Seminars

Wiihabilitation (1st)

West Berkshire Neurological Alliance Conference "New Opportunities for Neuro: Prevention, Rehabilitation, Self Help" 8.30am - 5.00pm. Newbury, Berks
Date: 04/10/2011
Time: 12:30:00
Location: Arlington Arts Centre

Kinect/Xbox 360 (1st)

Posit Brain Training (1st)

Wiihabilitation (2nd)

Kinect/Xbox 360 (2nd)

Posit Brain Training (2nd)

Stories, Maps and Exploring the Local World

Leeds City Council - 2011 Primary Literacy Conference & Exhibition, 8.15am - 4.00pm
Date: 04/11/2011
Time: 00:00:00

The power of Geography for opportunities in writing

Overview

“We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time”. T.S Eliot

Literacy flourishes best within a broad, rich and relevant curriculum and cross-curricular links encourage children’s engagement in the learning process.The workshop explores creative and imaginative approaches to geography as a stimulus for developing opportunities for writing.Delegates will have the opportunity to engage in practical activities and explore new resources using stories, maps and the local world in a creative way.

Outcomes

This workshop will enable you to:

* investigate connecting literacy, creativity and geography

* explore a range of creative ideas as a stimulus for writing

* reflect on current practice and share ideas for cross-curricular thinking

* develop opportunities for school based collaboration, including appropriate resourcing

Early Language Development

Leeds City Council - 2011 Primary Literacy Conference & Exhibition, 8.15am - 4.00pm
Date: 04/11/2011
Time: 00:00:00

Look Who’s Talking – The Importance of Early Language and how to develop it

Overview

Early communication and language are central to children’s life chances. They are the foundation of vocabulary development and understanding of language - the building blocks of literacy skills. They can be supported and promoted by working with practitioners and parents to improve their confidence and knowledge about communication and language development and to improve their interactions with children. This workshop will help you to gain a good understanding of the importance of early language to all aspects of development, and to consider the role of the effective adult in promoting children’s language for thinking and learning.

Outcomes

* This workshop will enable you to:

* develop co-ordinators’ knowledge of early language development

* access best practice from the Every Child a Talker (ECaT) programme

* consider ways in which this practice can be shared in schools, and the strategic implications across your school as a whole

Moving on in Reading

Leeds City Council - 2011 Primary Literacy Conference & Exhibition, 8.15am - 4.00pm
Date: 04/11/2011
Time: 00:00:00

‘Three is a magic number…’
Moving on in Reading…from level 2 to level 3

Overview

Given the major focus on reading in the latest Ofsted inspection framework, this workshop will examine the key skills children need to progress from level 2 to level 3. We will look at key reading strategies across fiction and non-fiction, such as inference, questioning and determining importance in texts, and show how we can teach the wider comprehension skills needed as children move beyond level 2.

Outcomes

This workshop will enable you to:

* know what the features of a level 3 reader are and how to teach the key strategies that make a difference

* have a deeper understanding of the APP grid statements and how this can relate to next steps for children in reading

* improve your teaching of reading comprehension skills needed beyond level 2 or use the ideas to target groups for intervention

EAL & Writing

Leeds City Council - 2011 Primary Literacy Conference & Exhibition, 8.15am - 4.00pm
Date: 04/11/2011
Time: 00:00:00

Using Lesson Study to achieve accelerated progress

Overview

This workshop will explore the successful strategies used in the EAL and Writing project, which ran in seven Leeds primary schools during the last academic year. We will look at the approaches to writing which resulted in accelerated progress, such as culturally inclusive planning and a focus on grammatical accuracy and academic language development, using the Lesson Study model. A colleague from Rosebank Primary School will share her experience of the project, how it has improved writing attainment for the target pupils and increased the confidence and skills of staff involved.

Outcomes

This workshop will enable you to:

* improve your understanding of the literacy needs of EAL learners and how to meet them

* know the key features of the Lesson Study model to improve teaching and learning in the classroom

Delegates will be given access to the resources, including two planned units of work for Y5 which model many of the strategies suggested in the project.

1. The Right Group 11.30am - 11.50am

University of Oxford - Innovation & Technology Exhibition 10.30am - 3.30pm
Date: 08/12/2011
Time: 00:00:00

This Seminar will outline :

Right Document Solutions (RDS) and its services.

Current technologies in the marketplace (software and hardware).

How Managed Document Services operates.

Benefits of utilising Managed Document Services while incorporating the current technologies (print, copy, scan and fax) and RDS managed services.

www.right-group.com

2. Microsoft 12.15pm - 12.45pm

University of Oxford - Innovation & Technology Exhibition 10.30am - 3.30pm
Date: 08/12/2011
Time: 00:00:00

Microsoft will be delivering a Seminar entitled :

"Facing up to the Challenges of Consumerisation of IT and the Cloud"

3. Comsol 2.00pm - 2.20pm

University of Oxford - Innovation & Technology Exhibition 10.30am - 3.30pm
Date: 08/12/2011
Time: 00:00:00

Comsol will be presenting the step change and real world benefits of Ruckus Wireless.

They will demonstrate the challenges facing your network in the age of mobile users and the effects video is placing on the network. They will show how with Ruckus Wireless, reliability, performance and management is significantly better and more importantly costs versus other vendors can be significantly reduced.

Comsol will show how other Universities have used Ruckus to create income that far exceeds the one off costs to implement and manage a Ruckus Wireless Network.

www.comsol.co.uk

4. Eko Printing 2.30pm - 2.50pm

University of Oxford - Innovation & Technology Exhibition 10.30am - 3.30pm
Date: 08/12/2011
Time: 00:00:00

Eko Printing will explain :

How the Eko Printing Solution reduces the cost of printing and makes the user more eco friendly, without loss of print quality.

Why printing technology has been developed to increase the consumable market for the manufacturers and how this solution can change this without losing print quality.

How using this solution will help users comply with Government legislation to reduce carbon footprint by at least 10% going forward.

www.cleanmailsolutions.co.uk

Workshop 1 - The potential of Twitter, blogging as a tool for whole school & classes, using Yfrog and other useful forums.

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 01:30:00
Speaker: Wroxham Primary Teaching School

Target Audience : Headteachers, Governors, SBMs, Class teachers, IT Leaders, SBMs, Office staff.

Also useful workshop for : Senior Leaders, Class Teachers, NQTs and school based staff.

Workshop 2 - Governors and the new Ofsted framework.

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 01:30:00
Speaker: Vivienne Porritt, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the essential aspects Governors need to know about their role in the new Ofsted framework starting in January 2012 ? What do you need to do to succeed in the new framework ?

Target Audience : Headteachers, All School Governors, Business Managers.

Workshop 3 - School Business Manager Workshop - The Essentials of School Business Management

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 01:30:00
Speaker: Elizabeth Wood, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the key elements of this role and how do you develop yourself to ensure you do the role effectively ?

Target Audience : School Business Managers, Office Managers, Finance Officers, Chairs of Personnel Sub Committees, Chairs of Governors, Headteachers

Workshop 1 - The potential of Twitter, blogging as a tool for whole school & classes, using Yfrog and other useful forums.

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 04:00:00
Speaker: Wroxham Primary Teaching School

Target Audience : Headteachers, Governors, IT Leaders, SBMs, Office Staff.

Also useful workshop for Senior Leaders, Class Teachers, NQTs and school based staff.

Workshop 2 - Governors and the new Ofsted framework

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 04:00:00
Speaker: Vivienne Porritt, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the essential aspects Governors need to know about their role in the new Ofsted framework starting in January 2012 ? What do you need to do to succeed in the new framework ?

Target Audience : Headteachers, All School Governors, Business Managers.

Workshop 3 - School Business Manager Workshop - The Essentials of School Business Management

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 04:00:00
Speaker: Elizabeth Wood, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the key elements of this role and how do you develop yourself to ensure you do the role effectively ?

Target Audience : School Business Managers, Office Managers, Finance Officers, Chairs of Personnel Sub Committees, Chairs of Governors, Headteachers.

Workshop 1 - The potential of Twitter, blogging as a tool for whole school & classes, using Yfrog and other useful forums.

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 09:30:00
Speaker: Wroxham Primary Teaching School

Target Audience : Headteachers, Governors, IT Leaders, SBMs, Office Staff.

Also useful workshop for : Senior Leaders, Class Teachers, NQTs and school based staff.

Workshop 3 - School Business Manager Workshop -The Essentials of School Business Management

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 09:30:00
Speaker: Elizabeth Wood, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the key elements of this role and how do you develop yourself to ensure you do the role effectively ?

Target Audience : School Business Managers, Office Managers, Finance Officers, Chairs of Personnel Sub Committees, Chairs of Governors, Headteachers.

Workshop 2 - Governors and the new Ofsted framework

Waltham Forest Independent Services Fair 8.00am - 6.00pm
Date: 08/02/2012
Time: 09:30:00
Speaker: Vivienne Porritt, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education

What are the essential aspects Governors need to know about their role in the new Ofsted framework starting in January 2012 ? What do you need to do to succeed in the new framework ?

Target Audience : Headteachers, All School Governors and Business Managers