Leading ICT Teacher Conference 2008
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Friday, October 03, 2008 8:48 AM
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kent-teachers
By now Leading Teachers, ASTs and Hands on Support Providers will have received invitations to our Leading ICT Teacher Conference on 20th November 2008. We are delighted that Russell Prue will be delivering a keynote presentation entitled:
"Transformational Learning – looking at free technology that improves learning".
Russell is an award winning ICT evangelist, author, inventor and entrepreneur. He has been working in learning technology for over 23 years and is one of the most engaging speakers in education today, described by the Times Educational Supplement as ‘the best known ICT evangelist in the UK’.
Using videos and live demonstration, Russell presentation will look at new and existing technologies and suggests new ways that colleagues can take advantage of these in their subject teaching. He will be featuring in his presentation, among other products, his latest invention designed to motivate reluctant writers. The cre8txt keyboard is based on the key layout of a mobile phone and so embraces the text skills that young people have developed themselves. Russell will also be showing how he as used SecondLife to setup an office and training room that can serve customers 24 hours a day and how colleagues may like to experiment with this virtual world.
Russell’s presentation “Transformational Learning – looking at free technology that improves learning” will appeal to both primary and secondary colleagues. He will be taking a refreshing look at how we could use new social networking technologies in our learning and teaching spaces. Russell will propose new learning strategies and then demonstrate live how colleagues may like to use them. It is all about making ICT more learner centric, engaging learners on their terms using their technology, which is often available FREE.
Please bring your mobile phone with you to participate fully in Russell’s session.