Information

The ESN will be holding its 6th national teacher conference on October 1, 2 and 3rd 2008. This conference will cover a wide range of topics over a 3 day period during the school holidays – focusing on integrating ICTs in the classroom to enrich the lives of both educator and learner. We will be running presentations and hands-on workshops and will be introducing new technologies to educators and discussing the importance and use of ICT in education. This is an environment for educators to network with other educators and discuss the real issues associated with introducing ICT into lessons, and using it as an effective teaching tool. You are invited to share your experiences and programmes that you have developed in your classrooms with an audience that is open and eager to learn and to take back your experiences and adapt them to enhance the learning experience in their classrooms.

Information for Potential Presenters

• You are invited to submit an abstract of your presentation by (doing the following ) to reach us no later than 30th June 2008.
• e-Schools’ Network will notify you by email by the 30th July 2008 if your presentation has been accepted or rejected. You will need to confirm receipt of this email.
• Once accepted you will automatically become a non paying delegate of the conference.
• If accepted you must submit / supply e-Schools’ Network with your conference documentation (written presentation, slide show,or similar) to reach us no later than 30th August 2008.
• The conference is being held at The Cape Academy for Maths and Science in Bergvliet.
• The target audience is:
o Educators those who use ICTs and those who don’t but would like to know more.
o School Management.
o Provincial Education Managers and Curriculum Advisors.
o Anyone who is interested in making a contribution to Educational ICTs.
• Presentation rooms will have a computer and projector. Three computer laboratories will be available for hands on presentations.
• Light lunched and teas will be provided.
• The length of a presentation is 45 minutes. If you have a longer presentation then 90 minutes may be considered.

Tracks

• Plenary
• Innovation in ICT

Innovative ICT Projects with lessons for education
Innovative Technology in the Classroom

• Teaching and Learning with ICTs

Stories from your classroom
Communication and Collaboration
Teacher Development qualifications and accreditions
FET Subject-specific delivery using ICTs (including CAT and IT)
GET Learning area specific delivery using ICTs

• Classroom Technologies

Robotics
Interactive White Boards
Sensors and Data Loggers
Programmables
Remote teaching using appropriate technologies

• Mobile Learning

PDAs, iPods, cellphones, etc

• Internet Child Safety
• Future Classrooms

CITI Youth in IT Champions
Converging Technologies

• Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Special Needs

Using ICTs to address - remediation

Gifted child
Disabilities

• School Management Systems

Managing ICTS in schools
Sharing Resources - timetabling and creating access to ICTs for learners, staff and community
School Management Programs