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Speaking

I speak regularly on the impact of emerging technologies on organisations, on education, on young people and on society in general.

Feel free to see more of what people say about these talks or find out more about my background. If you would like me to speak at an event please get in touch, using the contact options on the right-hand menu.

What people say about the talks (more here):
"Ewan McIntosh gave the best talk so far".[Link] "Just brilliant. The highlight of the two days" [Link]
"Very inspiring." "The presentation was stunning!"
"Highly inspiring. The presentation itself was awesome, ideas very thought provoking"
"After 26 years of teaching it was nice to be inspired again."
"Inspirational" "Awe inspiring! Definitely invite him back next year" "An amusing and charismatic speaker" "Fabulous"

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2008

Keynotes and Major Talks:

2008

11 April: Speaker: Language World, Oxford
12-19 April: Language learning and technology workshop leader: Delhi, India

19 May: Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader: Redbridge Annual ICT Conference, Redbridge, London
19 May: Curator, TeachMeet08 North East London
22 May: Keynote Speaker: Internet in Education Conference, Tipperary Institute, Thurles, Ireland

25 June: Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader: South Carolina Upstate Technology Conference, South Carolina, USA

14-18 July: Building Learning Communities, Boston, USA
- 14 July: Pre-conference workshop: Thinking Out Of The (x)Box
- 16 July: Keynote Speaker: Not All Native Wit: From Creativity To Ingenuity
20-22 August: Keynote Speaker: Learning about Learning Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
18-20 September: Keynote Speaker, Workshop and Unconference facilitator: Learning 2.008, Shanghai, China
24 September: 13:30: Speaker: Thinking Out Of The Xbox: If a picture really did speak 1000 words, Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow
24 September: 17:00: Curator: TeachMeet08|08th Edition
25 September: 10:30: Speaker: 21st Century Teacher: Your Personal Professional Development Network, Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow

1-3 October: Keynote Speaker: ebic...imagine, Thought Leadership, Berlin, Germany
2-4 December: Online Information Conference, London

Previously in 2008

11 January: Compere: TeachMeet08
12 January: Spotlight Speaker: BETT, London Olympia
17 January: Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader: Bridgend College ICT Conference, Wales
19 January: Adviser: Vitae Project, Manchester
30 January: Joint S.E.A.L.L.T. & M.A.A.L.L.T. 2008 Conference, Keynote Speaker, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

6-8 February: Speaker and Discussion Leader: LIFT, Geneva
4 March: Keynote Speaker, Naace Annual Conference, Torquay
8 March: Workshop Leader and Organiser: Communicate.08, Stirling
12 March: Keynote Speaker: Web Technologies Scotland - Innovating Public Service Delivery, Edinburgh
17 March: Guest Lecturer on Social Media Futures, Napier University, Edinburgh

2007

16 January: 4-6pm: Simple Podcasting, an introduction: Prestonpans Education Centre
17 January: Speaker: Maths Advisory Group (Scotland) Conference, Glasgow

2 February: Speaker: TeachMeet Roadshow for Glow Mentors, East Lothian
3 February: Workshop Leader: DramaZone Podcast Sessions, Newton Mearns
5 February: Keynote Speaker: General Teaching Council for Scotland: Social Media's place in the education organisation, GTCS HQ, Edinburgh
14 February: Speaker: TeachMeet Roadshow, East Lothian
16 February: Keynote Speaker: Computer Education Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Dublin
20 February: Co-Keynote Speaker with David Muir: New Technologies for Learning, Renfrewshire
21 February: Keynote Speaker: Modern Foreign Languages Principal Teachers' Conference, Scottish CILT, Stirling
23-25 February: eTwinning Central Support Services Conference, Brussels, Belgium
27 February: 'Collaborative': Uploading Innovation, NESTA

8 March: Speaker: Social Media and its Impact on Society and Politics, RSA London
16 March: Keynote Speaker: 10 façons pour rester branché sans se faire de la peine, Congres Frans:, Noordwijkerhout, Holland
17 March: Keynote Speaker: Apprentisage branché, Congres Frans:, Noordwijkerhout, Holland
22 March: Keynote Speaker: Youth Justice and Children's Hearings Communications Conference, North Berwick
29 March: Keynote Speaker: Shropshire ICT Conference, Shrewsbury
30 March: Speaker: 1125-1220: So motivating you can't stop them learning, Language World Conference, Oxford Examination Schools

19 April: Keynote Speaker: Developing Leaders for Tomorrow: The leading edge of technology: harnessing technology for progress in education, National College for School Leadership, Nottingham
20-22 April: Keynote Speaker: eTwinning Live Web for the International School, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
26 April: Keynote Speaker: ICS Skills Annual Training Conference: Enterprise 2.0: Creativity, Communication and Community, Dublin

1 May: Keynote Speaker: The Employee of the Future: Talk Tuesday, London
4 May: Keynote Speaker: Computer Education of the Future, Jordanhill School of Education, University of Strathclyde
8 May: Keynote Speaker: Putting the 'C' in ICT, Inverclyde
10 May: Speaker: In The Wild - Well-being, the web and education': Living online, Channel 4 HQ, London
16 May: Keynote Speaker: Creativity and Communication in the classroom, Scottish launch of Podium Podcasting, Stirling
19 May: Edinburgh Blogmeet
23 May: TeachMeet07, 3rd Edition
31 May-1 June: Reboot9.0, Copenhagen, Denmark

10 June: Judge and prize presentation: PiE Film Festival, Kilmarnock
19 June: Speaker: (Re)Building a school without touching a brick, East Lothian Depute Heads Conference
19 June: Speaker: Connected Social Learning, FlexibleLearning.net, Australia (via Elluminate)
21 June: Beer 2.0, Edinburgh
23 June: Workshop leader: eTwinning Franco-Scottish exchange, Edinburgh
27 June: The Live Web for teaching and learning: University of Glamorgan, Wales
28 June: Speaker: The Future of Teacher Education and Professional Development: International Society for Teacher Education Annual Conference, Stirling
28 June: Beer 2.0, Edinburgh

6 July: Panel speaker: Showcomotion, Sheffield

23-27 July: Speaker: Building Learning Communities, Boston, USA

18 July, 10.20am: Reel Connections: Why Scotland's Been Blogging for 5 Million Year
18 July, 1.45pm: Is your Public Body Public?
19 July 11.40am: We're adopting: A Strategy for Social Software in Education

20-21 September: Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow

20 September, 9.30am: We're adopting: an adoption strategy for social media in education
20 September, 1.00-4.00pm: Channel 4's In The Wild Scotland
20 September, 6.00pm - late: TeachMeet07
21 September, 2.00pm: Why Scotland's Been Blogging for 5 Million Years

27 September: Berkshire Languages and Technology, near Sandhurst

2-5 October: ULearn07, Auckland, New Zealand

2 October: Pre-conference workshop: The social web and the social classroom
3 October: Keynote Speaker: Harnessing the leading edge of new technologies
4 October, 1.30-3.00: Workshop: Thinking out of the xBox: Creative writing through computer games
4 October: 3.45-5.15: Workshop: Making your podcast more pro

19 October: Keynote Speaker: Head Teachers' conference, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust / NCSL, Leeds
25 October: Keynote Speaker: Urban Learning Space sessions, Glasgow
26 October: Lecturer: The connected classroom, University of Strathclyde, Faculty of Education

2 November: Speaker: The Language Show, London
3 November: Speaker: Scottish Association of Languages Teachers annual conference, Stirling
5-6 November: Speaker: Uddannelsesforum (National ICT Conference), Odense, Denmark
8 November: Speaker: Channel 4 Digital Media Literacy Summit, London
15 November: Keynote Speaker / Workshop leader: Derbyshire ICT Day, Alfreton
27 November: Speaker: Education Unbound, London
30 November: Keynote Speaker: National Languages Conference, Amsterdam, Holland

3-6 December: Panel Moderator and Speaker: Online Information Conference, London Olympia

3 December, 2.00pm-3.30pm: Panel Moderator: Tools, technologies and costs of Web 2.0
5 December, 9.30am-11.00am: Panel Moderator and Speaker: The Facebook Generation and the Bebo Boomers

2006

13 January: Web 2.0 (or what the hell happened to Web 1.0?): Blogs and podcasts, Jordanhill College of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
14 January: Scottish CILT Outreach, Aberdeen
21 January: Scottish CILT Outreach, Elgin
25 January: City of Edinburgh Council, Languages Work! Podcasting
26 January: LTScotland Corporate and Educational Blogging Seminar, Glasgow HQ
28 January: Scottish CILT Outreach, Glasgow

4 February: Scottish CILT Outreach, Inveraray
10 February: Podcasting in Languages, St Ninian's, East Renfrewshire
18 February: Scottish Bloggers Meetup, Jolly Judge Pub from 3pm, Edinburgh
21 February: Podcasting workshop, Dunoon Grammar School, Dunoon
22 February: LECT International Visits Training Day, Westminster, London
22 February: Hackney Blogging and Podcasting Project, Preliminary Discussions, London
24 February: British Council eTwinning Europe Event, Edinburgh
25 February: Scottish CILT Outreach, Fort William

4 March: Scottish CILT Outreach, Inverness
7 March: Blogging workshop, Queensferry High School, Edinburgh
9 March: Emerging Tech Workshop, London
11 March: Scottish CILT Outreach, Kilmarnock
14 March: Podcasting workshop, St Thomas of Aquin's, Edinburgh
14 March: Blogging workshop, Queensferry High School, Edinburgh
16 March: Judge at Rencontres Théâtrâles, Institut Français d'Ecosse, St George's Schhol for Girls, Edinburgh
17 March: Making links with the MFLE, Livingston
21-23 March: Masterclass Blogging and Podcasting Workshop, Stirling Management Centre, Stirling
24 March: Royal Society of Edinburgh: Language Teaching and Learning in Scotland: Tomorrow's Teaching is Today

5 April: Learning in the 21st Century: a conference for School Leaders, Shrewsbury, England
7 April: Languages World: Blogs and Podcasts: The Learner is the resource, University of Manchester

18 March: Communicate.06 ICT Conference, Stirling and online

3-7 April: Higher Ed Blog Con: Teaching Information Literacy: Who's Teaching the Teachers? Online throughout the month of April
20 April: Web 2.0 and podcasting workshop, University of Glasgow Education Department
20-27 April: Podcasting workshops, Firrhill High School, Edinburgh
22 April: Scottish CILT Outreach, Dumfries
25 April: Web 2.0 and Podcasting Workshop, University of Edinburgh Education Faculty, Edinburgh

6 May: Scottish CILT Outreach, Lerwick
9-11 May: New Technologies in eTwinning, British Council, Paris
19 May: ESCalate Teacher Education Futures: Web 2.0 in Initial Teacher Education, St Martin's College, Lancaster
23-24 May: eLive: Excellence in Learning for the 21st Century, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

2 June: Committee Member: 1st UK Edublogger Conference, London
8 June: Assessment is for Learning: Blogging is, too, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow
13 June: Modern Languages in the Primary School with ICT, Dingwall
14 June: Highland Podcasting Workshop, Dornoch
15-16 June: Web 2.0 in Education Keynote, University of Wolverhampton
16 June (evening) - 18 June: eTwinning UK Workshops and Conference, Nottingham

4-7 September: "From Learning Logs to Learning Blogs" at EuroCALL 2006, Granada, Spain - cancelled trip due to lack of sponsor

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20 September: 09.30, Seminar A2A, SETT Learning Festival: Creating Communities: Social software for Primary Schools, SECC, Glasgow
20 September: 13.30, Scottish Education Village, SETT Learning Festival: Skype, Blogs and Wikis for CPD, SECC, Glasgow
20 September: 16.00-21.00, TeachMeet06, Crowne Plaza Hotel

21 September: 10.30, Seminar B1G, SETT Learning Festival: Web 2.0 (or “What the hell was Web 1.0?”), SECC, Glasgow
21 September: 11.30, Scottish Education Village, SETT Learning Festival: Podcast That Class, SECC, Glasgow

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11 October: Speaker, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Languages Conference, Liverpool
27 October: Keynote: The Live Web, University of Strathclyde, Jordanhill School of Education, Glasgow

28 October: 4pm: Fireside Chats, K-12 Conference
30 October: from 12pm: Keynote, K-12 Conference

3 November: Speaker: Mr McIntosh Goes To School , Languages Show, London Olympia
4 November: Speaker: Scottish Association of Language Teachers Annual Conference, Stirling University
17 November: Information Literacy Tools for Librarians, Knox Academy School Library
23 November: Workshop: "Blog nan Gaidheal", Gaelic Masterclass, Stirling Management Centre
24 November: TeachMeet Roadshow: Law Primary School (Beta version)
28-30 November: Keynote Panelist: Online Information Conference, London Olympia Grand Hall

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2005

10 September 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Dunfermline
19 September 2005: Virtual Development for Teachers: MFLE, Kilwinning
21-22 September SETT Learning Festival, Glasgow SECC.
MFLE Launch
Chair: Podcasting Roundtable
Supporting students better with ICT
12.45 - Chair: Language Immersion Projects with Mark Pentleton and Gerry Toner
26 September 2005: European Award for Languages Prizegiving, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
29 September 2005: Podcasting in Education East Lothian Council Trial, Musselburgh Grammar School

14-16 October, 2005: EAL Conference, Krakow, Poland
22-28 October 2005: Allied Schools Wiki Conference, Graz, Austria
29 October 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Dundee

2 November 2005: Arion in Scotland: Online communities for teacher support, Greenwood Teachers Centre, Irvine
4 November 2005: The Language Show, 11.45-12.30: "Weblogs and podcasts as a learning tool, Olympia, London
5 November 2005: SALT Conference: Blogs and Podcasting: The learner is the resource, University of Stirling
7-8 November 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Barra
9-10 November 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Benbecula
11 November 2005: Online support community for teachers, Kelso
15 November 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Stornoway
17 November 2005: Social Software for Higher Education, Open University in Wales, Cardiff
18 November 2005: LT Scotland ICT in Education Workshop: Blogging in education, Stirling Management Centre
18 November 2005: European Citizenship: Identity and Language, Panel Member, Goethe Institute, Glasgow, 5pm
19 November 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Edinburgh
23-26 November 2005: Weblogs in Education, European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria
25 November 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Kirkwall

4-5 December 2005: Les Blogs 2.0, Paris, France

10 December 2005: Scottish CILT Outreach, Newtown St Boswells
20 December 2005: East Lothian Council, ICT Strategy for the Future

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