Conference 2015: Beyond the Horizon – Technology in Education

= Presentation = Workshop

Saturday, Feb 28th
08:00 - 09:00
	Vendor Exhibition, Registration, Refreshments
09:00 - 09:15
	Fáilte & Conference Opening Adrienne Webb, Chair CESI & Bernard Kirk, Director Galway Education Centre	TH1000
09:15 - 10:15
	Opening Keynote Out Of This world – Tech To Inspire Tim Rylands & Sarah Neild	Th1000
10:15 - 11:15
	Google Classroom in the… Classroom! Conor Power	IT Centre, Bay 1
	Design Thinking and Technology in the Classroom Nicola Mullen	IT Centre, Bay 2
	The changing nature of digital images and how they can be used for recording and assessment Seán Gallagher & David McMahon	IT Centre, Bay 3
	[10:15 – 10:45] A 21st century’s digital School’s story on the BeeBot Application: Teaching programming, emotional social language development in a Primary school Nichola Spokes	Rm 994
	[10:15 – 10:45] Flipping the Classroom – Why and How Gareth Callan	Rm 996
	[10:15 – 10:45] Technology to Empower Student-Led Learning Dr. Kathy Kipp	Rm 997
	[10.45 – 11.15] Technology and Languages in the Early Years Susan Nic Réamoinn	Rm 994
	[10:45 – 11:15] Introduction to Socrative and its use in the classroom Frank Kehoe	Rm 996
	[10:45 – 11:15] Khan Academy & MATHletes Challenge: innovative tools for blended learning Martina Sexton & Kelly Kirkpatrick	Rm 997
11:15 - 11:45
	Break & Refreshments
11:45 - 12:45
	Android Tablets in the Classroom David Kearney	IT Centre, Bay 1
	Beyond the Classroom Horizon – using online tools to shift the classroom horizon to the home Ciara Brennan & MaryJo Bell	IT Centre, Bay 2
	Edcite in the Classroom Julia Sweeney	IT Centre, Bay 3
	Computational Thinking Unplugged – An overview of tools and approaches towards developing a definition of Computational Thinking Dr. Richard Millwood, Nina Bresnihan, Glenn Strong, Ruairi Brown	Rm 997
	[11:45 – 12:15] 21st Century Storytelling in the Primary Classroom Cormac Cahill	Rm 994
	[11:45 – 12:15] Ready, Steady, Code! Seamus O'Neill	Rm 996
	[12:15 – 12:45] Eyrecourt Examiner to the World!! Eilís Treacy & Student Editors	Rm 994
	[12.15 – 12:45] Managing a 1:1 environment & managing in a 1:1 environment Frieda Crehan	Rm 996
12:45 - 13:30
	Plenary Panel Discussion Are we there yet? Approaching the Horizon https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/default/files/2014-nmc-horizon-report-eu-en_online.pdf Provocateur: Dr Conor Galvin	TH1000
13:30 - 14:15
	Lunch
14:15 - 15:45
	Python from Scratch Dr Jake Byrne & Bridge21 Team	IT Centre, Bay 1
	Plan beyond the Horizon – a MaKey MaKey workshop Bianca Ni Ghrogain & Drew Buddie	IT Centre, Bay 2
	Robots Rule – or do they? Programme your own Sesca robot Note: 2 x 45 mins (strict limit 24 pre-booked per each workshop, be sure to sign up at registration) Pete Redmond	“Red Square” Room 509
	[14:15 – 14:45] Making the abstract concrete: Contextualizing Humanities and Technology Skills in Heritage Sites Danielle O'Donovan & Sharon Kearney	Rm 994
	[14:15 – 14:45] BYOD – Bring your own ‘Device’ or ‘Disaster’ Tom Lonergan	Rm 996
	[14:15 – 14:45] Wikipedia for Education Eugene Eichelberger & An Lucht Vicí	Rm 997
	[14:45 – 15:15] Mathematics Classroom Contexts and Game-Based Learning:a Solution to Improving Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics Ali Mc Namara	Rm 994
	[14:45 – 15:15] EUFolio – Project Update Ben Murray & John Hurley	Rm 996
	[14:45 – 15:15] MOOCs for Secondary School Students Rita Day & Brian Mulligan	Rm 997
	[15:15 – 15:45] Can a blended learning platform enable Irish to become a living language for L2 learners? Jane O'Connell	Rm 994
	[15:15 – 15:45] The Online Level 2 e-Planning Toolkit Fred Boss & Denise Kelly	Rm 996
	[15:15 – 15:45] The future is here but it is not evenly distributed John Heffernan	Rm 997
15:45 - 16:00
	Break & Refreshments
16:00 - 17:00
	Closing Keynote World of Difference John Davitt	TH1000
17:00 - 17:15
	Conference Closing Adrienne Webb, CESI Chair & Dughall McCormick, Chair NAACE, UK	TH1000
17:30 - 18:30
	Annual General Meeting of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland

Saturday, Feb 28th