Ed Tech Meetups (North West)

[LaurenceStanley]

Hi all

 

I've been to a few none, education related meetups/coffee mornings in the past few months (Wordpress user groups etc). I was wondering if there are any ed tech specific meetups in the North at all? I'd love to meet some new people, share ideas and learn a few things! I find some conferences tend to be quite sales orientated so it's difficult to have a proper chat with people about new ideas etc.

 

Would anybody be interested in a fairly regular meetup around Manchester area?

 

Please let me know if this thread is meant to be elsewhere

 

Thanks

 

Laurence

 

P.S

 

Obviously it would have to involve copious amounts of coffee!

Edited June 24, 2015 by LaurenceStanley

[kearton]

http://www.edugeek.net/showthread.php?t=154368

[Achandler]

There is nothing regular that I know about, which is a shame to be honest. I see our business manager, deputy heads, headteacher and even heads of department have time out of work to go to meetings like these but there is no equivalent for IT.

 

There use to be one in our local council but even that has died off.

[LaurenceStanley]

There is nothing regular that I know about, which is a shame to be honest. I see our business manager, deputy heads, headteacher and even heads of department have time out of work to go to meetings like these but there is no equivalent for IT.

 

There use to be one in our local council but even that has died off.

 

Completely agree, it's a massive shame and I was quite shocked to see there wasn't anything around. I may have gone in "all guns blazing" here but I have organised "NW Education Technology Meetup" next Wednesday 6pm at Takk Cafe in Manchester. Hopefully we can make this a regular occurrence and it will be a great opportunity to meet like-minded people, discuss ideas etc.

 

Hope it's okay to post meetup events on here? If not, please let me know

 

North West Education Technology Meetup July - North West Education Technology Meetup (Manchester, England) - Meetup

[LaurenceStanley]

ANME Meeting 04 - 25 June

 

Thanks for sharing! It seems as if this is just for network managers though?

[timbo343]

ANME is for anyone not just Network Managers .

 

There might be another Edugeek meet in Preston too as the May Half term one easnt scheduled this year. @Dos_Box and @ZeroHour would have to confirm this though.

Edited June 29, 2015 by timbo343

[mikeprice]

ANME is for anyone not just Network Managers .

 

There might be another Edugeek meet in Preston too as the May Half term one easnt scheduled this year. DosBox and Zerohour would have to confirm this though.

 

that would be good!

 

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Hope it's okay to post meetup events on here? If not, please let me know

 

North West Education Technology Meetup July - North West Education Technology Meetup (Manchester, England) - Meetup

 

Can't see this due to firewall blah blah

[LaurenceStanley]

That sounds brilliant thanks, I'll keep an eye out!

[RichCowell]

Thanks @kearton & @timbo343

 

@LaurenceStanley The ANME is (hopefully) exactly what you're talking about... It's open to whoever responsible for the day to day management of ICT in schools... we've got 360+ members with nearly 100 different job titles, so definitely for more than "just" Network Managers... We've had 4 really successful meetings now, with members travelling as far as Cumbria, Yorkshire, and Cheshire... We'd love to welcome you as a member... it's all free, to join and attend... we've got a private forum here on EduGeek, and are always keen to hear ideas about how to develop the ANME, and new ways to introduce new members.

 

We've got a member referral competition running at the moment too, with tablets up for grabs... feel free to put kearton & timbo343 in the referred box to be in with a chance of winning one, and them for winning the other...

 

I'd be happy to chat more about it, but check out more info on our website with photos & agendas from previous meetings etc. too - Association of Network Managers in Education ANME

 

If anyone's got any suggestions of new ways of promoting the ANME on here and elsewhere in the educational community I'd be really interested to hear them...

Edited June 29, 2015 by RichCowell

[Gibbo]

Laurence, if you're in Macc am I right in thinking you're working at a school in Cheshire East? The CoSocius SIMS group meetings are a good place to meet fellow school techies and NMs.

[john]

 

There might be another Edugeek meet in Preston too as the May Half term one easnt scheduled this year. @Dos_Box and @ZeroHour would have to confirm this though.

 

The Edugeek stuff will be later in the year and be a larger style event and we were looking a little futher south than Preston I think Manchester was the last location I heard but there will be something later in the year more info will come once ISTE is over and DB and ZH have had time to relax a little

[LaurenceStanley]

Thank you I'm having a google of CoSocius SIMS group meetings now It sounds as if there is more going on than I first expected. I've been to a few really interesting meetups recently but none (so far!) regarding education. Hope to see you all at some of them in the near future!

 

Laurence, if you're in Macc am I right in thinking you're working at a school in Cheshire East? The CoSocius SIMS group meetings are a good place to meet fellow school techies and NMs.