TeachNet Ireland’s goal is to encourage Irish teachers at both primary and second levels to develop and publish quality indigenous curriculum content on the World Wide Web, by providing a supportive network, funding and teacher professional development opportunities. Established in 2001 and hosted by St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, the TeachNet portal now boasts over 300 teacher generated projects. In recent times the TeachNet team has sought to harness the potential of emerging web technologies such as Web 2.0, to inform teacher practice.These developments have included a new our Learning Blog, the creation of a series of educational podcasts and the development of a series of online professional development courses...

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