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: Annie Turner, Editor, ICT for Education
10:00 – 10:45
The future shape of technology service in NI schools
• Classroom management and the influence of ICT on behaviour - some current case studies
• Future school design – how are NI schools developing integrated educational buildings? And what can BSF teach our schools?
• Child protection – how can we provide security and privacy for the digital generation whilst simaltaneously ensuring they reap the benefits of social networking and open communications?
Jimmy Stewart, Director, c2k
10:45 – 11:30
The recipe for success: how innovation benefits education at Ballycare High School
David Knox, Principal, Ballyclare High School
• Using international case-studies to identify the essential characteristics and
capabilities for a schools’ successful ICT deployment
• Wicked Webquests – staff training so pupils can select specific information
from the internet to aid all nine learning areas in the revised curriculum
• How clusters of computers encourages independent learning in the classroom
and secures maximum engagement
11:30 – 12:00
Tea and coffee break and Exhibition visit
12:00 – 12:45
Mind-controlled educational computer games aid attention deficit
disorders and attention related learning difficulties
• A recent scientific breakthrough reveals mind-controlled game
training reduced core symptoms of ADHD
• Recent UK examples showing non-medical alternative intervention
to improve attention and learning
• Play Attention - how a game can train children with attention
problems to concentrate in your school
Ian Glasscock, Director, Games for Life
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch break and Exhibition visit
14:00 – 14:30
Future schools design: lessons from Kent, the largest BSF programme
• Identifying the challenges NI schools face in school design
• How much of a role ICT can play in strategic educational vision
• How to involve your pupils, teachers, school leadership (incl governors)
and the wider community
• Take the right path: Kent's success areas to date, plus mistakes to avoid
Grahame Ward, Director of Capital Programmes, Kent County Council
14:30 – 15:30
Question Time
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).
Panellists:
Gareth Lenaghan: Ballyclare High School
Ian Glasscock: Games for Life
Jimmy Stewart: c2K
Grahame Ward: Kent County Council
Chris Wiseman: Northgate Managed Services
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. |
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