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March 2002
Learning with Technologies in School, Home and Community
MirandaNet Fellows are invited by Bridget Somekh to participate in this conference. Christina Preston will be delighted to help MN Fellows and Scholars with their application and papers. Scholars could achieve their fellowship by this route.
Learning with Technologies in School, Home and Community
IFIP WG 3.5 Working Conference in Manchester, June 30 - July 5, 2002
Bursaries for Primary Teachers
The DfES has just agreed to sponsor ten primary teachers/head teachers to attend this conference. We are absolutely delighted as this will ensure that our many international visitors hear about the work of teachers in the UK.
Please would you draw this to the attention of any teachers in MirandaNet who are currently engaged in innovative work using ICT. Procedures for applying for a bursary of £500 are set out below. The bursary will cover the registration fee of £350 and provide £150 towards travel and accommodation.
The conference is being organised by IFIP WG 3.5 on Informatics and Elementary Education. Full information is available on the conference web-site:
www.did.stu.mmu.ac.uk/conference/conferences.shtml
All participants are asked to contribute a paper for presentation at the conference. The organizers wish to encourage a wide diversity of contributions related to the following focus, themes and perspectives:
- The focus: Early Childhood and Elementary Education.>
- The themes: social contexts of learning, learning styles, conditions for learning, organizing for learning, changing sites of learning, changing roles and relationships.
- The perspectives: research, policy, curriculum, evaluation, development, standards, assessment, leadership, teacher education, professional development, collaboration, networks, inclusion, equity, developing countries, special education.
We are not sure how much you know of the work of IFIP. It is an international federation of national computing/information processing societies established by UNESCO to address international cooperation and development in ICT in education, business, research and society. It is committed to building partnerships and developing strategies for improving the effectiveness of ICT in education across different national contexts. IFIP WG 3.5 focuses on ICTs in Elementary Education. IFIP Working Conferences bring together leading international professionals and researchers to exchange knowledge and engage critically with current issues of importance for policy and practice. This one will be particularly important, coming at a time when digital technology is having a major impact on social, political and economic institutions and structures round the world.
Yours sincerely
Professor Bridget Somekh, MMU, UK
Chair of Organising Committee
To Apply for a DfES Bursary
Teachers should apply by letter to Professor Bridget Somekh, Chair of the Organising Committee, either by email (j.davidson at mmu.ac.uk) or by post to The Research Centre, Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, 799 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RR, UK.
Please give:
- a brief description of your work using ICT in teaching and learning within the age range 4-12 (about one side of A4)
- the title of the presentation you are offering to give at the conference
- a one page CV, including the name of your school, full home address, email address and fax number
Applications should reach Bridget Somekh by Friday March 22, 2002.
Notification on the award of bursaries will go out to all applicants by Friday April 5, 2002.
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