CyberNerd Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Anybody going to this OpenSource conference ? It's free for School and LEA staff and is aimed at Teachers and Technical staff: Unconference 09 | Open Source Schools
dhicks Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Anybody going to this OpenSource conference? Probably, if I can get school to pay for my train fair and convince my girlfriend that Nottingham might be a nice place to visit this summer :-) I'll probably aim to give a quick (3-minute) presentation on either Installing Open Source Software (we had a whole thread about it a while back), or if I have my BECTA-standard IWB software working by then I'll demonstrate that. -- David Hicks
russdev Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Yes as down the road as in Leicester. Might present on something have think about it. Russ
Netman Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Quote: "Places are free for teachers, local authority staff and those presenting." So not for support staff then? You know, like network managers whose job it is to decide on solutions for their school?!
Butuz Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Local authority staff shjould cover most technicians / network managers? Thanks for bringing it up I am gonna try and make that.
Netman Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Local authority staff shjould cover most technicians / network managers Not independent schools though...
SYNACK Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 or if I have my BECTA-standard IWB software working by then I'll demonstrate that. -- David Hicks Now that sounds interesting
CyberNerd Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Quote: "Places are free for teachers, local authority staff and those presenting." So not for support staff then? You know, like network managers whose job it is to decide on solutions for their school?! I suspect they won't be asking you to provide your PGCE certificate
Butuz Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Not independent schools though... Oh well - I guess you can't have your cake and eat it! Butuz
dhicks Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Now that sounds interesting It'd be more interesting if I'd gotten it to a stage yet where anything actually appeared on screen... -- David Hicks
mberry Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) Quote: "Places are free for teachers, local authority staff and those presenting." So not for support staff then? You know, like network managers whose job it is to decide on solutions for their school?! Oops . The first section at Unconference 09 | Open Source Schools and the copy on our front page reads "Places are free for all school and local authority staff", which is what we meant. I'll correct the other copy. My apologies. Please come. Edited April 25, 2009 by mberry 2
SYNACK Posted April 25, 2009 Posted April 25, 2009 It'd be more interesting if I'd gotten it to a stage yet where anything actually appeared on screen... Ah, the 'joys' of software development
mberry Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 Whilst unconferences rely on the contributions of all their participants, we're delighted to announce that we have two outstanding keynote presenters to top and tail the day, providing inspiration and provoking discussion. George Auckland, Head of Learning Innovation, BBC Learning. George's experience and expertise spans the original ‘open source’ education computer, the BBC Micro, and the most recent BBC open source project, BBC Open Lab. Graham Attwell, Director of Pontydysgu, is well known in the field of technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Graham's recent work focuses on new applications and approaches to e-Portfolios and Personal Learning Environments and use of social software for learning and knowledge development. We are really keen to have as many participant led presentations as possible - register at User account | Open Source Schools and tick the unconference09 group, or just join the unconference09 group if you're already registered. To create a session proposal visit http://opensourceschools.org.uk/node/add/sessionproposal
dhicks Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Okay, I've just proposed a session carrying on from a disscussion we had a few weeks back. Please feel free to add your own input (in particular, can anyone remember the name of the Open Source MSI compiler and/or diff utility?). If you can't attend in person then please have a look at virtual attendence, it'd be good to have lots of input. -- David Hicks
dhicks Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Do you mean WIX That's the one - thanks, I've updated the page. -- David Hicks
UKDarkstar Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 This event is also publicised on LinkedIn and you can mark your atendance for it so it shows up on your profile (in case anyone's interested !)
dhicks Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 This event is also publicised on LinkedIn and you can mark your atendance for it so it shows up on your profile Hmm. Must investiaget LinkedIn at some point. Hey, is anyone else here planning to attend the London StackOverflow Dev Day in October? I liked the idea of the shirts with your site profile printed on the front - maybe we should get some for the next EduGeek meeting? -- David Hicks
CyberNerd Posted May 15, 2009 Author Posted May 15, 2009 shirts with your site profile printed on the front[/url] -- David Hicks Fantastic - I'd love to have had something like that in freshers week at uni ! Save telling people the same thing all over
dhicks Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 The programme for the first national Open Source Schools Unconference, at NCSL Nottingham on 20th July (that's next Monday), is now online at: Unconference Programme | Open Source Schools There are a few participant places left, which are free for those working in schools or local authorities. Anyone using or interested in open source software would be very welcome. My main problem is that I won't be able to see everything - you can only be in so many places at one time! I'll be watching the keynotes, of course, and I'll be leading discussions on Installing Software and School MIS Plugins, and I'll probably go and see Garry Saddington's ScholarPack presentation, Tony Whitmore's presentation about open source virtualisation and the discussion on the BECTA Interactive Whiteboard Common File Format. This being the 21st century and all, we'll probably try and video just about everything and get it up and viewable on the Internet as quick as we can. -- David Hicks
russdev Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 You also get to choose to between Me, David and Miles in afternoon. As while Miles is presenting on scratch and David on MIS systems. I am doing a talk/discussion on Groundworks. I am going to try and get access to version 6 of it to show off to you all.. Russ
dhicks Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 You also get to choose to between Me, David and Miles in afternoon. I think we're aiming to get everything recorded and on to Vimeo, so there's no need to miss out on presentations. Speaking of which, I'd better go and find some video equipment and actually get some stuff written so I have an idea of what I'm going to talk about... -- David Hicks
Soulfish Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 Wish I could get the school to pay for my travel expenses to go to this
russdev Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 @David I agree I need to get started being the fact I had forgotten I had put my name forward until schedule came out Russ
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