Jul
24
2011
This series of posts is all about my magical, mystery tour of Microsoft Headquaters in Redmond, Washington state, USA. You can follow the feed of what happens over the next week by using the official #msftpil or the unofficial #chickengates. I have been extremely fortunate to be selected to attend Microsoft’s Partners in Learning Institute [...]
Jul
06
2011
Those of you who can’t make there way down to sunny Saltash this evening can still take part in our first teachmeet this evening between 7-8:30pm in two ways: 1) Watch the live stream from the event using the link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tmpnc 2) Follow it on twitter using #tmpnc If you are here you can enjoy [...]
Jun
08
2011
If you are in the South West why not come to the fantastic training session brought to you from the SSAT and Saltash.net Community School. The event is on Wednesday 6th July at Saltash.net, there will be no cost for cover as it is a twilight and it only costs £25 per school to attend [...]
May
20
2011
So are you coming to our 1st ever Saltash.net Teachmeet? You can sign up here: http://bit.ly/izXz1Y There will of course be lots of free wine (and soft drinks) and food aswell as giving out many prizes from our sponsors. But I guess the main thing is you will get to hear so many fantastic [...]
Apr
04
2011
If you are not doing anything else this Wednesday evening 7-9pm then please attend the Teachmeet at the Plymouth E-Learning Conference at the University of Plymouth. What is a Teachmeet you ask? “A TeachMeet is an organised (but informal) meeting (in the style of an unconference) for teachers to share good practice, practical innovations and [...]
Dec
07
2010
It was billed as one of the best professional development conferences this year and it certainly was. There are too many things to mention so I will mention some of them which I would call the #chickenhighlights and I won’t be mentioning what we call #chickenkaraoke. I also must apologise to all those who attended [...]
Oct
12
2010
Last night I had a huge privilege to speak at the Teachmeet in Plymouth aimed at inspiring and giving professional development to people aspiring to be teachers and newly qualified teachers. The event was organised by the Plymouth Educational Society at the University of Plymouth so special thanks must go to them and thank you [...]