8.15am |
Coffee and registration |
9.00am |
Conference welcome address by Alan Davies, Chair and MC for the
Conference |
9.10am |
Old Learning Newtools – A Keynote address by John Davitt
(including questions) |
10.00am |
Video-recorded Keynote Address by Professor Tanya Byron |
10.20am |
Three Presentations by Youth Panel Members from Ysgol Trfyan |
10.35am |
BREAK |
10.55am |
Questions and Answers: Young People Panel |
11.15am |
"Nothing!"...Virtual Worlds: What Kids Are Doing in Online
Playgrounds by Rebecca Newton, Moshi Monsters |
11.30am |
Drama by pupils from Ysgol Preseli |
Workshop Series A
11.45pm - 12.45pm |
1: John Davitt: Occupy the hand and free the mind - simple
strategies to make learners active with New Tools"
This workshop will provide a hands-on chance to explore some new
learning using a variety of resources and activities. The
workshop will also feature the use of John’s “Learning Event
Generator” and delegates will be given access to their own copy
to continue work back at base. This session will allow staff to
enjoy their own learning curves and show how to manage
innovation and still have a social life!
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2: Tim Davies: Making Digital Youth Work Work
Exploring different dimensions of digital youth work - from
recognising how practitioners should be aware of the impacts of
the Internet in their everyday practice, to imagining new ways
of working through digital technologies. This session will
explore a range of scenarios where digital tools and work with
young people collide, and will offer participants a chance to
explore some of the practical issues that anyone working with
young people in this digital age need to take into account.
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12.45pm |
LUNCH |
1.35pm |
Digital Literacy in a changing landscape - Sangeet Bhullar, WISE
KIDS |
2.30pm |
Understanding Digital Lifestyles – children and young people's
media literacy skills by Karen Roberts, Ofcom |
BREAK: 2.45pm – 3.00pm
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Workshop Series B
3.00pm - 4.05pm
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1: Presentation and Discussion Session Chaired by Paul
Richardson
Graham Atwell: Engaging learners with mobile devices
Graham Atwell will look at the way young people are using social
software and particularly mobile devices for communication, work
and play. He will speculate on the future adoption of new mobile
technologies and how they might be used. He will consider the
implications of such use for education and go on to examine the
advantages and disadvantages of using mobile devices in the
classroom. Finally he will give some practical example of how
mobiles are being used in classrooms in Wales.
Leon Cych: The Use of Immersive (or Virtual Worlds) in engaging
learners
In this workshop Leon will outline and explore various uses of
Virtual Worlds. He will outline what you need to do to map out
your project and engage learners in an Immersive Environment;
the pitfalls to avoid and the necessary planning and
infrastructure needed to make everything run smoothly. He will
be drawing on plenty of video exemplars of projects already
undertaken by other educators and putting and linking to
numerous online exemplars.
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2: Presentation and Discussion Session Chaired by Sangeet
Bhullar
Ruth Hammond: Practical Measures in eSafeguarding
In this session Ruth will explore what processes schools and
other organisations working with young people, need to put in
place to empower and safeguard young people.
Anne Stoker: E-safety - A Local Authority Perspective -
Creating a Workable Solution
This session will describe how the e-safety strategy for
Neath Port Talbot Schools has been created. It will focus on how
Neath Port Talbot created a solution which suits all
stakeholders, enabling flexibility for learning and teaching.
Sangeet Bhullar: Bridgend Year 7’s Internet Awareness programme
This session will present an overview of the training delivered
by WISE KIDS to Year 7 pupils from 10 schools in Bridgend, and
identify key gaps in young people’s knowledge and awareness of
digital and Internet safety.
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4.05pm |
Question and Answer Panel Session: Sangeet Bhullar, Anne Stoker,
Ruth Hammond, Lucinda Fell, Karen Roberts and Paul Richardson |
4.35pm |
Sum Up by WISE KIDS and Chair |
4.45pm |
End |