Birmingham programme

Tuesday 09 March 2010
The ICT for Education Conference 2010: Birmingham

Friday 2nd July 2010 • Birmingham Science Museum
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 comments from the chair.

10:00 – 10:45
Revitalising the ICT CPD
• If staff development is critical, but problematic,
how will a ICT CPD help your professional development?
• Exploring the perceptions of CPD and how an ICT CPD will work
• Examining a range of models of ICT CPD, comparing them along a number of
dimensions of practice (e.g. pedagogy, view of the learner etc.)
- Taking a look at what effective ICT CPD might look like in the 21st Century.
Dr. Peter Twining, Director, Vital

10:45 – 11:30
How can corporations and educators work together?
Ty Golding, Deputy Head, Barry Island Primary School

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

12:00 – 12:45
Positive behaviour through monitoring and safeguarding pupils through ICT in schools
• Assessing the various safeguarding tools available for teachers, pupils and parents.
• What else does your school or authority need to achieve real-time monitoring and more?
• How Birmingham secondary schools have tackled cyber-bullying and other community concerns: a case-study.
Eamonn Duffy, Oaks Collegiate Liaison Teacher

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

14:00 – 14:30
Using ICT to promote pupil well-being and bridge the gap between primary and secondary social life and academic progress
• Using gaming and social networking technologies to bridge the gap between primary and secondary phases.
• Exploring a range of methods of motivating and inspiring even the most reluctant learners.
• 'Big school' – a case study about how popular gaming technologies are being used to allay primary leavers' fears and fight the year 6-7 'dip' in academic and social success
Daniel Locke-Wheaton, Assistant Head Teacher and E-learning Adviser,
Great Barr High School

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.