Health Protection Agency to conduct study into wi-fi exposure
The decision by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to conduct further research into the exposure levels from wi-fi systems as part of a larger study in the area of electromagnetic fields has been welcomed by Becta, the government’s education technology partner.
http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=34362&page=1658&catID=1633
Naace Annual Strategic Conference: The Future of Learning
The International Riviera Centre, Torquay, Tuesday 4th March - Friday 7th March 2008
The theme of the conference is “The Future of Learning”, where ICT and modern technologies are inherent within the learning process. The conference has three sub themes centred on future learning, leading learning and current learning. These have been designed to explore the challenges and opportunities offered by current educational change and developments for strategic leaders and leaders of learning. We intend that the conference will stimulate debate as we explore potential futures, current opportunities and good practice focused on supporting learners and learning.
For the Strategic Conference 2008 we will be using an online booking system for conference and exhibition registration and the system which is currently in development will go live from 12 noon on Friday the 9th of November. We are giving advance notice of this date to enable those colleagues who will have been on holiday over half term or who need to agree finances in advance with their employer, may not be disadvantaged.
The programme for the conference can now be downloaded from www.naace.org/events and further information on sessions, speakers and hotels along with details of booking options and prices for delegates and sponsors/exhibitors will added shortly. We hope you will find this helpful in your planning before the conference and that the information will help to inform your booking choices for when the site goes live on Friday the 9th of November.
Information and updates about the conference will be posted regularly on the Events pages of the Naace website and we will also keep you up to date through the weekly Naace Newsletter.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to give the Naace office a ring or email the Naace Events Manager, events@naace.org
The following comes from Roger Broadie (which many of you may have seen via the “talklists”):
Thanks to Leon Cych we have video of the full session given at the Naace All Members Conference by Domenic Volpe and Richard Campbell, from Heaton Manor School in Newcastle.
http://blip.tv/file/get/Learn4life-MakingAVLEWorkForYouInABusySchool570.mov
I strongly recommend you to watch this if you can find the time. It will take a minute or so to load. Blip TV can also be a little glitchy and may hang at times for ten seconds or so before it re-starts, so you might have to persevere, or it might run straight through with no pauses.
Why do I think this is so important? In Heaton Manor their learning platform/digital environment has become the place all the teachers, admin staff and pupils are turning to, to make all sorts of work processes more effective. I don’t think there is any way this school can now stop using their digital environment, which means it is just going to become more and more embedded. And because the teachers are seeing personal benefits in time saved and easier working, they are increasingly using the system for teaching and learning as well as admin processes.
