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PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES DIRECTORATE
West of England ICT
Conference 2 July
2015
Category
Enjoying and Achieving
Status:
Information
Executive summary
Purpose:
Information about the West of England ICT
Conference on Thursday 2 July 2015 for all
staff in Infant, Primary, Junior, Secondary,
Special Schools and Pupil Referral Units.
Audience:
All Staff in schools
Pupil Referral Units
Cc: Jane Routledge, Interim Head of
Learning & Achievement Branch
Rob Long, Audit, Risk & Information Team
Main Issues:
The 17th West of England ICT Conference will
take place on Thursday 2 July at the UWE
Exhibition and Conference Centre in Bristol.
This year’s theme ‘Inspiring Minds’ reflects
the evolving picture of education and the
continuing shift from ‘teaching’ to ‘learning’.
Delegate booking is being managed by South
Gloucestershire as one of the organising
local authorities through their online booking
system. The website address for the system
is www.sgsts.org.uk/training.
(please see full details for booking contained
within the letter attached).
Action required and due date:
Circulate to all staff. Please book early to
avoid disappointment.
Further Information
Name: Angie Mason
Tel: 01934 634830
e-mail address:
[email protected]
Date of issue:
16 April 2015
Reference number:
1415/0019
Related document
Date:
My Ref:
Your Ref:
16 April 2015
AM/ICTConf2015
Contact:
Direct dial:
Email:
Angie Mason
01934 634830
[email protected]
People and Communities Directorate
Town Hall
Walliscote Grove Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1UJ
TO: HEADTEACHER
& ICT CO-ORDINATOR
INFANT, PRIMARY, JUNIOR,
SECONDARY & SPECIAL
SCHOOLS & PRUS
IN NORTH SOMERSET
Dear Colleague
West of England ICT Conference 2 July 2015 ‘Inspiring Minds’
Booking is now live. Visit the website to book online
http://www.westofenglandictconference.org.uk/
The 17th West of England ICT Conference will take place on 2nd July 2015 at the UWE
Exhibition and Conference Centre in Bristol. I have attached a flyer about the conference.
This year’s theme ‘Inspiring Minds’ reflects the evolving picture of education and the
continuing shift from ‘teaching’ to ‘learning’. Our classrooms are increasingly being led by
empowered learners and with the new National Curriculum now in place, schools are
looking at how to maximise learning for their students and help to give them the tools to
enable them to learn in a creative and unrestrictive way.
Once again, we have some amazing keynote speakers with the two below already
confirmed:
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Hall Davidson – educational innovator in education
Professor Alan Winfield - Professor of Electronic Engineering at Bristol Robotics
Laboratory and Director of the Science Communication Unit at the University of the
West of England
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At the heart of the conference are our inspiring seminars which focus on supporting all
practitioners to use a wide range of ICT to support and further learning in the classroom.
This year’s selection of seminars reflects the increased focus on programming while
retaining sessions on key areas such as safety, curriculum and mobile devices. Alongside
the seminars the School Showcase will give delegates an opportunity to look at real
practice from other schools.
The conference will also host a large exhibition of technology suppliers and the opportunity
to engage with representatives to explore how their products can benefit learning in your
school. It is also an opportunity to engage with those suppliers you have already
purchased from to ensure that you are making the best use of their resources to enhance
learning.
Information about all aspects of the conference, including the seminars and keynote
speakers, is available through the West of England ICT Conference web site which can be
accessed at www.westofenglandictconference.org.uk. There is also a promotional video
which provides further information about the conference and you can join the conversation
on Twitter with #WEICT15 or follow @WEICTCONF.
Booking has now opened.
Delegate booking is being managed by South Gloucestershire as one of the organising
local authorities through their online booking system. The website address for the system
is www.sgsts.org.uk/training.
 If you already have an account then log in to your CPD Online account on the site
to make your booking.
 If you do not have an account but your school already does then you will need to
click on new user on the left and enter your details.
 If your school is not in the list of establishments please email
[email protected] with your name, school, local
authority, school email address and telephone number. The team will contact you
to confirm it has been added to the system. If you have any questions then please
ring 01454 868165.
The conference booking information can be found by clicking on the link in the news item
on the home page, searching events using the event code WEICT or date of 2 July and
clicking on request a place.
When you book your place through the online booking system you will have the
opportunity to choose your seminar sessions. There are four seminar time slots available
and you will need to select one session in each time slot. You must choose the
exhibition for one of your sessions by selecting a time slot for when you would like
to visit the exhibition at the bottom of the session page.
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The full cost for the conference is £135, however there is a 15% discount for affiliated
delegates which will be applied on payment. These are delegates from any of the local
authorities who contribute resources to planning the conference (Bath and North East
Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire).
Schools who are non-affiliated who send more than two people will receive a 10%
discount for their delegates on invoicing.
This conference is a crucial event for all those school leaders interested in ICT and
education. It provides an opportunity to learn from practitioners in other schools, have your
thinking challenged and to network with others who are enthusiastic in engaging learners
through technology.
The West of England ICT conference aims to support schools in the south west with
planning and evolving their curriculum as well as providing professional development and
support with leading ICT in this period of change.
We look forward to seeing you on 2 July.
Yours sincerely
Angie Mason
Angie Mason
On Behalf of the Regional West of England ICT
Conference Planning Group