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This will be the first Teachmeet in Wales to bring together practitioners from both the secondary and FE sectors to share ideas and Good Practice.

Would you like to discuss innovative ways to use a Virtual Learning Environment in order to enhance teaching and learning? How about the sharing of ideas for raising standards in literacy and numeracy? Want to know more about Essential Skills Wales? You will have the opportunity to discuss all of these topics whilst networking with practitioners from across the sectors in an informal setting.

What is Teachmeet?

This is an informal gathering of those curious about new and innovative ways to enhance teaching and learning. Anyone can share great ideas they've trialled with their learners, ask important questions or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations. Education professionals from the FE and secondary sectors are encouraged to take part.

When and Where?

Date: Wednesday 8th February 2012

Where: Llandrillo College, Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay

Time: 5.30pm – 8.30pm 

Tags and Twitter – Follows

Let's keep it all together and use the following tag for all posts, images, tweets and presentations to do with this TeachMeet #tmbtg

NGfL Cymru will also be streaming the TeachMeet live. Watch the event at http://www.livestream.com/ngflcymrugcad. You will also be able to view the recording after the event on the same site.

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 related to our theme – ‘The sharing of Good Practice across the Secondary and FE sectors’ in some way.

Presentation Rules

What are the rules for this Teachmeet? 

You can use whatever presentation format you want including PowerPoint, keynote, prezi, slide rocket, 280 slides etc

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! 

Seven minute micropresentations

Add your name and what you may talk about below.  

1. Allan Heard - Digital Leaders

2. Kath Holton - Innovative use of ICT to enhance learning

3. Dafydd Williams - Building bespoke resources

4. Gavin Browning - Improving standards in literacy

5. Paul B Richardson - TBC

6. Allen Thomas - three ways to enage a learner by using a forum, glossary and wiki

7. Moya Seaman - supporting literacy developments

8. David Morris - questioning skills

9. Zoe Evans - Enhancing Learning in Numeracy

10. Colin Graham - Stick it! 10+ Activities with post-it notes - maths, languages, history, early years, practical jokes (maybe not the latter!)

11. Josh Smith - Using Wordwall to engage learners

12. Allen Heard - Cloud based learning

13. Pete Richardson ~~ Developing Digital Literacy - Peer eGuides.

14. Karen Ford - Cyber Safety - sharing Good Practice with NGfL-Cymru

15. Matt Smith - Outcomes from MOtIvATE http://ilt.coleggwent.ac.uk/swani 

Two minute nano presentations

 Add your name and what you may talk about below.  

1. Robin Trangmar - Using SOLO taxonomy

2.Colin Graham - Archiving Twitter hashtags on Google - a short demo

3. Pete Richardson ~~ Time: Part of the Big Picture.

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Attendees

Add your name if you’d like to come along:

• Hazel Israel 
• David Morris  
• Julie Ann Jones    
• Alan Nevitt
• Keith Williams 
• Paul Richardson (JISC Regional Support Centre Wales: http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/wales) 
• David Kirkby 
• Melanie Blount
• Dafydd Williams
• Karen Ford 
• Rhys Jones
• Thomas Beverley 
• Allen Heard
• Kath Holton
• Ian Morgan 
• Gavin Browning
• Zoe Evans
• Peter Richardson
• Robin Trangmar 
• Colin Graham
• Josh Smith
• Allen Thomas
• Moya Seaman 
• Tina Harrison-Jones 
• Wendy Pierce Jones 
• Dewi Lloyd @dewilloyd dewi@irisconnect.co.uk 

Enthusiastic Lurkers!

• Melody Reynolds
• Christine Davies
• Matt Smith @mattsmeeth (until around 6.15pm anyway!) 

What do we need to make this event happen?

Sponsors

Who can help organise things before, on the day or during the event?

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