Communicate.06 conference - Scottish CILT's national conference
Communication
11.05 - 12.30 - Morning sessions
A4: Get it write: blogging makes the link - Peter Ford, Lynne Horn (pictured) and John Johnston
What is weblogging and how can you exploit it? Explanations and roundtable on the possibilities.
13.30 - 15.30 - Afternoon sessions
B1: eTwinning, British Council
Classroom links give a real audience for your students.
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B2: Harnessing the web
Make use of free web services and authentic sites to ease preparation and challenge classes.
Speakers at Communicate.06 - 'Communication'
John Johnston
John's professional life began with zoo-keeping, and an interest in conservation and research. He then trained for the PGCE and has been a primary class teacher for 14 years. During this time, he developed a parallel interest in ICT, sparked by HyperCard. This deepened and led to working on and creating learning resources with HyperCard, SuperCard and Flash. For some time, John has worked with children producing digital content, and this has involved digital video, video conferencing, blogging and podcasting projects.
Lynne Horn
Lynne is PT of the Language Faculty in Tobermory High School and is also involved with Partners in Excellence through Argyll & Bute Council. She is interested in teaching languages with technology and using new technology to motivate learners and enhance attainment and achievement in languages.
Speakers at Communicate.06
Vivien Bruce - Staff Tutor, North Ayrshire Partners in Excellence.
Peter Ford - Co-founder of ICT4Schools which provides advice and training to schools; keynote speaker at Communicate.06.
Maureen Gilchrist - PT of Modern Languages at Holyrood Secondary School, Glasgow.
Lynne Horn - PT of the Language Faculty at Tobermory High School on the Isle of Mull in Argyll & Bute.
John Johnston - Teacher at Sandaig Primary School, Glasgow and author of the popular Sandaig Primary blog.
Ewan McIntosh - Development Officer for the MFLE and prolific edublogger.
Kay McMeekin - CMW Support Officer, East Ayrshire.
David Muir - Lecturer in the Educational Computing division in the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, blogger on edcompblog and expert on educational uses of the web.
Mark Pentleton - Project Co-ordinator, Partners in Excellence.
Shona Stables - PT of Modern Languages at Kilmarnock Academy.