Tuesday 9th October : Presentation of the world’s largest body of research evidence about the impact of interactive technology in education.
8.45 - 9.00
Registration for day delegates
9.00 - 9.30
Introduction by Professor Sir Geoff Hampton of Wolverhampton University - followed by:
Using IT in the classroom improves students’ achievement: where’s the evidence?
Vanessa Pittard - Director of Evidence and Evaluation, BECTA
(British Educational Communications and Technology Agency)
In 1998 the UK government invested over £50million in interactive whiteboards. Much more has since been invested in IT. Has it been wasted? This year’s report from the London Institute for Education was publicised as showing that there was no evident benefit. What do they - and other leading researchers from around the world - say to that?
From 9:30, you can visit a school, or attend up to 3 research seminars, or meet with publishers, partners, technical colleagues or senior representatives from Promethean informally
Please make your options clear via the registration form or ask event staff.
9.30 - 12:30
PROGRAMME OF SCHOOL VISITS
Delegates will have the opportunity to see a real classroom at work.
10.00 - 12:30
RESEARCH SEMINARS: 10:00-10:45; 11:00-11:45; 11:45-12:30
Choose THREE from:
1. The REVEAL project, exploring the effective use of student response systems.
Diana Bannister MBE, Andrew Hutchinson and Helen Sargeant, University of Wolverhampton.
An exciting two-year development and research initiative that is the first of its kind. Shows video footage of teachers explaining the challenges that they have overcome.
2. The impact of interactive whiteboards on Forsyth County and new initiatives in assessment.
Bailey Mitchell Chief Technology and Information Officer, and Director of Instructional
Technology, Jill Hobson report on how Forsyth County Schools in the US have transformed the teaching and learning process through installing Promethean Activboards in every classroom.
They are the first District to standardise in this way. Two years on, learn how Promethean and its partners - Elluminate, ExploreLearning, Inspiration, and netTrekker - have supported school
improvement efforts including a standards-based approach to instructional design, best
practices in Assessment For Learning, and differentiated instruction. Learn how Forsyth
uses all of these interactive resources to support their reform efforts.
10.45 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45
3. The American Digital Schools Survey
Tom Greaves has created America’s Digital Schools, a syndicated study of the top 2,500 U.S. school districts. It provides insights into the future of the digital school from the perspective of superintendents, curriculum directors, and technology directors over a five-year horizon.
More information is available at www.ads2007.org.
4. The impact of IWBs on Standards and pedagogy in primary schools
Bridget Somekh and Maureen Haldane, Manchester Metropolitan University.
11:45 - 12:30
5. The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance Evaluation:
An Evaluation of the Schools Whiteboard Expansion (SWE) Project: London Challenge
Gemma Moss, the London Institute of Education
Earlier this year this report received a great deal of press attention: it was said to reveal that investment in interactive technology had not paid off. How accurate was that reporting? Find out from the researchers themselves.
6. Didactica y Multimedia (DiM): investigating the effect of IWBs in primary and secondary schools.
Professor Pere Marques, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona del Departmento de Pedagogia Aplicada) and Grupo de Investigacion
"Didactica y Multimedia" (DiM). The first European project to focus on the effect of IWBs. Early results of this exclusive research.
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.00
Transforming the classroom
Introduction to the afternoon session by Bailey Mitchell - Forsyth County
RESEARCH SEMINARS
14:15-15:00 and 15:15-16:00
Please choose TWO from:
1. The REVEAL project, exploring the effective use of student response systems.
Diana Bannister MBE, and Andrew Hutchinson, University of Wolverhampton.
An exciting two-year development and research initiative that is the first of its kind. Shows video footage of teachers explaining the challenges that they have overcome.
2. Didactica y Multimedia (DiM): investigating the effect of IWBs in secondary (11-18) schools.
Professor Pere Marques, University of Barcelona Grupo de Investigacion "Didactica y Multimedia" (DiM) del Departmento de Pedagogia Aplicada). The first European project to focus on the effect of IWBs. Early results of this exclusive research.
3. The American Digital Schools Survey
Tom Greaves has created America’s Digital Schools, a syndicated study of the top 2,500 U.S. school districts. It provides insights into the future of the digital school from the perspective of superintendents, curriculum directors, and technology directors over a five-year horizon.
More information is available at www.ads2007.org.
15.00 – 15.15
Coffee Break
4. The impact of IWBs on Standards and pedagogy in primary schools
Bridget Somekh and Maureen Haldane, Manchester Metropolitan University.
5. The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance Evaluation: An Evaluation of the Schools Whiteboard Expansion (SWE) Project: London Challenge
Gemma Moss, the London Institute of Education
Earlier this year this report received a great deal of press attention: it was said to reveal that investment in interactive technology had not paid off. How accurate was that reporting? Find out from the researchers themselves.
6. The impact of interactive whiteboards on Forsyth County and new initiatives in assessment.
Bailey Mitchell Chief Technology and Information Officer, and Director of Instructional Technology, Jill Hobson report on how Forsyth County Schools in the US have transformed the teaching and learning process through installing Promethean Activboards in every classroom. They are the first District to standardise in this way. Two years on, learn how Promethean and its partners - - Elluminate, ExploreLearning, Inspiration, and netTrekker - have supported school improvement efforts including a standards-based approach to instructional design, best practices in Assessment For Learning, and differentiated instruction. Learn how Forsyth uses all of these interactive resources to support their reform efforts.
16.15 – 17.00
Concluding remarks from Doug Brown, Deputy Director, Technology Futures Unit, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Evening
Buffet dinner in The Conservatory Restaurant
View the agenda for Monday 8th October
View the agenda for Wednesday 10th October
Page last updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
