Monday 8th October
9.00 – 9.20
Conference Registration
9:30 – 9:45
Introduction and Agenda Overview
Professor Sir Geoff Hampton of Wolverhampton University
and Mark Bardoe, Chief Marketing Officer, Promethean Limited.
9:45 - 10:25
Transforming the Educational experience: what about the curriculum?
Mick Waters, CEO, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Mick's role is 'to develop a modern, world-class curriculum that will inspire and challenge all learners and prepare them for the future'. He explains that the national curriculum should be treasured and valued, and discusses how it needs to be shaped to fit with children's lives.
10.15 – 11.05
Classroom of the Future: what will it look like?
Mike Gibbons, CEO, The Innovation Unit
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a £45Billion programme aimed at rebuilding or renewing all England′s 3,500 state secondary schools over the next 15years – schools that can expect to use all manner of IT equipment. What will the teacher of the future be expected to do? How will the classroom interact with the community?
11.05 – 11:20
Coffee
11.20 – 12.00
“Thinking the Unthinkable! “ – how to transform learning spaces
Marcus Orlovsky, Founder and Director of Bryanston Square (architects)
Marcus is passionate about helping the world of education create better learning environments where young people can achieve their goals. To this end he focuses on both the design of buildings and the way teaching and learning takes place in them. Marcus advises Authorities and architects on how to design the best possible buildings for their budget and seek out new funding solutions.
12.00 – 12.40
The American Digital Schools Survey 2007
Tom Greaves - Chairman of The Greaves Group.
Tom is a Visionary with over 30 years’ experience of pioneering educational technology. He built a prize-winning mechanical computer in the seventh grade, developed and marketed a diverse set of innovative products for IBM, including desktop computers, a personal science laboratory, curriculum and network management products. He led IBM's dominance in distributed networking in schools, and later co-founded NetSchools Corporation, which set the standard for comprehensive, high performing 1:1 e-learning solutions in K-12 schools. He holds multiple patents and patent disclosures for educational products.
12. 40 – 13.00
Future Spend on ICT for Education
Government spokesperson (TBC)
13.15 – 14.15
Lunch
ELECTIVE SESSIONS
Monday 8th October
Experience the latest interactive technology.
SESSION ONE: 14.15 – 15.00;
SESSION TWO: 15.00 – 15;45
Please choose TWO from:
a. Interactivclassroom in Action – for ages 4-11
Margaret Allen, Solution Evangelist - Activprimary
A highly experienced primary school teacher, Margaret has also trained 50 student teachers on the application of ICT across the curriculum: their OFSTED report described the ICT element of the course as ‘inspirational in its content.’ Margaret is a well-known author of articles on the positive effects of the use of interactive technology in the classroom, and how it can enrich learning. Last year she featured in the BBC’s “Child of our Time” series, using Promethean’s Activprimary software.
b. Learner Response Systems – Practical tips, ideal applications, and measurement
Emma Leacy Jones, Product Manager – Learner Response Systems
Emma is an experienced primary teacher, specialising in ICT. She has been a Key Stage Coordinator and worked in a Beacon School for ICT where good practice centred on the use of interactive whiteboards in the classroom. Emma is a Promethean Product Manager responsible for developing and managing Promethean’s suite of Learner Response systems.
c. Coordinating the "INTERACT - interactive whiteboards in classroom" project in Vale de Cambra, Arouca and Castelo de Paiva, Portugal.
Jose Paulo Santos
These sessions are available in English, French and/or Portuguese, depending on requests.
d. Interactivclassroom in Action – for ages 11-16
Peter Lambert – Solutions Evangelist - Activstudio
Peter has 21years’ teaching experience, in secondary (11-16) schools and Further Education (16—18). He became an IT Development Manager, and delivered seminars and workshops at NILTA and ETL conferences – and then joined Promethean as our very first employee, responsible for presenting and promoting interactive teaching all over the world.
16.00 – 16.15
Coffee break
16:15 – 17.00
Questions and concluding remarks
Led by Stephen Jury, Vice Chairman, Education Strategy, with Mark Bardoe CMO and speakers.
19.30
GALA DINNER in the Orchard Suite:
Dress code: suit and tie, cocktail dress for ladies.
Speakers:
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate
- celebrated film producer and active supporter of educational and children's causes through his work with the Teaching Awards Trust and UNICEF UK, is also a non executive director of Promethean. He has produced many award-winning films including Bugsy Malone, Local Hero, The Killing Fields, Chariots of Fire and Midnight Express. He retired from film production in 1998, and has since devoted much of his time to education; he is also Chancellor of the University of Sunderland.
Ron Clark, founder of The Ron Clark Academy, Atlanta.
Ron Clark, founder of The Ron Clark Academy, Atlanta
- has been called "America's Educator." In 2000 he became Disney's American Teacher of the Year. He is a "New York Times" best-selling author; his book, "The Essential 55", has sold over 1 million copies, and has been published in 25 countries. He’s featured on the "Today Show", CNN and "Oprah"; Ms Winfrey named him as her first "Phenomenal Man". His classes have been honoured at the White House on three occasions, and his teaching experiences in New York City are the subject of an uplifting film, "The Ron Clark Story". Tuesday 9th October : Presentation of the world’s largest body of research evidence about the impact of interactive technology in education.
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