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Important Update

Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event due to the limited number of speakers. Our apologies and we will try to organise another event with more notice or a wider remit to make it worth while attending.

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Details of this event

A chance for Primary teachers in Birmingham and the West Midlands to get together and share practice and ideas. This event will be focused on Primary education, but colleagues from other sectors are welcome to attend if they have an interest in this area. We are keen for people to attend who may not have been to a TeachMeet before, and we welcome presentations about any forward thinking or interesting educational ideas- not just those related to New Technologies (although such talks are very welcome too!).

What is TeachMeet?

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

When and Where?

Date: Tuesday 27th April 2010

Where: Robin Hood Primary School, Hall Green, Birmingham 

Time: 5pm - 7pm

Host for the night: Paul Smith and Oliver Quinlan

Resident Technical Expert on site: Oliver Quinlan

Google Maps: 

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=robin+hood+primary+school+pitmaston+road&hl=en&cd=1&ei=l5SWS8WWN8S2jAfo0LzSDQ&sig2=PrITWN2dC8tmuhj34jBq1g&sll=52.426056,-1.832291&sspn=0.364984,4.466294&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=15307181105997963864&ved=0CBoQpQY&hq=robin+hood+primary+school+pitmaston+road&hnear=&ll=52.426985,-1.832292&spn=0.006974,0.016136&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A

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 a venue, refreshments, wifi, equipment and other costs.

Presentation Rules

You can use whatever presentation format you want including PowerPoint, keynote, prezi, slide rocket, 280 slides, you could just talk, show something from the web, hold up a poster or you could sing a song or do something different ? This is about showcasing learning, not showcasing products: use your 2 minutes or 7 minutes to show us the difference your project has made to education.

The important thing is that you get your message across and you will only get one minute set up time.

Be prepared for technical difficulties and be ready to wing it on the night! That’s what makes Teachmeet exciting!

If your examples are online please add links to your presentation or work to the title (this will speed things up on the night) 

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Seven minute micro presentations

Add your name and what you may talk about below. YOUR TALK SHOULD BE RELATED TO EMPOWERING LEARNING IN SOME WAY.

1. Oliver Quinlan, Robin Hood Primary School (@oliverquinlan, www.oliverquinlan.co.uk/blog) - tbc, Something related to use of 1:1 netbooks in year 4 or our School Radio station.

2.Rachel Aver Robin Hood Primary School tbc Why use Boxing Glove?/ Assessing children in virtual worlds: Making them jump through teacher-generated hoops or moderating user-generated content for evidence of progress.

3.Lisa Stevens Whitehouse Common Primary .Primary language educator and consultant (¡Vámonos!  @lisibo) not sure - probably related to school wikispace and using tools to motivate.

4. Kevin McLaughlin (@kvnmcl ictsteps.com) ICT Coordinator in a primary school in Leicestershire - tbc but something related to blogging and why it's so useful for teaching and learning OR using Comic Life to empower literacy OR Using Google Forms with Twitter

Two minute nano presentations

Add your name and what you may talk about below. YOUR TALK MUST BE CONCERNED WITH EMPOWERING LEARNING.

1.Paul Smith @psmith101 Robin Hood School - Using Nintendo DSs in classroom to support maths learning

2. Doug Dickinson - ictopus .. Social Media Agency Manchester free resources for Primary ICT

3. Dan Belcher - SSAT opportunities for primary teacher and schools  

Enthusiastic Lurkers

Add your name

1. Karen Horne @mrskhorne Montgomery Primary School 
2. Tricia Neal #tricias 
3. Bill Lord @joga5 Hoping to do a nano 
4. Clare Waterhouse; Tudor Grange Academy, Worcester;  Lead Teacher Foundation Programme

Tags and Twitter 

When you are mentioning TeachMeet Birmingham: Primary Edition whilst using Twitter please just add #TMBhamPri somewhere in the tweet - that way it will be picked up by a Twitter search

Web 2.0 tags - For personal blogs, flickr, youtube and other photo/video sharing sites = TMBhamPri

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=350264908387&ref=ts

Sponsors

Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

Dan Belcher , West Midlands Head of Regional networks will say a few words about his work with Primary Schools.