Video and Audio Archive of our National Conference with Professor Stephen Heppell, John Davitt, Steve Moss, Dr Baldev Singh, Gerry Gray and others -
4th and 5th July 2007
Our conferences aim to provide timely, useful and practical support for everyone involved in transforming secondary and/or primary education, through programmes such as Building Schools for the Future (BSF), City Academies, City Technology Colleges (CTCs), Initial Teacher Training, City Learning Centres (CLCs) and other national and local initiatives.
As always, we aimed to bring you outstanding speakers to not only inspire you and move your thinking forward, but also help you get to grips with the nuts and bolts of successful implementation.
Our focus remains upon how the effective use of appropriate technologies can best support learners, teachers and school improvement. The 2007 conference made particular reference to:
- implementing really effective personalised learning;
- successfully addressing boys underachievement in English;
- improving learning outcomes through the effective use of mobile devices.
The afternoon seminars provided a valuable opportunity for delegates to ask searching questions and explore in more depth the issues raised by speakers earlier in the day.
Who attended: secondary and primary school senior leaders and aspiring senior leaders; CLC managers; teachers and subject leaders from primary and secondary schools; school improvement professionals (including independents and those from LEAs and other organisations); elected members; school governors; those involved with initial teacher training; those involved in the Building Schools for the Future and the City Academies programmes.
Delegates should have taken from this conference an understanding of effective pedagogical and leadership approaches which are appropriate to the 21st Century, as well as an understanding of the most effective ways of developing and supporting teachers as they make the pedagogical and cultural shift. The conference explored effective approaches to learning which empower teachers, parents and learners, and which have been shown to improve learning outcomes.
Technology and new buildings alone will not transform our schools – only teachers and school leaders can achieve this. We believe that the greatest challenge lies in preparing our existing teachers, school leaders and school improvement professionals to be both comfortable and highly effective in the new technology-rich learning environments.
This conference was organised by Stoke-on-Trent City Learning Centres as part of their commitment to support the transformation agenda in schools locally and nationally. This event built on the enthusiastic responses to our previous and highly successful conferences, both last year with Stephen Heppell, Robert Dilley and Richard Gerver (archive available here), and in 2005 with Alan November and Sir Dexter Hutt (archive available here).
Venue: The Best Western Stoke on Trent Moat House (4 star)
Dates: Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th July 2007 (10.00am – 4.30pm)
Delegate rate: £175 + VAT per day (including all refreshments and lunch). Delegates booking for both days were also invited to attend the conference dinner on the Wednesday evening at no additional charge.
Overnight hotel accommodation was available at the venue for the evenings of Tuesday 3rd and Wedneday 4th July for the special rate of £85 per person per night including breakfast.
The Conference Office address is: Haywood City Learning Centre, Haywood Rd., Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 7AH (phone 01782 233531)
See below for: Event Outline; Seminar Programme; Speakers; Exhibitors.
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Event Outline - Day 1 - Wed 4th Jul 07
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 10:00 - 10:05 |
Introduction to Day 1 - Sue Kuzubasoglu and Stephen Holland (Main Hall) |
10:05 - 10:15 |
Welcome Address - Ian Kendrick - Deputy Director (Achievement), Stoke-on-Trent LA (Main Hall)
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| 10:15 - 11:00 |
'Making Space for Learning with New Technologies' - Steve Moss Strategic Director - ICT, Partnership for Schools (Main Hall)
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Light Refreshments and Exhibition (Main Hall) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Dr Baldev Singh Director of E-Learning, Imagine Education Ltd (Main Hall)
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12:30 - 1:00 |
Professor Angela McFarlane Professor of Education & Director of Learning Technology, University of Bristol (video presentation) (Main Hall)
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1:00 - 2:15 |
Lunch and Exhibition (Restaurant and Main Hall) |
2:15 - 2:55 |
Seminars 1, 2, 3, 4 (in Main Hall + 3 Seminar Rooms) |
2:55 - 3:00 |
Seminar change over |
3:00 - 3:40 |
Seminars 1, 2, 3, 5 (in Main Hall + 3 Seminar Rooms) |
3:40 - 4:00 |
Light Refreshments and Exhibition (Main Hall) |
4:00 - 4:30 |
Questions and Answers Expert Panel (Main Hall) |
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Exhibition and/or Depart |
Event Outline - Day 2 - Thu 5th Jul 07
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
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10:00 - 10:05 |
Introduction to Day 2 - Sue Kuzubasoglu and Stephen Holland (Main Hall) |
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10:05 - 11:00 |
John Davitt (Main Hall)
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Light Refreshments and Exhibition (Main Hall) |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Professor Stephen Heppell (Main Hall)
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Five things to try NOW (9 Mb Quicktime) |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
'Using a Tablet PC in Teaching and Learning' - Gerry Gray (Main Hall)
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Lunch and Exhibition (Restaurant and Main Hall) |
2:15 - 2:55 |
Seminars 1, 2, 3, 4 (in Main Hall + 3 Seminar Rooms) |
2:55 - 3:00 |
Seminar change over |
3:00 - 3:40 |
Seminars 1, 2, 3, 5 (in Main Hall + 3 Seminar Rooms) |
3:40 - 4:00 |
Light Refreshments and Exhibition (Main Hall) |
4:00 - 4:30 |
Questions and Answers Expert Panel (Main Hall) |
from 4:30 |
Exhibition and/or Depart |
Seminar Programme - Day 1 - Wed 4th Jul 07
During the afternoon, delegates can selected two from the following.
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Steve Moss - an opportunity to question Steve in detail about issues arising from his earlier presentation.
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| Seminar 2 | Baldev Singh - an opportunity to question Baldev in detail about issues arising from his earlier presentation.
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| Seminar 3 |
'The International Dimension in Education' - James Burke (Knowsley City Learning Centres). The International Dimension in education has never been more important. As the world responds to more integrated systems of communication, trade and partnership, our young people are becoming global citizens and the job market in which they will compete is now increasingly an international one. The presentation will focus on how Knowsley City Learning Centres are supporting the integration of global communication into the curriculum including involvement with the TIPD (Teacher’s International Professional Development) programme. |
| Seminar 4 | Karen Hodgkinson and some of her primary school children looking at personalised learning and literacy skills with Quizdom Q5 votepads
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'Learning on the Move – the Why, the What and the How' - some Initial findings and research from the Stoke-on-Trent wireless access project. The seminar will be delivered by Dave Moore (Mobile Learning Consultant) and Steve Johnson (CLC Director, Longton).
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Seminar Programme - Day 2 - Thu 5th Jul 07
During the afternoon, delegates can selected two from the following.
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Seminar 1 |
John Davitt - an opportunity to question John in detail about issues arising from his earlier presentation. |
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Seminar 2 |
Professor Stephen Heppell - an opportunity to question Stephen in detail about issues arising from his earlier presentation. |
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Gerry Gray - an opportunity to question Jerry in detail about issues arising from her earlier presentation. |
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Re-engineering the Curriculum - Martin Emanuel - piloting an innovative and engaging cross-curricular engineering project at Haywood High School and Engineering College.
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Jenny Hulme - Creative use of digital media in schools |
Speakers, Seminar Leaders and Expert Panel Members
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The Guardian describes Stephen Heppell as “Europe's leading online education guru". He was the Director of ULTRALAB for 22 years where he established, according to the Financial Times, “One of the most respected research centres in e-learning in the world”. ULTRALAB enjoys an enviable global reputation for creativity, innovation and common sense.
Stephen now heads his own policy, research and practice consultancy Heppell.net (http://www.heppell.net), at the heart of a network of innovative collaborators worldwide. He chairs or sits on a number of boards and committees, including: Notschool.net - a long term virtual school producing exceptional success for children excluded from school by circumstances or behaviour; Teachers' TV - a TV channel for teachers with over 800 programmes on-line, podcast and broadcast traditionally; and the government's Building Schools for the Future working group. In addition, he has a guiding role in the BBC's Digital Curriculum project, and UNESCO groups in Europe and S E Asia.
View this short video - Eyes to the Horizon - Stephen at BETT 2007's Tomorrow's Learners Today stands discusses why this look at the future of learning was so needed and such a success.
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John Davitt has worked in Education for the last twenty five years He has been an English teacher, Head of Year, an Adviser for Teaching and Learning Styles and Regional Adviser with the DFES Flexible Learning Project for three years.
As a journalist and author he writes for the TES, the Guardian, The Times and The Observer, with a regular feature in the Education Guardian.
John has worked extensively with schools in Africa and he is committed to levelling the playing field regarding access to the learning opportunities.
He is the author of the book New Tools for Learning (2005) (http://www.newtools.org) a guide to how to make the technology fit the learning need and the WordRoot CD an interactive guides to words and their origins.
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Angela McFarlane is Professor of Education & Director of Learning Technology at the University of Bristol and previously Director of the Centre for Research in Educational ICT, Homerton College, Cambridge, and Director for Evidence and Practice at Becta. Angela is currently researching children's use of handhelds in and outside schools working with the DfES and internationally.
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Dr Baldev Singh currently heads the Strategic ICT Development at Imagine Education Ltd. He was most recently Head of ICT in a secondary school in Bristol and is the recipient of 2004 National Teaching Award for Innovation in Education. Baldev has been involved in teacher training (both in the UK and overseas) and recently completed an ICT teacher training programme on behalf of the British Council in 6 countries in the Middle East region. Baldev also works as a consultant for the Science Learning Centre in Bristol to develop courses which will develop engaged science teaching and learning using creative technologies. He has also worked as consultant for the Channel 4 education team, Tesco and Morgan Stanley on developing e-learning material for use in schools. Baldev is currently the advisor to British Airways on the creation of content for their learning centre in London. He is also currently engaged in education reform programs in Singapore and Kenya working with ministries of education (working with Cisco in Kenya and GlobalSOF in Singapore). |
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Gerry Gray taught at The Cornwallis School in Kent for a number of years using Tablet PCs with classes from year 7 to year 13. Now, as an Advanced Skills Teacher in Science, she is involved in bringing the benefits of a range of ICT approaches to schools in Hampshire through an ICT across the curriculum project.
Her interest and passion for giving the technology to the students in order to really personalise learning has led to her being invited to speak at a number of conferences and events, including this year's BETT show, Handheld Learning 2006 and a Becta conference for Academies.
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Jenny Hulme - An experienced teacher, an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) and a former ICT Advisor for an Education Action Zone, Jenny is an arts-based creative media practitioner who currently works as an e-learning curriculum specialist across the two City Learning Centres (CLCs) in Stoke-on-Trent. Winner of the Becta Digital Creativity Awards in 2004 and BT Telecom "Kiosk Kate" music/video competition, her ‘Engaged Learning’ project, which looked at the use of digital video in the classroom, was favourably reviewed by the Education Guardian. She was one of the first to become an ADE and regularly teaches at the Apple Teacher Institute in Cheltenham, as well as speaking at various conferences about how creative digital media can be used to enhance learning. Jenny was awarded a Best Practice Research Scholarship for her work on independent learning using laptops and has produced a film with local schools for Teacher's TV about innovation in the primary classroom. Jenny is also an accredited Promethean and Smartboard trainer.
Jenny currently supports a number of innovative projects including: Dartfish, (video sports analysis); 'Living Lights' (pupils programme an animated lighting show for display on the Civic Centre building in Stoke); tablet PCs (involving SEN pupils and primary-secondary transition); Gigajam - (students learn to play instruments via a computer programme); and Missionmaker (students create educational games). Jenny's focus is very much on how new technologies are helping teachers to teach more effectively, helping them to shape the schools and classrooms of the future. |
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Karen Hodgkinson An Advanced Skills Teacher and Association for Science Education ‘Primary Science Teacher of the Year’ Karen brings a holistic approach to her role as Science Subject Leader at Christchurch C.E. Primary School in Stoke-on-Trent. A first class honours graduate in Life and Environmental Science, Karen is passionate about harnessing ICT to improve standards across the whole primary curriculum. She demonstrates, through her own practice, how ICT promotes more effective learning and teaching.
Karen has been very actively involved in a number of innovative research projects including the use of puppets in science (funded by the Nuffield Foundation) and the use of voting pads as tools for assessment. She is a member of the Initial Teacher Training Primary Partnership Steering Group for Manchester Metropolitan University and has given demonstrations of effective practice with interactive whiteboards and voting pads at Keele University. In addition to co-authoring questions for the KS2 software ‘Raising Achievement in Science’ from Robert Powell Publications, Karen has also worked in close partnership with energy supplier N-Power to update one of their publications which contains information and activities for KS2. |
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Steve Moss joined Partnerships for Schools as Strategic Director (ICT) in April 2005. Steve has specialist responsibility, within PfS, for ICT in the Building Schools for the Future programme. He leads the ICT team in their work with local authorities, national agencies and the ICT industry to ensure that the ICT solutions procured as part of BSF can have a transformational effect on the processes of learning, teaching and administration in schools.
Prior to joining PfS, Steve was Assistant Chief Education Officer with Manchester City Council from 2003-2005, Senior Inspector / Adviser (ICT) in Cumbria from 1988 – 2002 and, prior to that, lectured in initial teacher training following a school-based career which culminated in headship of a school in Walsall.
Steve has wide-ranging experience of the strategic development of ICT in education and has worked with Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) on local and national inspection and evaluation projects. He was Chairman of the Board of NAACE, the professional association for ICT advisers and consultants, in 1998.
From 2000 – 2002, Steve worked with the Ministry of Education in Jordan, developing the use of ICT in the teaching of English, mathematics and science in high schools. He has also supported schools and educators in Hong Kong, Sweden, UAE and the USA.
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Martin Emanuel is a talented and enthusiastic teacher of modern and traditional technologies at Haywood High School and Engineering College at the Haywood City Learning Centre. He has developed and is currently piloting an innovative and highly engaging cross-curricular engineering project.
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Stephen Holland has a wealth of experience supporting secondary schools and colleges in transforming learning and teaching through the effective use of ICT. With over 20 years working in the secondary and tertiary sectors and 5 years serving as an LA advisor, Stephen is both passionate and practical about harnessing ICT to improve standards. He has been actively involved in the design and successful implementation of a number of ICT-rich learning environments, including two City Learning Centres. An earlier project featured as a case study in the OECD publication 'Redefining the Place to Learn'.
Stephen currently works as an independent consultant, organising conferences and working with schools, colleges and academies seeking to harness technology effectively and to develop engaging approaches to learning and teaching which are relevant to the 21st century.
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