9th February 2010, Hilton Hotel, Leeds

 

This is the third Moodle conference hosted by WebAnywhere, one of only four official Moodle partners in the UK.  The 2009 Moodle Conference attracted over 80 schools.  Many great speakers took part in the event and it turned out to be a great day.

 

Some of the comments from last year’s Moodle Conference include:

 

“Really good; having the opportunity to think about IT in school for an entire day, without distraction!”

Liz Smith, Bursar, St. Catherine’s Catholic School

 

“My first time! very good and will attend all future ones! some good ideas to incorporate into our Moodle”

Gareth Halsall, ICT Coordinator, Todmorden C of E Junior and Infant School

 

This year’s Moodle conference is set to be even bigger and even better and is being held in Leeds city centre at the fantastic Hilton Hotel.

 

Conference coordinator Cath Bell explained: “The purpose of this event is to provide the attendees with the opportunity to learn from key individuals within the education sector who already fully utilise this VLE, to really ignite enthusiasm and realise Moodle’s potential as a tool for online learning.”

Guest speakers at the 2010 Moodle conference include:

Miles Berry

Miles Berry is a Senior lecturer in ICT at Roehampton University. His pioneering work on implementing Moodle in the primary sector was documented as the dissertation for Leicester University’s MBA in Educational Management, and won the 2006 Becta ICT in Practice Award for primary teaching. He is a member of the British Computer Society’s Education and Training Expert Panel and its e-learning specialist group, and a fellow of Naace, Mirandanet and the RSA. Professional interests include knowledge management in education, use of open source software and principles in schools, provision for the gifted and talented and independent learning.

Mary Cooch

Currently a practicing teacher, Mary has been a schoolteacher for over 20 years. She is a Moodle Certified Course Creator, and now spends part of her working week travelling the country as a VLE trainer specialising in Moodle. She regularly promotes its benefits in Junior and High schools and has a deep understanding of what works best for younger students. Known online as the ‘moodlefairy’, Mary runs her own Moodle blog and is a moderator on the help forums of Moodle.org where she aims to enthuse others with her passion for this open source Virtual Learning Environment. Mary is also the author of a fantastic book: Moodle 1.9 for Teaching 7-14 Year Olds: Beginner's Guide.

Paul Adams

Paul Adams has spent most of my career teaching in Primary Schools, having been an ICT co-ordinator in two different schools, recently leading Buckingham Primary School into achieving the prestigious ICT mark award. His teaching using ICT has been exemplified by Becta and the National Primary Strategy. His work on Learning Platforms features on a number of video clips produced by Becta and his teaching of literacy using ICT has been featured on Primary National Strategy teacher support DVDs. Currently, he is working on a Masters Degree in Computing at Oxford Brookes University.