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Welcome and Housekeeping

Gareth Davies, Chair, Naace Board of Management

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Ministerial Address

Minister of State for Schools supported by Doug Brown, Deputy Director, Head of Technology Futures Unit, DCFS
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Professor John Naughton, Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology, Open University and internet columnist, The Observer
Our media environment is being radically transformed by technologically driven social change. But, to date, we’ve seen precious little evidence that the educational sector understands the extent of the challenges it faces in this emerging ecosystem. This lecture charts [...]

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Ewan McIntosh, National Advisor: Learning and Technology Futures, Learning and Teaching, Scotland
When you are a teacher, manager or administrator of several schools, it can seem difficult or impossible to keep track of the latest technology, know whether it’s useful for learning and design ways of putting it into practice. For the past two-and-a-half years Ewan [...]

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Niel McLean, Executive Director, Institutional Workforce and Development, Becta
Niel will provide us with an up to date overview of ‘Harnessing Technology’ developments from a national perspective.
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Martin Littler, Chairman and Managing Director, Inclusive Technology Ltd.
Technological advance has the power to damage the life chances of the less able and disabled by giving them more things they cannot do. Technology has also shown its potential to even things up: the blind can read; those without speech can communicate; the disabled can get [...]

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Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of the CEOP Centre
My input will challenge the commonly held view that child abuse on the internet is more about technology and the harm it can cause than people. My position is built on a foundation that acknowledges the neutrality of technology and the fact that posting or sharing images via [...]

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Learning and the future

Dr Stephen Heppell, CEO Heppell.net, Executive Chairman LP+

The old factory schools of the 20th century are dead or dying and good riddance. But as we reach out for the new models of 21st century learning that technology can offer, we find there are some stark choices. Do we go for a productivity model of harnessing technology [...]

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Closing Remarks

Gareth Davies, Chair of the Board of Management

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