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20 September 2010

MirandaNet Conference Listing and MirandaMods Update

MirandaNet Conference Listing and MirandaMods Update

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The CAL11 Conference, "Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability", will be held in Manchester UK, April 13-15 2011. This looks like a valuable conference,and several MirandaNet members have submitted abstracts already. The deadline for abstracts for the CALL11 Conference is this Friday, October 8th, but the CAL11 organisers are leaving the website open until Monday October 11th. You still have time to send in your abstract here:
www.elsevierscitech.com/emails/CAL11_conf_deadline.html

More information in the conference listing below.

Face to face and online international MirandaMods 2010/2011

Dear MirandaNetters,

One of the great strengths of MirandaNet is the way in which members share their professional knowledge and expertise globally. Wherever you are, we hope that in 2010 and 2011 you will continue to debate with other members in our lively MirandaLink discussions and that even more of you will start to join in the MirandaNet version of an ‘unconference’, which we call 'MirandaMods'. You can find out more about MirandaMods here: www.mirandanet.ac.uk/mirandamods

We have put together a stimulating programme of twelve online and face to face MirandaMods up until March next year. All the topics for debate listed below take conflicting views on digital technologies in education. If you are interested in the professional knowledge creation theory that underpins MirandaMods, there is a paper on the subject: www.mirandanet.ac.uk/casestudies/mnet/254

Even if you cannot join the debates when they take place, we hope you will contribute to the collaborative professional knowledge maps that participants create for each topic. In this way we are developing a growing repository of up-to-date knowledge in areas where learning and teaching issues are undergoing profound changes.

Christina Preston
October 2010

Organisational details

The MirandaMods are free and most of the organization is undertaken by members on a voluntary basis. We are always looking out for company sponsorship to cover incidental costs such as refreshments: please get in touch if you know of any company that might like to help us out. We also try to cover a broad selection of topics in these MirandaMods. Is there any topic you would like to see covered? Would you like a MirandaMod to take place in your country? Do let me know.

Locations and key dates

The locations for the next MirandaMods and other activities are: London, Birmingham and Manchester. We have already had a MirandaMod in Korinthos, Greece;

Here they are in detail:

9th January 2011
The Brewery, London, EC1Y, Learning without Frontiers, 4SD
http://www.handheldlearning2010.com

12th -15th January 2011
Olympia in London W14 8UX
BETT11 exhibition and conference
http://www.bettshow.com/bett11

15th January 2011
Olympia in London W14 8UX
http://www.bettshow.com/bett11
Building Etopia here: a World Ecitizens’ unconference for MirandaNet practitioners who want to develop exchange projects. wec.mirandanet.org.uk

17th-19th March 2011
The Education Show
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham B40 1NT

13th - 15th April 2011
Manchester, UK
The CAL Conference 2011: Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability

A challenge to members

MirandaNetters, why not share in our efforts to bring to our members the very latest knowledge about digital technologies in education? You know at least one important part of the jigsaw from your unique perspective. We would really value your participation. The language is English, but we also welcome resources to the collaborative maps that are not necessarily in English. These events tend to have many more ‘lurkers’ than participants: can we alter the balance?

Support for members participation
If you are planning to travel to BETT11 from abroad and need to apply for funding, we can support your application by writing letters of invitation to members who want to speak at these MirandaMods. We can also supply certificates of participation to those who join in at the face-to-face sessions.

Technical information
Wherever you are you only need broadband access to enter these debates as a participant. All the software is free and so is your participation.

Future developments
We also want to see how MirandaMods might build on the value of collaborative professional learning in a more long-term form in which we professionals use evidence to develop theory. In this context, Dr. Chris Yapp will be inviting members to collaborate in ‘writing’ a ‘book’ called provisionally Pervasive Learning: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century. We do not in fact know what form the outcomes of this collaboration might take and invite you to be part of this experiment. The MirandaMods will be hosted at Bedford University where Professor Marilyn Leask, a Senior MirandaNet Fellow, is now a Dean.

MirandaMod Programme in full

Events at BETT 2011

Wednesday 12th January

1200-1400 Stand discussion: What to look out for at BETT11: a session led by Ray Barker, British Education Suppliers Association helping MirandaNetters to plan their BETT11 programme.

1600 -1800 MirandaMod: Communities of practice, how can they support teachers learning?
DFE Achievement for All theme: Are teachers learners? The changing status of expert professionals


Thursday 13th January

1200-1400 Stand Discussion: Can the gaps left by Becta’s demise be filled? Christina Preston leads

1600-1800 MirandaMod: How can digital technologies support independent learning strategies?
DFE Achievement for All theme: Are teachers learners? The changing status of expert professionals

1800-2100 MirandaNet supper

Friday 14th January

1600-1800 MirandaMod: Formative or summative assessment: what approach should teachers be taking?
DFE Achievement for All theme: Are teachers learners? The changing status of expert professionals

1800-2100 MirandaNet supper

Saturday 15th January

iCatalyst conference at BETT11: Olympia
1000-1300
iCatalyst: Achievement for All

This is an opportunity for international teachers visiting BETT11 to share best practices and pool knowledge about how technology might be used innovatively to raise the achievement of learners. The participants in this free event will have to opportunity collaborate with potential partners around the world in the design action research projects organised around their choice of innovative educational practices, managing change in teaching and learning, the applications of specific tools and how ICT is embedded in specific subject areas for specific stages of education to enhance learning opportunities. The one year projects will be published on the World Ecitizens website. wec.mirandanet.org.uk All pupils and teachers who are involved will receive a World Ecitizens certificate for achievement in international publishing.

Coffee 0930
1000-1030
Shift Happened: what now?
Shift Happens co-author- Chris Yapp

1030 1130
World eCitizens projects that are working
led by Lawrence Williams

Cheam School, Podar Schools, India, Eagle House, Malborough College,
Arabska Prague, and other MirandaNet schools

1130 – 1300
Designing World Ecitizens projects in international groups.

1300 – 1330

Lunch
What to see at BETT11 - Joe Willcox’s team

1330 – 1600 Touring BETT11

Events at the Education Show Birmingham

Achievement for All National Workshops 2011

Thursday 17th March
10am: Using Digital Technologies & Data for Assessment, Tracking & Intervention
2pm: Web 2.0: Tools for Teaching and Learning

Friday 18th March
10am: Getting the Most from ICT Tools in Today’s Classroom
2pm: Using Digital Technologies in Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Saturday 19th March
10am: Teach First: Goal Setting for Achievement, Access and Aspiration
2pm: Parent Networks: Using Digital Technologies for Engaging Parents in Learning

Structure
6 x 2hr workshops
2 per day (10am and 2pm)
Keynote: Professor Sonia Blandford, DfE
3 days (Thu-Sat)
Theatre on the show floor

CAL11 Conference Manchester, April 2011

The CAL11 Conference, "Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability", will be held in Manchester UK, April 13-15 2011. This looks like a valuable conference,and several MirandaNet members have submitted abstracts already, including Marilyn Leask, Sandy Shuck, Norbert Pachler, Bozena Mannova, Lenka Zerzanova, Christina Preston.

The deadline for abstracts for the CALL11 Conference is this Friday, October 8th, but the CAL11 organisers are leaving the website open until Monday October 11th. You still have time to send in your abstract here:
www.elsevierscitech.com/emails/CAL11_conf_deadline.html

Copy to me if you want to be involved in a MirandaNet symposium at the event

Further information about this conference:

The CAL Conference 2011
Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability
April 13-15 2011, Manchester, UK

CAL (Computer Assisted Learning) is one of the leading international conferences in the field of education and technology. It brings together researchers across all education sectors, from primary years, to informal learning, to higher education, and across a range of disciplines from psychology to computer science, media and cultural studies.

In 2011, the conference will lead a challenging international debate about the future of research and practice in educational technology. CAL 11 aims to:

Our four themes for the conference are:

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