Belfast programme

Wednesday 10 March 2010
The ICT for Education Conference 2010: Belfast

Friday 4th June 2010 • Belfast Hilton Hotel
The conference programme

Please find below the order of play for the conference day: 

08:00 – 09:55
Delegate registration and Exhibition visit, including breakfast, tea and coffee

09:55
Opening remarks from the chair

10:00 – 10:45
Keynote: tba
Jimmy Stewart, Director, c2k

10:45 – 11:30
Revisting VLEs – a choice for Northern Ireland's schools
David Knox, Principal, Ballyclare High School

11:30 – 12:00
Tea and coffee break and Exhibition visit

12:00 – 12:45
Positive behaviour through monitoring management and safeguarding pupils through ICT in schools  
Ian Glasscock, Director, Games for Life

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch break and Exhibition visit

14:00 – 14:30
Innovative future school design: how pupils and teachers can assist with the implementation of efficient, built-in ICT provision
Grahame Ward, Director of Capital Programmes, Kent County Council

14:30 – 15:30
Question time (with all four speakers): Which of the many differing approaches to the use of new generation gaming and social networking platforms to enhance literacy and learning are really progressing the school experience? (Including questions from the floor).

Followed by closing remarks.

Please note: the programme is subject to change in terms of speakers and time slots, but all sessions will run between 10am-4pm on the published date.