Be Inspired: TeachMeet08 NE London tomorrow night

TeachMeet08 North East London
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Tomorrow night nearly 100 of us are meeting in Redbridge to the north east of London for TeachMeet08 NE London, organised on the fly, on the back of a trip I'm making to the borough that morning. It's not too late to sign up and come and listen to some of the 26 proposed micro- and nano-presentations from teachers, ICT Coordinators and inventors.

I'm thrilled to have the chance to see yet more innovations from (almost) old friends Drew Buddie, Andy "take a look at this little gadget" Black and Softease's Peter Sadler (they're once more sponsoring the event as, I would guess, the principal company that gets the live web in designing its products). I want to nab Richard Millwood for a much overdue pint, and can't wait to hear how you teach folk fiddle over Moodle. I wonder if they do mandoline...

Better still, though, is to get a chance to see what those in the council I'm working with are already doing. Many will have been hard at the chalkface as the ICT event carried its course during the day, and this is our chance to have a two-way chat about where things are and where they could be headed. It's rare to get that as a speaker, and will make the day so much more enrichening for both me and the Redbridge teachers. It'll also be a great chance to have a chilled chat with Anthony Evans, the Primary ICT consultant that has been behind much (no, sorry, all) of the organising of this TeachMeet.

Comments

[Ian U]

Hi Ewan, is this the one?

[Nick Hood]

Ewan, not sure if this will win the prize but I found the visualiser brilliant for:

- classes you can't turn your back on
- helping complete worksheets
- fast switching between multiple media (PC, DVD, camera)
- "gather round" whilst staying in your seat and getting a better view
- blowing up 35mm slides
- suddenly embarrassing the kid at the back chewing gum or picking his nose
- managing focus in a really slick and engaging way

Downside 1: there can be professional strife with colleagues if there's less than one per lab

Downside 2: my new school doesn't have one!!!

Great stuff @teachmeetnl.

Nick

[Fons van den Berg]

Enjoyed myself through Flasmeeting last night. Heard some great stuff, got some more stuff to look into.

Bringing your own beer is not quite the same as drinking the sponsor's but for once it was ok.

We're in need of a Dutch TeacMeet. I'm working on it Ewan.

[Tess Watson]

Too later for the visualiser.

:-(

[Tom Fuller]

Hi Ewan (and all),
Basic bleg here--Becta has asked us to do some research on harnessing technology to help schools deliver business processes. Would love to engage with all interested parties. Beginning efforts on our blog are at: http://newsfan.typepad.co.uk/kableht/
Definitely need seasoned education bloggers to tell us where we are being 'Captain Obvious' or, worse, where we are way off the mark.
Thanks