I'm Andy Walker a History and Sociology teacher from Dartford Technology College in Kent. I am the founder of this forum.
I host two web sites, one on SHP GCSE History and one mainly focussed on A level Sociology, History, PE, Health and Social care and Citizenship. I am a member of the ATW and am an administrator of this forum.

I have been a history teacher since 1977. In 1979 I was a founder member of the Tressell Publishing Cooperative and in 1984 established Spartacus Educational. Since 1997 I have run the Spartacus Educational website. I have also produced electronic and online resources for a wide range of different organisations including the Guardian (Learn), the Daily Telegraph (Electronic Telegraph), British Library, Historical Association and Becta. I was also a founder member of the Association of Teacher Websites and an early member of the European Virtual School.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

http://www.byteachers.org.uk

http://vs.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/index_vs.cfm

I'm Danny Nicholson, a freelance ICT/Science consultant. Originally from Essex, but now based in Kent.

Former science teacher and webmaster at the Cornwallis School, Maidstone. I've spent the last 4 years delivering NOF training for mPowerNet. I write for various organisations - including the recent "Eureka" science scheme for Heinemann.

Involved in various web sites - including www.dannynicholson.co.uk, www.bigbrownenvelope.co.uk, www.sciencestuff.co.uk and www.onlinestaffroom.com

I am a member of ATW

I am Terry Haydn. For most of my working life I taught at an inner-city comprehensive school in Manchester as Head of History/Humanities. I then went into teacher education in London and am now PGCE History Tutor at the University of East Anglia. I am interested in the use of ICT in history, the working atmosphere in the classroom and history/citizenship issues in secondary schools.

My name is Anders MacGregor-Thunell. I’m currently a full-time teacher of History at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, an Upper Secondary School with 1800 students, in the centre of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. Most of the time I teach IB (International Baccalaureate) History, both Standard and Higher Level, but I also teach History within the ordinary Swedish system. Since 1998 I’ve been the Head of the History Department at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet.
I started my teaching career in the middle of the 1970’s. Just a few years ago I became a member of the Virtual School. Through VS I participate in the development of international web-pages within different history topics. During the last years I have also built up the History Department site on our school’s intranet.

My name is Alf Wilkinson and I was a history teacher, head of history and ICT Co-ordinator at a large comprehensive school in Bedford for many years. I left to run the Historical Association NOF training scheme. I know it is fashionable to knock NOF training but I think we helped a lot of teachers move on. I now teach part time in Lincolnshire, and am Professional Development Manager for the HA. This last year I have organised a national conference for history teachers on using ICT and been involved in various projects on behalf of the HA. I am interested in the story part of history, and making learning fun! Sometimes we forget that part of our calling.
I have written lots of online materials and am about to launch my own commercial website. I am also involved in writing textbooks. Apart from that, I like a quiet life in the country!

Hello, I'm Andy Jones, a Design and Technology teacher currently working at Fallibroome School in Macclesfield. Though i have also taught in Basingstoke.

I studied for a Degree in Product Design at UCLAN before doing a PGCE in Sheffield.

I'm loving teaching mainly Graphic Products and Product Design in KS 3/4/5 at the moment

I run the DesignandTech.com website

Check out what my pupils have been up to at...

www.torch.designandtech.com
www.Y12.designandtech.com

(Owning that domain name has come in handy).

I'm Nico Zijlstra, a history teacher at the Sintermeertencollege in Heerlen, the Netherlands. In my school I'm the coordinator for 'new' didactics like implementing the use of ICT in the classroom.
As a member of Virtual School History Department I've become involved in several projects like this forum, the VS Aviation Project in cooperation with the Design+Technology Department of VS.

In this forum I'll be moderating the Dutch and German topics, translating some of the contributions into English to spread them to a wider public. You might as well have a look at my Sintermeerten History Department website. Under the 'projecten'-button you'll find some of my projects in Dutch, English and German.

Hi
I'm David Rayner and I currently work as a Head of Geography at a secondary school in Kent, southeast England. I run two geography websites GeoResources and GeoInteractive. I have had a long interest in the use of ICT in Geography and am currently trying to provide interactive resources for teachers to use with digital projectors and interactive whiteboards. I have also written articles for Heinemann, Actis, Nelson Thorne and the Swiss Embassy, and led workshops at national geography conferences in Newcastle and London.

I have been working with IT and Science since the days of the ZX81's and the BBC B. I am a Biologist and presently Head of Science at King's College in Somerset. A couple of years ago I completed my PhD at Exeter University on the role of the Interent in Environmental Education - EuroTurtle being the centre of my research. I have also supported this with a number of conservation expeditions to Greece and Turkey (with sixth fromers) to help in the conservation of Marine Turtles (always choose an animal from somewhere hot!).
Currently developing a website based around a set of ponds recently completed at the college (Royal Society Partnership Grant) - will post its URL when we have compeleted it.

I am Head of Design and Technology at St John's school in Epping, Essex teaching Graphics, Systems & Control, Electronics and RM and have been in teaching for 8 years. I spent several years engaged in a freelance career in advertising design and photography in London before doing a PGCE and entering teaching. I have a geoscience degree and my interest in geology, physics and renewable energy technology has contributed to my also teaching science and ICT. I am a member of the ATW and am an AST. Over the last 3 years I have produced a web resource for students in D&T - Design And Technology On The Web - and am interested in extending learning through ICT - and encouraging students by providing a gallery on the www to show their work.
If I can be of help to schools or teachers by including additional material please make contact.

Hi, My name is ben collinge and I am an NQT working in Chilton Trinity Technology College in Bridgwater, Somerset.

I created and run thehistorysite which is aimed at any student studying KS3 and SHP Crime and Punishment in KS4.

As a depertment we are developing our use of ICT in history. One of our most recent projects has been the Year 9 Workhouse Project where students created a virtual tour of a workhouse using photos we took on a field trip and information from the local Public Records Office

Having been a Chemistry teacher for many years I have now immersed myself into the educational ICT world. I am Head of ICT and ICT Co-ordinator in an 11 - 18 comprehensive school in Sussex. I still teach some Chemistry and I am a member of the EUN Virtual School Chemistry Department.

My own website Science Active supports the secondary curriculum. In addition I have produce materials and reviews for BBC educational webguide, Learn.co.uk and Royal Institution website - Science Inside Out.

My name is John Kelly and this is only my second year teaching. I live and work at Shanghai High International School. This year I'm teaching IB English. My school is one of only two schools in China which is party funded. We are bi-lingual in Chinese and English. Our school is over 150 years old, but the international division is only ten years old. In the past ten years the number of pupils in the international division has risen from 7 in 1993, to 1150 in 2003.
I have found educational forums vital to my job. This forum has some excellent members who have always taken the time to answer my questions in great detail. I hope this forum will become a lively place to discuss current social, political historical and educational issues and challenge some of the anachronistic ideas that I have found in British and International educators.

My name is Andy Davies. I am currently the coordinator for the European Virtual School, Design and Technology Department. I host three websites, 'Design Technology Department', 'Midhurst Grammar School' and the 'Design and Technology' site of the 'ATW'.

I teach Design and Technology and ICT and am also the E-Learning Coordinator and Gifted and Talented Coordinator at my school. I have recently become a subject mentor.

I previously worked as a self employed educational consultant for Learn Premium for two years where I created all of their Design and Technology resources. I have produced electronic and online resources for a range of different organisations including DfEE, Electronic Telegraph, ‘Teachernet’, WJEC and BECTA.

Previous to working for the Guardian I was a Head of a Design and Technology Department in a West Sussex School for four years.

From 1994-1996 I was the Principal Examiner for N.D.T.E.F (National Design Technology Educational Foundation) and a Head of Year.

Hi

I am currently the Head of History and co-ordinator of the Gifted and Talented and Aimhigher programmes at an inner city boys 11-16 comprehensive in London. I have been teaching for 11 years and have been a middle manager for 4 of those. I am particularly interested in promoting a multicultural curriculum for school's history and have been involved in a few online projects such as the National Archives Black Presence website: http://www.pro.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/index.htm and the schoolhistory.co.uk seminars: http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index...?showtopic=1518

My avatar is a bit old now, but it was the only picture that I have of myself on my computer that is small enough!

I'm Rik PALMANS, Biology and ICT teacher in the Provinciale Secundaire School of Voeren, a small community near to the spot where the borders of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany come together. (My students are 15-18 years old.) I'm also a member of the Biology Department of Virtual School. You may visit my personal website, about the region I'm living in, the ' Voerstreek' and the website of my school. Both are only in Dutch!

Hi,
I am javier méndez, teacher in secondary education in Madrid.At present I am in a teacher training unit in Alcorcón, a small village near Madrid. My job is to provide training courses and activities to teachers and supervise different seminars and workshops run by teachers on a wide range of different topics. You may visit our website for more information (centros5.pntic.mec.es/cpr.de.alcorcon) Of course in Spanish!My Webpage

Hello I'm Kay Williams. I used to teach A-level in the FE sector on Tyneside, but have now moved to Edinburgh. At the moment I'm a p/t support tutor in the HE sector. I created Kay's Geography - a website for students studying the WJEC specification and more recently a case study looking at residential areas in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newcastle case study
Kay's Geography at BT
http://www.geographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Kay's Geography at blueyonder

I am a teacher, currently working for the Directorate of Lifelong Learning of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. (The East Riding is in the UK, mid-way up the map and on the east side.)

I learned about English at Corpus Christi College, a college of Oxford University, where my tutor was Dr. (now Professor) Valentine Cunningham. I learned about teaching at Leicester University School of Education, then relearned much of it (several times) in real classrooms. More recently I learned about the uses of computing in education at the School of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, now the University of Lincoln. In April of 2001 I helped found the Association of Teacher Websites.

I have a Web site for teaching English at www.universalteacher.org.uk.

I have recently been involved in coordinating UK schools in the European Network of Innovative Schools (ENIS).

In my day-job I am involved in developing a Digital School. This will use the resources that are freely available at eRiding, a new portal for education, hosted by the East Riding of Yorkshire's directorate of lifelong learning.

My name is Louise Phillips, I'm 22 and I am currently an NQT at Heathfield Foundation Technology College in the West Midlands. I just finished my secondary history teacher training at Swansea University. I did the International Baccalaureate at Swansea College before going on to York Uni to study history and politics.


I am now about to take up a post at Halesowen College as Course Leader in Government and Politics. I will also be teaching Citizenship and some Sociology modules.

I teach part time and run a helpline for stressed teachers. This does not mean that I am not stressed myself.

I am interested in cyberpsychology and open source software. I teach the KS3 framework and seek to reduce its dependence on Microsoft software

My website:

Derek McMillan

I'm Dan Moorhouse. I am Head of History and a Year Leader at Laisterdyke High School in Bradford, West Yorkshire. I run schoolshistory.org.uk and have produced materials for Learn and ProQuest history.

- I teach history (and geography) in a French Lycee, in Normandy.

- I am in charge of an Internet Chronicle,
published by Historiens et Géographes, a professional magazine.
http://aphgcaen.free.fr
Since december 1997, all this represents nearly 300 pages,
hundred of websites quoted...
http://hgtice.free.fr

- I participate, as a founder and as a "history news agency" to H-Francais,
a french mailing list on teaching history in France, part of H-Net

- With the help of Nicole Mullier, I also publish on the web
texts and documents on Holocaust history.
These texts result from conferences runned by
a "Cercle d'étude de la déportation et de la Shoah" and
the "Amicale des déportés d'Auschwitz".

I am Head of Humanities at the International School of Toulouse. When the school opened in 1999 it was the first fully laptop school in Europe. The Humanities website attempts to convey/document some of the consequences of this pedagogic experiment.

I am a member of the European Virtual School History Department but I have also taught geography, sociology, politics and philosophy. I am a member of the Association of Teachers' Websites and an administrator of this forum.

Hello there,

I'm Chris Turner, currently an MA student at University College London and (hopeful) PhD applicant to Yale University in the United States. I am also the webmaster of The History Student Online (http://www.historystudent.com), which aims to publish its own online journal every quarter and provide a base for constructive historical discussion.

Notable essays of mine that have appeared in a couple of departmental publications (mostly when I was at the University of Sheffield) include:

Representations of the Maritime Nation 1600 - 1900
Creole Nationalism in the 18th Century Caribbean
Korea: The Useful War?
A Castle On Sand: American Policy in Vietnam, 1950 - 1965

Forthcoming:

Port Royal Sunsets: The Decline of Piracy in the Caribbean, 1680 - 1730

As you can see, my interests are fairly diverse. My intention at PhD level is to explore how Early Modern English culture transported itself to the Americas (if it did at all) from 1500 - 1776 and to see how this contributed to a sense of independence from Britain. I am always happy to discuss issues relating to Early Modern English culture, 20th Century American culture and ideas of Nation on my website.

All the best,

Chris

Hi
My name is Matthew Clarke. I teach History/Humanities at Hastingsbury school in Kempston. I am in my second year of teaching and although I use the internet a lot I have not created any websites. However, I am very eager to develop my knowledge and make links in this area.

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I began my career in 1965 as a teacher of German and French in secondary education and I have been involved in ICT and foreign language learning and teaching since 1976. In 1982 I wrote one of the first introductory books on computers in language learning and teaching, which was subsequently followed by numerous other printed and digital publications. In 1989 I was conferred with the title of Professor of Computer Assisted Language Learning at Thames Valley University. I retired from university teaching in 1993, but I have continued to work as an independent consultant on ICT and language learning and teaching and I am a partner in an educational software development and retailing business, Camsoft: http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk. I was the Founder President of EUROCALL, holding the post from 1993 to 2000: http://www.eurocall-languages.org. I have lectured and run ICT training courses for language teachers in 22 different countries and I sit on a number of national and international advisory boards and committees. I have been actively involved in WorldCALL since 1998 and I currently head a committee that is in the process of setting up WorldCALL as an official organisation aiming to assist countries that are underserved in the area of ICT and the teaching and learning of foreign languages: http://www.worldcall.org. I am currently Editor-in-Chief of the ICT4LT website, an ICT training project initiated with European Commission funding: http://www.ict4lt.org. My full CV can be found at: http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/cvgd.htm

My name is David Simkin. I trained as a teacher in the early 1970s and taught in secondary schools in Essex from 1975 to 1982. In 1982, I moved to Brighton and from 1983 to 1993 I worked for Tressell Publications, a Teachers' Co-operative which produced active learning materials for primary and secondary schools. During my time with Tressell, I produced a number of books and learning packs in the field of History and Integrated Studies and designed several computer assisted learning packs and historical simulations. When Tressell Publications folded, I returned to teaching and worked briefly as an Education Officer at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. I currently work in East Sussex County Council's Education Department. For the past five years or so, i have carried out research into the lives and careers of photographers active in Sussex during Victorian and Edwardian times and I have my own website devoted to the History of Photography in Brighton - Brighton Photographers, 1841-1910.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Brigh...otographers.htm

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My name is Keith Havercroft, I am the author of the website 'Music for Teachers' at www.m4t.org

I have worked since 1976 in music education as a teacher, education adviser and inspector.

The website has been developed to give some support for planning the music curriculum (England) to ensure progression from early years to the end of Key Stage 3.

A wide range of materials are available, to be freely downloaded and then adapted to suit specific needs.

I am Leon Cych - I am now a freelance consultant in ICT and learning with rich media and video in online education. I have a history of writing online resources for subjects as diverse as KS1 Maths to KS3 Physics.

I work within the commercial sector and state education. My last big project was streaming out the Virtual Carmen broadcast that brought together video conferencing over 5 school sites. It was a world's first and funded by NESTA.

I also advise commercial firms on the appropriate use of rich media in education.

In 2002 I co-wrote the Friends of Ed book Flash MX Express. I was a technical proofer for lots of the Friends of Ed Flash MX books.

I have recently established a company called Learn for Life to research and implement practical innovative online learning solutions.

We specialise in rich media and we are currently investigating the use of mobile technology to augment home/ school learning.

I am Richard Capon.

I have taught Science (originally Biology, but later Physical Sciences as well), Social Sciences, Ancient History, Maths and Astronomy for over 30 years; originally in Bedfordshire, Herts and Northants until settling in Essex. I am about to move over the border to Suffolk where I will be ICT co-ordinator at a Middle School. I have taught children from 5 to 19 years, and adults into their 90s.

For the last few years I have combined some Maths teaching with lots of Adult Education and NOF Training in ICT; but also technical support for schools using Target Tracker.

I am also a KS3 Team leader in Science and an Examiner in A level Social Studies.

I tend to get bored easily, so change jobs every 5-8 years, but I reckon that the best sort of ICT co-ordinator can teach or at least appreciate, the whole school curriculum so as to be effective in supporting our colleagues' work.

8886 GCSE Science Coursework

I've been working on this site over the past few years. It grows very slowly; when and if I have the motivation to add something new. I never seem to get round to writing all the interesting bits I've scribbled on bits of scrap paper as all the boring stuff gets in the way. Recently I've updated the site to take account of the last Examiners Report (grade boundaries and stuff) and started a very tedious and dull reference section on Resistance. Ideally I'd like to write it well enough so that any kid who's teacher is daft enough to set the Resistance of a Wire coursework could use the info to get top marks. Still working out the best way to explain electron drift to a Grade G student. I'm hoping that the Government will abandon Science Coursework soon so that I have a good excuse not to finish it.

I'm a freelance programmer/web designer amongst other things, so if you've got stacks of money to fritter away on an interesting project let me know.

Hi, my name is Heather Wheeler and I am Head of History at Filsham Valley School in St Leonards East Sussex. I am currently in my third year of teaching but my love of history goes back years. I spent the first two years of my teaching career managing a learning support unit but in Seotenber 2003 side-stepped to mainstream history teaching as well as leading citizenship. I have recently been appointed Head of History.

I own and produce History on the Net and co-own and produce Additional Needs Net though most of my spare time is directed to updating and maintaining History on the Net.

I am a member of the ATW.

Hello, my name's Adeline Braud and I'm French. I did a degree in English, Spanish and French in France and then went to UK to get a PGCE. I taught French and a little bit of Spanish for 3 years in Brooke Weston City Technology College and learnt a lot about computers there. Since 1999, I've been teaching French in the International School of Toulouse, in France and created the Secondary French Department Website. I was introduced to this site by Richard Jones-Nerzic.

Hi,
I am Helen Gibbons, the Project Leader of the Shropshire Routes to Roots web and digitisation project which is based at Shropshire Archives and Oswestry Library.
Routes to Roots is producing on-line learning packages to be used by teachers in the classroom or as a background resource. Current features on the website include World Wars One and Two and Victorian Crime and Detection. Learning packages looking at the Impact of Industrialisation, Transport and Communication and the Changing Landscape will be available on-line in the coming months. Do log on and have a look at the website: Shropshire Routes to Roots. Any ideas and comments most welcomed!
Before starting work on the Routes to Roots project in July, I was the Archive and Local History Researcher on the Secret Shropshire project also based at Shropshire Archives.

Hi,
I'm Peter Flynn, Geography and IB Theory of Knowledge teacher at the International School og Toulouse, France. Previously I was teaching in London. I've been working on the following IB curriculum sites ibtok.com and ibgeog.com along with the IST Humanities Website.

Hi Everyone and happy new year! I'm David Harris from the International School of Toulouse, where I am the Head of the Maths department. I've also taught in London, Cairo and Buenos Aires. I've worked at IST since our doors opened in 1999. Before that I was (briefly) studying for an M Ed in Bristol as a full time student which I have only just finished. A lot of my M Ed studies were related to probability theory, have a look at my site Probabilistic Learning Activities Network if you are interested.

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Hi Everyone,
My name is Sally Rogow. I am a Professor Emerita, Faculty of
Education, University of British Columbia. My field is Special Education.
I've written books and articles on language development and literacy, play
and social/emotional development. I've also written books for young people.

I am head of a large Special Needs Department at Sackville Community College in East Grinstead West Sussex. I am interested in looking at ways these online matierials can be adapted for less able students.

Hello.
I'm Julie Lawton and I've been teaching Modern Foreign Languages (French and German) for more than 23 years. I have just started in my new post as Headteacher at Wolverhampton Girls' High School, which is itself a Language College. I'm thoroughly enjoying getting to know the staff and the students, who all seem most enthusiastic about the school.

My name is Brigitte Parry, I work as school networking expert for European Schoolnet. before I came to work here I was a teacher of English in France for 17 years (upper secondary, higher ed and teacher trainer). Now I coordinate projects like Spring Day in Europe, World Summit Event for Schools, and I am the editor in chief of the EUN Teachers Newsletter. I also spend many hours a day simply exchanging with teachers about building international projects.

http://www.eun.org

My name is Deborah Swann. I am a teacher of MFL at Huntington School in York. Before starting here twelve years ago, I taught English in Paris, Madrid and briefly in Hong Kong.

Hello
My Name is Anne-Marie Luckhurst. I am currently a PGCE student, teaching in an English Further Education College. I am British and looking forward to teaching The Holocaust to many adult students in the near future. I would be very grateful for any advise people can give me. My dissertation 'Was the Holocaust Rational' was written from a German perspective and I would like to see the Holcocaust taught, as seen from many different perspectives.
Many thanks
Anne-Marie Luckhurst BA Honours

I am a teacher of Chinese in secondary schools in Surrey, both private and state schools and I'm interested in discussing materials for teaching Chinese and preparation for GCSE. I also lead a summer study programme for a school every year in China and am forging links with secondary schools in China for another school.

Hello everyone!
I am Tasos Matos. I am a teacher of classic and Modern Greek History and Literature. I also train teachers in the use of ICT in the curriculum. This year, I train teachers of the Greek schools abroad, using the tools of distance learning.

Hi, I'm Núria de Salvador, and I am a Secondary teacher of English in Gavà, a coastal town near Barcelona.

I've been a member of the Spring Teacher team for the last two years. You can see my work at My Webpage

Hi, my name is Jane Yates and I teach History, Geography and RE at an 11-16 secondary school. I have only been teaching for a couple of years, although I worked for several years as a classroom assistant. As a relative IT novice, I am interested in learning how to teach more effectively using ICT. In particular, I feel my Geography skills are lacking, and would like to be helped to think of more interesting classroom approaches.

Hello to all,

My name is Marco Koene. I am a history teacher from the Netherlands. Besides history I also teach Social Studies. Furthermore I participate (or have participated) in various international projects.