Nov 09 2011

£2 E-book created by students on the use of Facebook in schools–all proceeds go to charity!

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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 [...]

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Oct 28 2011

Top Twitter Education Thought-Leaders

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Great to see this post by the B2B guide on social media – some great people talking about how they are using twitter! Please check it out: http://www.b2bsocialmediaguide.com/

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Oct 06 2011

Who’s afraid of the big bad ‘network’?

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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 [...]

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Aug 21 2011

Should Facebook be banned in schools?

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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 [...]

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Aug 04 2011

The future of books… The future of learning…

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Last week I had an amazing experience in Redmond at Microsoft headquarters – there are about 17 different posts for you to catch up with if you have nothing better to do titled: Microsoft Magical Mystery Tour. One of the posts title ‘Our future world’ talked about how technology may change the world in the [...]

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Mar 30 2011

ICT – Those who can, tweet

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Did you see the great article in the TES magazine last week? It is titled ICT – Those who can, tweet. Are you on twitter yet? I think if you are reading this blog then you are probably already using it – if not then please sign up and start. This is a great article [...]

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