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TeachMeet Midlands 2009 National College for School Leadership, Nottingham What is TeachMeet? What can you do? Seven minute micropresentations Two minute nano presentations Learning conversations Enthusiastic Lurkers Flashmeeting Second Life TeachEat Accommodation Lifts offered Tags What have we have got? Sponsors Twitter Promotional Images

 

TeachMeet Midlands 2009

Friday 15th May 2009 6-9.30pm

National College for School Leadership, Nottingham

 

It worked!!  Thanks Tom Barrett for making it happen and to the people who came and  shared.

 

Share your stories, ask your questions and learn from each other at TeachMeet Midlands, to be held at the National College for School Leadership's Learning and Conference Centre in Nottingham.

 

View this Flickr search to see images of NCSL's Learning & Conference Centre or visit the Learning & Conference Centre website. Here is some info about getting there.

 

 

What is TeachMeet?

 

Learn something new, be amazed, amused and enthused. This is an informal gathering of those curious about teaching and technology. Anyone can share great ideas they've trialled in their classrooms, ask important questions  or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations.

 

What can you do?

 

You can come along to chat, meet new people, or give a seven minute talk, a two minute nano presentation or lead a conversation.

 

As with all Teachmeets, we are dependant on our sponsors for refreshments and wifi and other costs. Please contact Stuart [stuart dot sutherland @ ncsl dot org dot uk] if you can help.

 

Seven minute micropresentations

 

Add your name and what you may talk about below. YOUR TALK MUST BE ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF WORK IN CLASSROOMS. Don't bother if it is just about showcasing a product.

 

1. Tom Barrett - not sure what on yet
2. Lisa Stevens - no idea but sure I can find something to talk about! ¡Vámonos! Twitter
3. Doug Belshaw (Twitter) - what I've been doing with my Year 10 History students this year, blending the traditional with the digital: relevant blog post. (likely to be late due to childcare changeover!)
4. José Picardo - It's all about communication: what I get up to with my pupils why (I think) they're enjoying it Box of Tricks | Twitter
5. Alan Parkinson- "I'm starving!" - Twitter
6. David Gilmour (Twitter) - Lessons learned in building East Lothian's edubuzz.org, maybe also in introducing Glow?
7. JRowing (Twitter) - Videoconferencing + other toys!
8. Doug Dickinson (Twitter)- ictopus - classroom resources for FREE - unless  this is showcasing ? :-) not selling ... sharing
9. John Sutton - Teaching kids to respect digital rights.
10. Padraig McKenna Twitter Something lower-KS2 related - I'll keep searching for the vacant niche!
11. Joanne Kiernan - Using Crazy Talkv5.0 to promote learning conversations
12. Toby Barkworth-Knight - use of 'Visual Texts' to support Literacy teaching.
13. Ian Usher - An online Games Design course - done in Flash/Moodle, taught from all over the world - Twitter
14. Dughall McCormick - Twitter - Web 2.0 in Year 2 Presentation (private login -sorry)
15. Daniel Needlestone - Twitter - Educational Applications for Google Applications for Education
16. Laura Walker - Twitter - E-learning and PLNs
17. Stuart Ridout - Twitter - I didn't write the homework down right!  FREE homework website  http://www.getplannerlive.com  e.g. at http://stantonbury.plannerlive.com 
18. Martin Looter - Spa Toilet Seat and Bidet Seat - give a best quality of spa toilet bidet seat -  Bidet Seat

 

Two minute nano presentations

 

Add your name and what you may talk about below. YOUR TALK MUST BE ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF WORK IN CLASSROOMS. Don't bother if it is just about showcasing a product.

 

1. Steph Beard - Scratch

 

Learning conversations

 

At recent TeachMeets, not everybody who wished to present has been able to present. Similary, not everybody wishes to perform. So .... instead of doing a presentation, would you like to lead a conversation on a topic that's currently close to your heart? Perhaps it's an area where you have more questions than answers? We'll make space in the night for these learning conversations to take place. Sign up below if you'd like to lead a conversation.

 

1. Are we preaching to the converted at TeachMeet?  If so, how do we get the message to the masses?

(I guess most of us are ICT 'savvy,' but what tools, techniques, tricks and tips do we use to raise awareness of the potential that ICT offers, with colleagues who don't share our enthusiasm (. . . yet!)?)

• Ian Guest - Twitter, Delicious

 

2. Why technology?

Spurred on by Ben Grey's recent post, people in the edublogosphere have been thinking (again!) about how to persuade people that money should be spent on transformative technology for schools. How do we go about making these arguments? Should we even be advocating it?

• Doug Belshaw (Twitter)

 

Enthusiastic Lurkers

 

Add your name

 

1. Tricia Neal (Twitter ) someone has to lurk!! :-)
2. Jenny Ellwood Twitter make that 3 lurkers!
3. Rich Healey - no Twitter & needs to learn about it all!
4. Dan Stucke Twitter will move himself up the page when he thinks of something to present!
5. Tony Sheppard (www.twitter.com/grumbledook) - another lurker, but will look at a nano-presentation
6. James Green Twitter and another...
7. Dan Cottle - no twitter
8. Ian Jones
9. Anne Matthews
10. Paul Scott
11. Steve Dale
12. James Langley
13. Kerry Turner
14. Claire Jones- twitter
15. James Padvis - twitter
16. Stuart Ridout - twitter
17. Louise Bussell
18. Jo Day
19. Sally Peacock
20. Laura Walker -twitter 
21. Saiqa Liaqat - Twitter
22. Sofia Darr
23. Michelle Hill - twitter
24. Steven Taylor - twitter
25. Ian Harcombe - Twitter
26. Drew Crow - Now downgraded to lurker :( (Twitter - for what it's worth!)
27. Stuart Sutherland - Similarly moved myself to 'lurker' as I'll be helping to run the show - Twitter
28. Rojon Ali - Twitter
29. Paul Spedding
30. Darren Brumby
31. Martin Adler
32. Alex Wilde
33. Angela Jones
34. Kim Gutteridge

 

 

Flashmeeting

 

The event will be broadcast live via Flashmeeting (web conference) at http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/cbd8ce-4484 . Further details to follow. If you wish to attend the Flashmeeting, please add your name here, not in the list of lurkers or presenters above:

 

The FlashMeeting is booked from 5.30-9.30pm (hopefully with live feed from 6pm), which allows for conversations beyond the event itself. There is space for 25 participants. When you click on the link, above, click on 'Go to meeting', then 'Enter meeting as a guest'. You can join us via webcam and/or audio. Technical info is at http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/help.html

 

1. Sinclair Mackenzie Twitter
2. Peggy George (Twitter: pgeorge)
3. Fons van den Berg Twitter Quite sure I'll pop in somewhere along the evening
4. Joy Simpson Twitter
5. Mandy Honeyman Twitter
6. Kevin Mc Laughlin Twitter (I'd love to be there in person)
7. Russell Dyas Twitter Looks like won't be able to attend now which is a shame :(
8. David Noble
9. David Dixon Twitter
10. Donna Wilson
11. Tess Watson
12. Steve Beard (after I have put the kids to bed)
13. Lois Lindemann Twitter - definitely maybe. I'm on a school trip tomorrow, but I'm going to try and join the second half of the Flash Meeting, if I'm back home in time!
14. Roxana Hadad Twitter
15. Stuart Meldrum Twitter
16. Philip Schonken Twitter

 

Second Life

 

I am involved in some work at  residential workshop so won't be able to to do this but hope to get there for after the break to film.

 

1. Jo Rhys-Jones Twitter -oh I feel it's time Runaway Weatherwax started exploring and walking into walls again...
2. Precisely

 

Graham Davies, aka Groovy Winkler in SL and daisybundle in Twitter: I would love to do a presentation on Second Life at a distance, but I shall be skiing here in Austria on 21 January and there is a shortage of wifi environments in the mountain bars. However, all is not lost, as there is plenty of information about SL on the Web:

1. Lots of info about SL at the ICT4LT site - regularly updated with loads of links.
2. The EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Ning - join the Ning and learn more!
3. My Introduction to Second Life for newbies - a downloadable Word document.
4. My Screenjelly presentation - a 3-minute tour of the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ in SL, created with the free Screenjelly screen capture tool.
5. Helen Myers' video about her experiences as a language learner in SL.
6. Or just drop into the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ, walk around, pick up the notecards, grab a free teeshirt, and watch the PowerPoint presentations and the video showing kids in the John Hanson Community School using Second Life.

    

TeachEat

 

TeachEat will take place at NCSL at 9.30 PM, straight after the sessions finish, in the form of a buffet, served in NCSL's central atrium, right next to the bar. The food has been kindly funded by NCSL.

 

Sign up below if you fancy some nosh at the venue itself and the chance to continue with the conversation.

 

1. Tom Barrett
2. Lisa Stevens
3. Stuart Sutherland
4. Doug Belshaw
5. Alan Parkinson
6. José Picardo
7. John Sutton
8. Jenny Ellwood
9. Rich Healey
10. John Sutton
11. Dan Stucke (Assuming John stays as he indicates above!)
12. Tony Sheppard
13. Joanne Kiernan
14. Paul Scott
15. Steve Dale
16. James Langley
17. Dughall McCormick
18. Ian Guest
19. James Padvis
20. Stuart Ridout
21. Laura Walker
22. Saiqa Liaqat
23. Sofia Darr
24. Ian Usher
25. Steve Taylor
26. Ian Harcombe
27. Leon Cych Sorry just can't clone myself :(
28. Daniel Needlestone
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30. Paul Spedding
31. Darren Brumby
32. Martin Adler     
33. Alex Wilde
34. Doug Dickinson
35. Tricia Neal
36. Steph Beard
37. Angela Jones

 

Accommodation

 

If you need accommodation for the night of May 15th, it is possible to stay at the NCSL venue itself which has accommodation costing £78.30 per night. View further details about accommodation at the venue. You will need to book and pay for this yourself. To do so call 0115 872 2195 (or 0115 872 2500) or email conferencecentre@ncsl.org.uk.

Lifts offered

 

If you can offer a lift, fill your name in here, with (roughly) where you're going from, and via... if you want a lift, please put your name in!

 

• John Sutton - Stockport at 4pm > Nottingham [taking Daniel Stucke - 4 spaces left]
• Ian Usher - Aylesbury at ~4pm > Milton Keynes > M1 > Nottingham (can divert if you're nearly en route!) [4 spaces left]
• Dughall McCormick - Huddersfield ~5pm (ish) > M1 > Nottingham (staying over with a friend, returning to Huddersfield following day around midday).

• Air Conditioning

 

 

 

Tags

 

Let's keep it all together and use the following tag for all posts and images to do with TeachMeet Midlands 09:

 

TMM09

 

What have we have got?

 

• Venue: provided and funded by NCSL.
• AV equipment (including one internet-connected laptop per table): provided and funded by NCSL.
• WiFi - we have 20 BT Openzone cards, kindly funded by Russel Tarr (activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net)
• Pre-drinks: Some will be provided, funded by NCSL.
• 'Interval drinks' kindly funded by Anithings and toenail fungus remedies and Lightbox
• Teach Eat: A buffet with some drinks at 9.30PM will be funded by NCSL.

   

Sponsors

It was good! Many thanks to the sponsors for  helping to create a productive relaxed atmosphere.

 

NCSL

 

Russel Tarr (activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net)

 

   

 

 

Twitter

 

When you are mentioning TeachMeet Midlands '09 whilst using Twitter please just add TMM09 somwhere in the tweet - that way it will be picked up by a Twitter search. On the night of the TeachMeet we will have a projected live feed of the Twitter backchannel.

 

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