The Conference Aims and Objectives:
The Naace Primary Community Conference is Naace’s major annual conference aimed at its Primary Community. Open to Naace members, sponsoring partners and non members, it brings together colleagues from all over the UK and beyond, to network, share best practice and exchange ideas.
We have a rich and varied programme of hands on activities and presentations and we are looking forward to renewing old acquaintances and making new friends in the course of a lively and stimulating couple of days.
The Audience:
- Strategic leaders and leading practitioners in schools: Headteachers; ICT Co-ordinators and Primary teachers from across the whole of the UK
- Naace members representing education authorities
- Independent consultants for ICT in Education
- Naace Sponsoring Partners
The Conference:
The conference begins on the afternoon of Friday 25th November 2005 and events on the Friday evening will be held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre located at Heriot Watt University on the outskirts of Edinburgh. There is a limited amount of accommodation available on the Heriot Watt campus. Workshops and presentations on Saturday 26th November will be held at the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh near the centre of the city. The delegate pack will contain the relevant campus plans, road maps and details of transport from Heriot Watt to Moray House.
14.30 – 17.00 Conference Registration, ECC Reception.
Delegates will be issued with packs and assigned their rooms.
17.00 – 18.00 Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Martyn Wilson, Chair of Naace Executive Committee
18.00 – 18.45 Choice of two parallel sessions:
i) Interactive Whiteboards: a multimedia resource for the classroom
Neil Stewart, RM Ltd (see session description Sat am)
ii) Movies and BAFFIES
Andrew Gallagher, Angus Digital Media Centre
Following on from a highly successful initial year of a four year FLaT funded pilot, Andrew will provide an insight into the film-making activities of 210 Angus youngsters, the impact the creation and analysis of film had on their language work and a plethora of other curricular areas, and share his experience of hosting the BAFFIES (Brechin Awards For Films In Educational Settings) with Brian Cox as the star guest.
19.00 – 19.30 Evening Keynote: Guest Speaker
Laurie O’Donnell, Learning and Teaching Scotland
19.45 – 21.30 Conference Dinner
21.30 – late Interactive Quiz (licensed bar available)
Provided by Sarah Peers of Interactive Education using Interactive Voting Tools
Overnight accommodation available at Heriot Watt
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast for those who have stayed overnight
08.45 – 09.15 Transport to Moray House
Please ensure that you have all your bags with you as the conference closes from Moray House at 4.30pm. For those of you with cars there is ample parking at Moray House.
09.00 – 09.30 Registration for day delegates
Moray House
09.30 – 10.00 Keynote Address:
Stuart Robertson, ICT Strategy Adviser to LTS (secondment from Scottish Exec)
Full day workshop Creativity & Film – max capacity 12, first come first served.
10.10 – 15.15 Andrew Gallagher, Angus Digital Media Centre
Spielberg, Lucas, Polanski - or just someone who fancies making a movie? This workshop will allow the participants to work from scratch to producing a short film in just one day. Making use of a range freely available downloaded video clips the participants will adopt the role of sound engineers and directors then finally working together as an editing team, each group shall create a visual masterpiece to be showcased at the end of the conference. All that is needed is imagination, team spirit and a lack of inhibition ....who knows what blockbuster will come of this! The completed movie masterpieces will be premiered at the showcase at the end of the afternoon.
10.10 – 10.40 Choice of eight parallel sessions:
i) Schools Scottish Digital Network
Rosetta McLeod, SSDN
SSDN needs you! The Scottish Schools Digital Network will affect all schools, all teachers, all pupils. SSDN will transform the way education is delivered across Scotland by offering unparalleled ability for teachers and learners to communicate and work together. Find out how you can get involved. Colleagues from across the border will find this a fascinating look into how schools in Scotland will have access to a wealth of information and resources once SSDN is up and running.
ii) ICT in the Early Years: Examples from Practice
Susan Cunningham, Early years ICT Staff Tutor, and
Theresa Mungall, ICT Visiting Specialist.
Participants attending this workshop will be shown a range of curriculum resources made by practitioners using a variety of ICT tools. These will demonstrate the ways in which ICT can be used to develop a range of early years context areas.
iii) Digital Resources
Paul Nisbet, CALL Centre, University of Edinburgh
iv) Embedding Digital Animation in the Curriculum
James Miller, Mid CraigiePrimary School, Dundee
v) ICT and Inclusion
Ian Bean, Inclusive Technology (formerly PrioryWoodsSchool and Becta ICT in Practice Award Winner)
vi) Enhancing pupils’ writing with ICT
Trevor Millum, National Association for the Teaching of English
The creative use of word processors and other commonly available software can do wonders for pupils of all abilities – but especially those who struggle to write. The session will pay particular attention to simple practical activities which are within the capability of all teachers to deliver, as well as approaches where a little writing can make a lot of difference. Trevor Millum is the author of a number of publications on English and ICT and has just completed a book for Barrington Stoke which focuses on lesson activities for less able pupils which involve the use of ICT to develop reading, writing, speaking and listening,
vii) Garage Band
Jim Elder, Apple Ltd
viii) Animate Classrooms by Making Animated Movies – part I
Malcolm Wilson and Jan Baxter,Falkirk Council
Please note: this is an extended workshop until 12.15pm
This hands on practical workshop will give you the chance to use the small, lightweight and child-friendly Digital Movie Creator digital-video camera, some jointed toy figures, bundled video-editing software, and a generous helping of fun to create a stop-motion animated movie in half a day! Participants must attend either both sessions in the morning and in the afternoon.. The completed movie masterpieces will be premiered at the showcase at the end of the afternoon. .
10.40 – 11.00 Refreshments/Exhibition
11.00 – 11.30 Presentation option: SCRAN
Evelyn Livingstone, Carronshore Primary, Falkirk and
JennyMcGlynn, Glamis Primary
11.00 – 12.15 Choice of seven parallel workshops:
i) ICT in the Early Years: Using a variety of ICT resources in the
3-5 curriculum.Susan Cunningham, Early years ICT Staff Tutor, and Theresa Mungall, ICT Visiting Specialist.
Participants attending this workshop have the opportunity to explore a large, varied collection of ICT resources ranging from toasters, microwaves, dance mats to programmable buggies and trains. Consideration will be given as how to integrate ICT into the 3-5 Curriculum.
ii) Interactive Whiteboards: a multimedia resource for the classroom
Neil Stewart, RM plc – max capacity 10, first come first served
An opportunity to try out a SmartBoard focusing on the following areas:
Using SMART tools and applications;
Bringing the internet to life;
Content free software;
Curricular software and the interactive board
iii) Using ICT to Inspire! Raising Levels of Creativity Using Computer Generated Worlds.
Tim Rylands, Chew Magna Primary, ICT in Practice Award Winner
“I stepped out into a landscape of almost unbearable beautiful, a feathered sky stretching out across the silken sea, warm sand beneath my feet. Turning, I saw steps, foot worn and timeless, winding downwards. Where would they lead me?” In this session, Tim Rylands, Chew Magna Primary School, winner of this years Becta ICT in Practice Primary Award, will give you the opportunity to explore inspiring, accessible tools for raising the level of writing, speaking and listening, in children of all abilities.
“Completely gripping!”
“…grabbed ever one of the children in my class…”
“…even reluctant writers became completely uninhibited…”
“one of the most exciting and stimulating ways of using ICT effectively in the classroom”
iv) Murder Mystery Data Logging!
Steve Bunce, Northumberland LEA
v) Enhancing pupils’ writing with ICT – practical workshop
Trevor Millum, National Association for the Teaching of English
In the workshop session, attendees will have a chance to try out some of the ideas themselves. They will learn how to collapse a poem, make a mystery text and take a trip down memory lane…
vi) Garage Band
Jim Elder, Apple Ltd
You’ve seen it – now do it!
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13.15 – 14.30 Choice of six parallel workshops:
i) ICT in the Early Years: ICT in Communication & Language
Susan Cunningham, Early years ICT Staff Tutor & Theresa Mungall, ICT Visiting Specialist
Participants in this workshop will make use of a variety of ICT resources to develop features of the Communication and Language aspect of the 3-5 curriculum. Opportunity will be given to experiment with digital still and video camera, electronic books, floor robots, interactive whiteboards etc to find out how these can be used effectively to promote language.
ii) Using ICT creatively with Children with Communication Difficulties
Mary Walters, Edinburgh Council
iii) Using Digital Photography and Video with Children with Physical Disabilities
Robert Overton, Mere Oaks Special School,ICT in Practice Award Winner
This presentation will illustrate how Digital technology can raise standards of teaching and learning by providing children with opportunities to access and process their work through ICT. It will show how to open routes to learning that disabled children find difficult via “traditional” methods, especially in the areas of The Arts. This entertaining presentation will be of value to those working with children with disabilities but also of use to teachers new to film making and digital photography.
iv) Creating Character Resources using Flash
Ian Bean, Inclusive Technology (formerly Priory Woods School and Becta ICT in Practice Award winner)
v) Animate Classrooms by Making Animated Movies – part II
Malcolm Wilson and Jan Baxter, Falkirk Council
Please note: this is an extended workshop until 3.15pm
Participants must attend either both the session in the morning and in the afternoon.
vi) Kidspiration
Jim Birney, Fife Council
vii) Podcasting
John Johnston, SandaigPrimary School
14.30 – 14.45 Refreshments/Exhibition
14.45 – 15.15 Choice of 5 parallel sessions:
i) Grid Club
Pete Mungall, Intuitive Media Ltd
ii) Fun stuff with PowerPoint for pupils with Additional Support Needs
Fionna Balfour, CALL Centre, University of Edinburgh
iii) Mah Maw’s had hur chips!
Mary Welsh, St Helen’s Primary School
iv) Kidspiration
Jim Birney, Fife Council
v) Podcasting
John Johnston, Sandaig Primary School
15.15 – 15.45 Naace General Secretary’s address
Mary Barker, Naace
15.45 – 16.30 Raffle and Showtime!
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