Conference speakers

Friday 03 September 2010
The ICT for Education Conference 2009
About the speakers 

This year's must see line-up includes:

Marc Prensky
US author and internationally acclaimed speaker
Marc will highlight how the use of gaming technologies for learning can help transform the way students learn  

 Chris Gerry
Executive Principal of New Line Learning Academies in Kent
The man recruited to reverse the ailing fortunes of a struggling school and who is now working to import business intelligence innovations from the retail sector into education  

 Andrew Davis
Headteacher of Clunbury Primary School in Shropshire
Winner of the Best Primary School at the ICT Excellence Awards 2007, will share the secrets of his success, including the school's use of podcasting, blogging and gaming technologies in teaching and learning  

Karen Crowston
Head of Policy, Link2ICT 
& Andy Pyper 
e-Safety Consultant for Link2ICT
(responsible for ICT in Birmingham's schools 
Karen and Andy will discuss how the biggest education authority in Europe is tackling e-safety, offering insight into the ambitious roll-out of Policy Central, aimed at enabling schools to deal with any instances of web misuse that occur

Mike Briscoe
Director, Institutions, Becta