Conference 2012 Programme

08.30
Open for Registration
09.15
Welcome from Chair and Official Opening of Conference
09.30
NCTE Update: Gerard McHugh
09.45
Keynote Address: Steve Wheeler - Advanced Learning Futures
10.30
Coffee
11.00

Presentation 1
A Brief History of the Near Future
J. Heffernan

[Room 7]

 

Presentation 2
Using ‘Twitter’ to increase Classroom Discussion and Engagement with University Students; Student and Lecturer responses
P. Tiernan

[Room 8]

Presentation 3
ICT for Technophobes
E. O’Connor

[Room 13]

Workshop 1
Online Learning Networks for Teachers and Students
F. Boss

[Room 17]

Workshop 2
Blogging Basics - How to get your Class Blogging
N. Lane

[Room 18]

Workshop 3
Cool Tools for School: An iPod, some free stuff and a world of imagination! 
A. McMorrough

[Room 6]

Workshop 4
Scratch: Introductory Programming
C. McInerney

[Room 21]

11.35

Presentation 4
Captioning Videos for School Use
C. Carswell & M. Walsh

[Room 7]

Presentation 5
Game-based learning in Irish Education: A pilot study 
P. Felicia

[Room 8]

Presentation 6
“My friends call us the Carlsberg School” - Teachers’ perceptions of an innovative infrastructural project
M. Judge

[Room 13]

12.10
Lunch
13.30

Presentation 7
CliCnews
D. O’Broin & I. Roller

[Room 7]

Presentation 8
Connect School Toolbox
R. Herron

[Room 8]

Presentation 9
The Livescribe Pen in Action
A. Webb

[Room 13]

Workshop 5
Edmodo in Education
M. Amond

[Room 18]

Workshop 6
Immersive Learning in History
R. Hutchison

[Room 17]

Workshop 7
Getting Started with Technology in your Classroom
P. O’Brien

[Room 16]

Workshop 8
Developing E-Learning Resources
S. Howell

[Room 21]

14.05

Presentation 10
Teaching Science with Virtual Worlds: A Case Study
J. Corbett & P. O'Beirn

[Room 7]

Presentation 11
Practical Project Maths in 2012
A. Bray

[Room 8]

Presentation 12
Social Networking with our Students: Considering digital identity, authenticity and privacy
C. Cronin

[Room 13]

14.40
Coffee
15.05

Presentation 13
Developing an Enhanced Learning Environment with iPads
D. Hyland

[Room 7]

Presentation 14
Troubleshooting Teacher
M.    Moloney-King

[Room 8]

Presentation 15
A wide-angle look at ICT Infrastructure, Evolving Technologies and Planning
T. Lonergan

[Room 13]

Workshop 9
Creating a Mobile App for Your School
S. Lewis

[Room 18]

Workshop 10 Teaching with Games: understanding games and their educational potential
P. Felicia

[Room 21]

Workshop 11
#edchatie – Learn How
F. Boss et al

[Room 17]

Workshop 12
Fun, free and user-friendly movie-making with Windows Live MovieMaker and Windows DVD Maker
P. Cunnane

[Room 16]

15.40

Presentation 16
How Google Apps can improve Staff Communication and Collaboration in Schools
A. Stapleton

[Room 7]

Presentation 17
Moodle in the Classroom
D. Donnelly

[Room 8]

Presentation 18
Open Discovery Space (ODS): an accelerator for the sharing, adoption, usage, and re-purposing of ICT in Education
N. O’Sullivan

[Room 13]

16.15
Capstone Address: Stephen Howell - Kinnecting Education and Technology
16.45
Conference Close
17.00
Annual General Meeting of Computers in Education Society of Ireland