Conference 2004
These took place on 9th and 10th March at the Kingston Centre.
The evaluation forms and comments were very positive and it appears
that everyone, including the speakers, exhibitors and seminar presenters
had a most enjoyable and worthwhile event.
Summaries of Presentations
Photographs
If there is any further comment which you wish to add, whether you
attended conference or not, please feel free to send
us an email.
High Schools Conference
Tuesday 9th March
Speakers:
Stephen Heppell - "Putting the Yearning back into Learning"
Russell Prue - "Initiatives from The Curriculum Division"
Tim Denning - "OnLine CPD for Teachers"
Howard Bagshaw - "ICT in Staffordshire"
Full Programme -
Secondary Schools' Conference
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Primary Schools Conference
Wednesday 10th March
Speakers:
Stephen Heppell - "Putting the Yearning back into Learning"
Russell Prue - "Enhancing Subject Teaching using ICT & CoL
update"
Catherine Foley - "The Primary Strategy - Embedding ICT into T &
L"
Howard Bagshaw - "ICT in Staffordshire"
Full Programme - Primary
Schools' Conference
Use this link to view the Secondary
Conference Seminars
Use this link to view Exhibitors
Primary Schools Conference 2004 - Seminars
| SEMINAR
SESSION 1 (9.55 - 10.20) |
| A |
KS2/3 Transfer: An opportunity to
discuss the KS3 Strategy training material and the impact it has on
Key Stage2/3 transfer. We will provide examples of how primary and
high schools might approach this, with information given about
record keeping and assessment. |
| D |
Digital Photography in Art: Colour
Magic has many far more interesting abilities than standard drawing
tools. This session will focus on some of the more advanced features
and participants will digitally manipulate a photograph to produce a
variety of artistic and creative effects. |
| G |
2Simple Software: Looking for Literacy
or Musing over Music? This session will provide an opportunity to
find out how Developing Tray can be used with KS1 and KS2 children
to enhance Literacy skills in a fun and motivational way. It will
also offer ideas on how to use the new Music Toolkit to enhance
traditional music lessons. |
| J |
LogIT: An easy to use data logger and
software. A short demonstration of how you can use Explorer and
LogIT lab software in your classroom. Remote and real time data
logging for the novice! |
| M |
Russell Prue: An opportunity to delve
into the world of Teachernet, and have access to the information and
support you need as Educational Professionals as and when you need
it. |
| P |
Crick Software - Clicker4: Software as
a tool for literacy in the classroom. This session will show
how easy it is to create writing support materials and talking books
using Clicker4 and give an overview of the range of activities that
are possible. The session will also look at Clicker books, Find Out
and Write About. |
| SEMINAR
SESSION 2 (11.25 - 11.50) |
| B |
QCA Unit 6D: An opportunity to see how
Unit 6D can be delivered in school, including the integrated task.
This seminar will provide an example of how one high school has used
this and other units to link to their primary schools in order to
aid a smooth transition between key stages. |
| E |
Digital Video: The use of Digital Video
in the primary classroom has been proven to have a wide range of
educational and motivational benefits. Is it time for your school to
take the plunge? In this session participants will explore some of
these benefits, look at examples of produced work and have an
introduction to the features of Microsoft Movie Maker 2, a free
downloadable digital video editing package (works with Windows XP
only) |
| K |
Stephen Heppell: An opportunity to
discuss further some of the projects in which Stephen and UltraLab
are currently involved. |
| N |
Interactive Whiteboards in
Staffordshire: Using the impact of IWB's on teachers and teaching
and learning, this seminar will inform people to the aims of
appropriate use of IWB's in the classroom. It will explore the way
forward from the pilot and the extension initiative in Staffordshire. |
| Q |
Crick Software - ClozePro: The seminar
will show how cloze activities can cover all areas of the curriculum
and offer rich opportunity for language development. ClozePro
is a tool teachers can use in the classroom to explore text with
children and create instant cloze activities at widely
differentiated levels. |
| R |
2Simple Software: Looking for Literacy
or Musing over Music? This session will provide an opportunity to
find out how Developing Tray can be used with KS1 and KS2 children
to enhance Literacy skills in a fun and motivational way. It will
also offer ideas on how to use the new Music Toolkit to enhance
traditional music lessons. |
| SEMINAR
SESSION 3 (14.00 - 14.25) |
| C |
Using Software on Interactive
Whiteboards: This seminar will take a look at how generic curriculum
software such as Clicker, Textease, Talking First Word and Colour
Magic can be used with an interactive whiteboard. This session will
provide suggestions for teacher-led activities and interactive
learning. |
| F |
ICT in Drama: An opportunity to explore
the creative possibilities of using ICT to enhance Drama activities
within National Curriculum English; Speaking and Listening, Reading
and Writing. Engage in activities that show how ICT can enrich
activites such as role-play, freeze-frame, thought-tapping and
conscience alley and aid the entire dramatic process of Making,
Performing and Responding. |
| H |
Kar2ouche:This seminar will illustrate
how the Kar2ouche environment helps students to develop contextual
understanding, critical interpretation and individual expression
through a wide range of cross-curricular creative activities
including interactive role-play, picture-making, storyboarding,
animation, publishing and movie-making. |
| I |
Robolab: Control technology made easy.
In this short session you will understand how to use AND program
LEGO control models. Controlled by, but remote from, the computer
Robolab is an icon-based easy to use programming environment with 8
levels for progression and differentiation. |
| L |
Catherine Foley: Following her
presentation, Catherine will be happy to pursue delegates' questions
in more detail. |
| O |
Classroom Performance System (CPS):
This system brings total interactivity to the classroom at the press
of a button and allows every student to respond instantly to
questions, quizzes and tests, providing immediate feedback. This
innovative tool engages the attention and involvement of every
student and provides powerful reporting tools for educators. See CPS
in action and you could win a prize! |
| Seminar
Session 1: A, B, C, D, I |
| Seminar
Session 2: B, C, E, F, I |
| Seminar
Session 3: E, G, D, H |
| A |
Tim Denning will take further questions
relating to his Online CPD for teachers address. |
| B |
This is a short introduction to a
complete ICT Key Stage 3 science resource for the introduction of
data-logging into your science lesson, including a data logger,
available on E Learning credits. Whether you are an experienced
scientist wanting to introduce data logging for the first time or a
non specialist science teacher, this session is worth a visit. |
| C |
AccurateAV will explore alternatives
and enhancements to the standard interactive whiteboard. |
| D |
This seminar will illustrate how
Kar2ouche helps students to develop contextual understanding,
critical interpretation and individual expression through a wide
range of cross-curricular creative activities including interactive
role-play, picture-making, storyboarding, animation, publishing and
movie-making. |
| E |
The 'Blackboard in Schools' Project was
launched in May 2003 as a follow‑on project from the
successful GNVQ in ICT Project (2002-03).
Five Staffordshire High Schools have been using the Blackboard
Managed Learning Environment to create and deliver sample e-learning
courses. |
| F |
Russell Prue: An opportunity to delve
into the world of Teachernet, and have access to the information and
support you need as Educational Professionals as and when you need
it. |
| G |
An opportunity to discuss further some
of the projects in which Stephen and UltraLab have been, and are
currently, involved. |
| H |
This system brings total interactivity
to the classroom at the press of a button and allows every student
to respond instantly to questions, quizzes and tests, providing
immediate feedback.
This innovative tool engages the attention and involvement of every
student and provides powerful reporting tools for educators.
See CPS in action and you could win a prize! |
| I |
Microsoft Education UK will present
some of their new e-learning initiatives concentrating in particular
on Class Server v3 and the Learning Gateway |
