microsoft-UK-Education/168060843249026 A great way to share, collaborate and get creative with other teachers! Enjoy!

We are starting a project called ‘Who’s afraid of the big bad network?’ we will be collaboratively carrying out action research into how to begin using social networks in schools. We have been using them for years now, but are reviewing our current policy with a group of teachers, students and parents. We are looking [...]

There was a really interesting news article this week taken from some research carried out at the University of Plymouth that claims one in three teachers in the UK have been victim to bullying via social networks from parents. It is yet another media article that will continue to fuel the debate on whether social [...]

It was really interesting reading the report from Ofcom on the bbc yesterday – some really interesting results from the use of smart phones and the internet here within the UK. You can read the article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14397101 Some headlines to reflect on: “Facebook was the most visited website on handheld devices, with 43 million [...]

It was great news for our teachers and the students who use Facebook this week to hear that Facebook and Skype have now teamed up to bring us a live video chat app within Facebook. It is really exciting news, we have been using Facebook to connect the learning within lessons and home for a [...]

After receiving some tweets and several emails this morning regarding the use of Facebook in the classroom following a couple of conferences I mentioned it at. I am pleased to share this briefing paper which may helps some of you get started with using it in schools and lessons. Our school is one of the [...]

As I am sure regular readers to this blog will know I have been championing the use of social networking within schools for students and staff for years now and in particular Facebook in the last couple of years, it is having an extremely positive impact on our school while others seem to be running [...]

If you are a teacher, no matter what age range you teach or where you teach but if you have an interest in using webcams in your lessons for video conferencing or for instant messaging using tools such as Skype or Windows Live Messenger then I really would like to hear from you. I am [...]

  This was my presentation at the SSAT National Conference. It was a really interesting session, there was a high number of people there and a few people who attended commented that they had come along as it was a controversial topic and they wanted to get some answers. You can see the full presentation [...]