Teachmeet Takeover - BETT 2015

Teachers sharing more inspiration for free - in the middle of BETT...

If you're tweeting about this please use the #tmtakeover hashtag.

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Images from Tom Barrett, Danny Nicholson, Ian Usher used under the appropriate Creative Commons licenses.

What is Teachmeet Takeover?

BETT 2015 runs from January 21st to 24th 2014 at Excel in London and since 2010, many wonderful suppliers have donated their stand to teachers to share ideas. These ideas are not related to the stand that they are on and they should maintain the ethos of Teachmeet: the idea should be something that can be replicated by others in their classroom. 

If you are an exhibitor:

To take part you will need to ensure your stand has, where necessary:

• a display (plasma / projector) able for anyone to connect their laptop / device to;
• appropriate PA equipment for your location - which might be noisy! This means a headset mic if you expect presenters not to hold one in their hand...
• reliable internet access, so that any presenter can arrive, connect (either via wifi or a cable) and get online; 
• enough space for a small crowd to gather and not irritate other exhibitors or block something important... toilets, overpriced sandwiches & coffee, fire exits, you get the idea...

Please add your company's name and a contact name and the most appropriate Twitter account for BETT into the table below. 

If you would like to offer a time-slot that has already been taken, simply add another row with the times you have available. 

If the tables fill up then use the Table > Row > Insert Row commands to add a row for your slot. Please try and keep the slots in time order so we can work out what's going on!

If you are a teacher:

Have a look at the schedule below. Once you see that there is a stand to present on, add your name and idea.

Some guidelines for your presentation:

• You should be a teacher or a practitioner to present;
• Your presentation should be about free ideas using free tools that anyone watching can take away or access and have a go at without needing to subscribe to anything. A connection to the internet might be the only thing you should assume. There is no way for us to check what is on the stand until we get to BETT!
• You might showcase a free tool, but it'll be even better if you can demonstrate some work you've done with it. 
• If we start to run out of slots, then you might be asked to reduce your number of presentations (if you've signed up to present more than once) so that everyone can get in, but we'll try and get more slots as well...
• You can show ideas about using devices e.g. tablets etc, but remember that it is the idea and the pedagogy that we are most interested in.
• If you're not sure of a title but know roughly what you'll be covering, then please fill that in - as exhibitors will need to prepare schedules in plenty of time for the show. **Any presentation without a title by January 10th will be removed. We need to know details so that the schedule can be printed and distributed** 
• We suggest two presentations in a 30minute slot, but this is just a guideline 

Once you've signed up to either host or present, then please ensure you follow your host / presenter on twitter so you can message each other (assuming you're both on twitter...). You and your host are responsible for ensuring that your presentation goes ahead - if it's not going to happen, please strike the presentation's details through so everyone knows it's not happening

Where is Kidsmeet Takeover? 

The presentations below are open to teachers as well as Digital Leaders/children. Let's keep it all on one Wiki, makes life much easier! 

Please sign up in one of the sections below - and then (if you're an exhibitor) add your slot to the timetable below. If you're a presenter, please add your name to any slots available that you'd like to fill, please don't fill your name in until a free slot is available!

There's also a need for a co-ordinator or two for each day - please sign up in the table headers if you could act as a co-ordinator for a particular day - this would be ideally suited to exhibitors as (a) people will know where you'll be and (b) it isn't likely to be your only day at BETT.

How to edit this page 

1. Click the EDIT tab at the top of this page - you'll be prompted to login.
2. Note that the PBwiki system has changed, so either:
1. create a PBwiki account, which is quick and simple, and login; or
2. alternatively you can login using the limited guest account - username guest password teemhcaet
3. Return to this page and click the EDIT tab
4. Either
1. Add a time slot in the daily tables below (if you're an exhibitor willing to host) or 
2. Add your name to the appropriate time slot (if you're a teacher/adviser wanting to present) 
5. Click the Save button at the foot of the page...
6. That's it! 

Images from previous TM Takeover sessions at BETT