Manchester programme

Friday 03 September 2010
The ICT for Education Conference 2010: Manchester

Friday 15th October 2010 • Hilton Deansgate, Manchester
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
Keynote: Promoting Green ICT and its benefits in your school
• Challenging attitudes towards energy efficiency and influencing teacher and pupil behaviour
• How to cut school costs whilst procuring sustainable solutions
Peter Hopton, Green IT Consultant, Destination Unlimited
Chris Bullock, Climate Change Savers


10:45 – 11:30
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


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

12:00 – 12:45
Keynote: Using ICT to inspire and motivate: raising levels of creativity in children of all abilities Tim Rylands, Teaching Consultant, learning and creativity


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) including questions from the floor.
Followed by closing remarks.




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