Home access through technology

Parrs Wood will show how this school is supporting home access through technology

Tash Lee, Laura Shore, Deputy Head, Luckwell Primary School, Bristol, ‘Fountaineering’ for educational change

‘Fountaineers’ is a whole school project in which primary pupils are co-researchers, co-designers, owners and engineers of an interactive and programmable, intelligent water fountain. Ultimately the fountain is a vehicle and a focus for us to trial and to develop new approaches to teaching and learning, to challenge some traditional school structures and to put personalised learning and learner voice into practice.The seminar will provide practical advice, and share tools and processes for others to be able to run similar projects in their own institutions.

Miles Berry, Terry Freedman, Personalised Learning through Technology

This seminar will explore how ICT can contribute to a new experience of schooling, assessment for learning, pupils’ ownership of learning, peer mentoring and parental engagement, thus fulfilling the aspirations of the Gilbert Report. The design of schools for the future will be discussed, as will possibilities for teachers’ CPD. Provision for more radical interpretations of personalised learning will also be discussed. There will be practical examples of how technology such as Learning Platforms, VLEs, MISs, blogging, handheld devices and home computers are being used, and there will be lots of ideas for teachers to try out for themselves.

Keri Facer, Futurelab, Space to Think: Preparing for Long Term Educational Futures

This presentation will provide an overview of findings from a programme of work currently being conducted by Futurelab into the future role of education in the context of technological, social and global change. It will provide a summary of the latest forecasts and predictions from scientists, industry and non governmental organisations. It will identify key issues facing educators in planning for the future. The presentation will also offer a set of tools for education leaders and innovators to use to create ‘space to think’ for planning BSF programmes or transforming curriculum, pedagogy and home-school relations.