Bristol speakers

Below are the details of our speakers at the ICT for Education Conference 2010 in Bristol.

	Ian Glasscock Games for Life is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company established in 2008 by parents who have experience of attention difficulties. Ian Glasscock, a M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience and his partner, a qualified teacher researched a NASA inspired technology that non-invasively monitors the electricalactivity of the brain The system is called Play Attention which utilises educational computer games which are literally controlled by children’s attention ,feeding back to a PC and hence training the brain. Demonstration www.gamesforlife.co.uk/handheld-learning-award-finalist The University of Herts national release from the pioneering Play Attention Herts Schools trial that showed a significant reduction in one of the core symptoms of ADHD in 10-weeks!

	Tim Rylands Tim Rylands has been described as an extremely gifted and inspirational teacher, with a love of the creative potential of technology and an excellent rapport with his pupils. Tim has received a vast amount of press coverage around the world for his innovative use of ICT and is now much in demand for seminars, training days and conferences around the world, presenting the results of his work in an inspiring, practical and often humorous way. His imaginative and encouraging style of teaching allows children to express their creativity and make significant gains in attainment. With over 20 years of experience in schools from the West Country to West Africa, he has brought computer games into the classroom, using the Myst series to inspire children's creative confidence in many areas of such as creative writing, speaking and listening, music and art.

	Grahame Ward Grahame is a public sector accountant by training and began his career in the Finance function, but in the mid 90s this broadened out into a wider support role within Kent Education, where he first took on responsibility for the development of ICT within the schools sector and its significant Capital Programme. Grahame works with Microsoft on their School of the Future Conference as a member of their Advisory Group.