Bett Video-conferencing Day
Thursday
31st January 2013, ExCeL London (Gallery Room 4)
This
set of workshops will connect you with national and international experts, and
learn how to collaborate with other schools and colleges, sharing projects and
ideas via an easy, secure and interoperable VC environment. New to Bett 2013,
this is a one-day programme of seminars designed to help your school unlock the
full potential of this powerful and cost-effective technology which can help
enrich the curriculum and offer learners new opportunities to prepare for
becoming part of the global workforce of the future.
Host & Moderator -
Mina Patel, Director/Consultant, Video Conferencing for Learning (www.VCFL.net)
- Rt. Hon. Lord Puttnam
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Jeff Hawthorne, Assistant Headteacher, Oaks Park High School, LB of Redbridge
-
UK National
Health Service – case study (speaker
tbc)
-
Owen Ellis, Vice President, Morgan Stanley
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Richard Pountney, Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallum University (SHU)
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Rob Cullis, Manager, Virtually University
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Chris Lubbe, Inspirational Speaker & Nelson Mandela’s former bodyguard Sawubona
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Linda Hayes, Learning Resource Centre Manager,
Oaks Park High School, LB of Redbridge
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Alison Seagrave, ICT Specialist Teacher, Highlands Primary School, LB of Redbridge
- Richard
Sedding, VC Services Manager, Janet
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Adina Popa, International Ambassador, Loudon County Public Schools, Virginia USA
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Kath Keeper, Head Teacher, Scargill Infant School, LB of Havering
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Dave Smith, Havering School Improvement Services, LB
of Havering
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Val Barker, ICT co-ordinator, Gearies Infant
School, LB of Redbridge
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John Sosna, Assistant Head for ICT and
e-Learning, The Children’s Hospital
School and Great Ormond Street Hospital
When and where?
The workshops will be held in Gallery
Room 4 at ExCeL London on Thursday.
Each workshop will be streamed live
via JVCS (for up to 150 participants).
Who should attend?
- Headteachers/Principals/SLT members/Advisors considering investment in VC technology.
- ICT Coordinators/technicians for schools, colleges and universities.
- Teachers interested in learning more about benefits of using VC.
How to register
- Please ensure you have registered for Bett 2013.
- No special registration is needed.
- Attendance at the 3 workshops is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
- You can attend as many or as few of the three workshops you wish.
- Please note the seminars will be streamed and recorded so by attending you give permission to allow your image to be used.
Can’t attend on site?
Follow the sessions online
NEW to Bett 2013 VC seminars! We are streaming the
seminars for 150 viewers only. Please note you will need to test first and make
certain you have relevant plugins on your computer.
To test
the stream
click here - you can use this any time.
Please
check the 'Display H.239 data channel' tick box. Java is also required;
as is either Quicktime or Windows Media Player plugins for Firefox / Internet
Explorer (the plugins are generally installed with the players anyway).
Safari or Chrome browsers are not supported. Some windows users may also need
to install a package called the Codian Video Decoder, but if it is required, a
link will appear on the streaming page advising of this. Please also note that
mobile devices are not currently supported by the live stream.
