The E2BN Annual Conference is being held this year on the 23rd & 24th June.

For those of you who are not aware of it this is a mini BETT or NAACE with lots of focussed and interesting seminars for teachers, more time for sensible conversations and for seeing equipment and software. Its free because we are part of E2BN; they provide our broadband and all the resources we can access on it, which you can see here as well. There is a Dinner on the Tuesday night which the sponsors provide. Accomodation cost is £85 for the night.

I guarantee you will find something to interest you. Richard.

http://www.conference.e2bn.org/  is the main site and points to the booking page.

http://conference.e2bn.org/article.php?ID=52  to see what other teachers think about it.

Inspired Newsletter

The new ‘Inspired’ from Futurelab has interesting material in as always. Here’s just some of the ones for ICT:
·          X48 game camp Participants were asked to work to a brief that enabled them to showcase games that might move beyond traditional puzzle and shoot-em-up formats and open up new and interesting 'conversations'.
·          Postgraduate courses in Computer games technology research at The University of Abertay Dundee.
·          Using augmented reality technologies to help a latter-day Macbeth enabling him to negotiate the corridors of his castle while seeing and interacting with computer-generated images projected on top.
·          Alternative/Improved(?) web searching using Kosmix.
·          There's a succinct account of the recent BSF conference held in London on Futurelab's blog, Flux.

There’s loads of other stuff as well, for many different areas.

Mark Merrywest writes:

Cant find anything to announce it on the ICT front page, but there are two new SOW on Fronter for year 7 and 8 this term is anyone wants to use them

Year 7 is Internet Safety – based on a questionnaire and learning excel skills as well

Year 8 is a healthy eating advert – developing planning, picture editing and animation skills

Anyone is free to use, adapt or suggest changes.

Podcasts: Ben Williamson on computer games and education; Keri Facer on 'reimagining teaching for the 21st century'
Two new podcasts in our series intended to disseminate some of the ideas and research presented by Futurelab at external events. Ben focuses on competing arguments about the role of computer games in supporting educational goals, while Keri discusses the current orthodox views of the future of teaching, and argues that these are inadequate.
Further details...

We've been reading the new 'Inspired' Newsletter from Futurelab. It's very interesting and we thought you might like to know about it if you didn't already.

Issue 1 October 2008

It can be subscribed to here: http://inspired.futurelab.org.uk/

Richard

We've been reading the new 'Inspired' Newsletter from Futurelab. It's very interesting and we thought you might like to know about it if you didn't already.

Issue 1 October 2008

It can be subscribed to here: http://inspired.futurelab.org.uk/

Richard

KS3 Tests scrapped for 14-year-olds

Massive change for schools but what are the implications for us in ICT?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7669254.stm

Will it affect our target setting? Some schools use FFTand the English, Maths and Science KS3 tests to set their targets at KS4. What will it mean to you in your school. Do email or add an comment and tells us. 

CPD for you

The last Strategy Advisers Network meeting focussed on staff CPD. All of you have an entitlement to, and a responsibility to undertake CPD.  Look at the Professional Standards for Teachers on page 3, paragraph 8 which states, “All teachers should have a professional responsibility to be engaged in effective, sustained and relevant professional development throughout their careers and all teachers should have a contractual entitlement to effective, sustained and relevant professional development throughout their careers.”   What do you want this to look like? How do you want it structured? Where do you want to do it? You need to start thinking about the answers to these questions. Please add your comments or emails us your feelings.   

Networks 

Wendy Styles, our new ICT Adviser is meeting OCR representative Matthew Neivens on the 6^th November as a precursor to setting up an official OCR Network with the Nationals as the main focus. This will start early in the Spring term 2009. We will keep you posted. The DiDA Network has got quieter over the last few sessions. What do the teachers of DiDA want to do about this? Teachers of other exams could respond here as well. Do you want meetings and contact details between the relevant schools involved in your exam? Please email or add your comments on these subjects. 

e-Safety 

Cyberbullying – Notre Dame has created a Cyberbullying lesson you can all access at:
http://www.ndhs.org.uk/article.asp?reference=48501016071027

while the video for your own lesson is on:
http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullfilm.aspx 

Ceops- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - official support site:
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/ 

Thinkuknow official pupil support site:
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/default.aspx 

Hope to see you at the SLDM on:13^th November in the PDC or 14^th November in the West Norfolk PDC (WNPDC)

KS3 Tests scrapped for 14-year-olds

Massive change for schools but what are the implications for us in ICT?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7669254.stm

Will it affect our target setting? Some schools use FFTand the English, Maths and Science KS3 tests to set their targets at KS4. What will it mean to you in your school. Do email or add an comment and tells us. 

CPD for you

The last Strategy Advisers Network meeting focussed on staff CPD. All of you have an entitlement to, and a responsibility to undertake CPD.  Look at the Professional Standards for Teachers on page 3, paragraph 8 which states, “All teachers should have a professional responsibility to be engaged in effective, sustained and relevant professional development throughout their careers and all teachers should have a contractual entitlement to effective, sustained and relevant professional development throughout their careers.”   What do you want this to look like? How do you want it structured? Where do you want to do it? You need to start thinking about the answers to these questions. Please add your comments or emails us your feelings.   

Networks 

Wendy Styles, our new ICT Adviser is meeting OCR representative Matthew Neivens on the 6^th November as a precursor to setting up an official OCR Network with the Nationals as the main focus. This will start early in the Spring term 2009. We will keep you posted. The DiDA Network has got quieter over the last few sessions. What do the teachers of DiDA want to do about this? Teachers of other exams could respond here as well. Do you want meetings and contact details between the relevant schools involved in your exam? Please email or add your comments on these subjects. 

e-Safety 

Cyberbullying – Notre Dame has created a Cyberbullying lesson you can all access at:
http://www.ndhs.org.uk/article.asp?reference=48501016071027

while the video for your own lesson is on:
http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullfilm.aspx 

Ceops- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - official support site:
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/ 

Thinkuknow official pupil support site:
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/default.aspx 

Hope to see you at the SLDM on:13^th November in the PDC or 14^th November in the West Norfolk PDC (WNPDC)

http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/can-i-legally-download-a-movie-trailer/

This came through on the OCR Nationals mailing list.  It covers the legal aspects of downloading material (also part of Unit 1).

The downloading and use of material had been part of a recent discussion.