Having been told not to say anything for a bit, when I was given the all clear to blog about the IoW Conference, I’ve been a bit slow off the mark! But…más vale tarde que nunca as dear Nando would say!
October 25th and 26th 2008 will see many teachers from across the UK (and beyond?) gathering at Nodehill Middle School in Newport, Isle of Wight for Joe Dale’s annual IOW Conference. As usual, the focus is on creative language teaching using ICT, and it promises to be a great weekend. This year, there’s so much going on that it has been extended to two days with a Show and Tell event on the Saturday night so that everyone can share, not just those who are presenting.
And speaking of presenters – look at the line up!
- Sharon Tonner – ICT specialist, ex- High School of Dundee, now working for a Scottish Uni!
- Jo Rhys-Jones – AST in MFL, Kingswear Primary School
- Lisa Stevens – Spanish Teacher and eTwinning ambassador, Whitehouse Common Primary School,
- Carole Nicoll – Language Factory
- Drew Buddie – ICT coordinator, Royal Masonic School for Girls and eTwinning ambassador
- Nick Mair – HoD in MFL, Dulwich College
- John Warwick – Deputy Head, St Luke’s School and eTwinning ambassador
- Kathleen Holton – HoD in MFL, Argoed High School
- Mark Pentleton – Radio Lingua Network
- Lesley Welsh – AST in MFL, English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College and SSAT languages lead practitioner coordinator
- Chris Fuller – Spanish teacher, Edgehill College and SSAT languages lead practitioner
- Sharon Balch – French teacher, Swanmore Middle School
- Doug Dickinson – Independent ICT consultant
- Kathy Wicksteed – Languages advisor for new KS3 curriculum
- Adam Sutcliffe – MFL teacher, The Gordon Schools and Glow Champion
- Lesley Haggar-Vaughan, Shireland CLC manager
- Julie Adoch, HoD in MFL, Heathfield Foundation Technology College and her students
They will be tackling topics including-
- Mobile Phones
- Wikis
- Primary Languages
- Ning networking
- Songs
- Virtual Learning Environments
- Digital Storytelling
- Games based learning
- Gender differences
- Videoconferencing
- eTwinning
- Digital Voice Recorders
- One Stop Animation
- PowerPoint
- Interactive Whiteboards and Voting Systems
- Blogging and Podcasting
- Assessment for Learning
- New KS3 curriculum
- Web 2.0 tools
- vodcasting
- eCreativity
Having had the privilege of speaking last year on Primary Languages and eTwinning, I’ve been asked again – must have done something right ;o) – and this year I’ll be co-presenting with Jo Rhys-Jones. It promises to be a highly entertaining session as we always end up in fits of giggles when we meet up, and I’m sure plenty of that fun will be manifest in the session.
So, watch out for the delegates pack that Joe will soon be launching, and take the opportunity as term nears a close (in England – I know Scotland has already broken up) to put in your PD request whilst there’s still money in the budget, and while everyone else is just hanging out for the holidays!!
Check out Joe’s blog for more information and for reports on last year too here and here. See also here, here, here and here. And not forgetting here! And for my response, read Trains Ferries Buses and Ford Anglias. (note to self – go via Southampton not Lymington this year!)
