The Inside Lane - A Technology in Education Blog
This blog is written by Nigel Lane, an international primary school teacher with a keen interest in integrating technology into teaching and learning.
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The annual Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) conference will take place in GMIT on Saturday March 1st. The main event will be preceded, as always, by a TeachMeet event the evening before in the Clayton Hotel.
The TeachMeet event is sold out, so only waiting list places are currently available, but there are still tickets left for Saturday. Registration can be completed via the Eventbrite page. The fee for the day, which includes lunch, is €40, with other prices available for students and unwaged attendees.
The conference programme has been published and can be accessed here. You can also plan your day by taking a look at the timetable. There really is something for everyone at this year’s conference, with topics covering BYOD, wireless networks, Scratch, MOOCs, Raspberry Pi, Makey Makey, apps for speech and language, WordPress, Digital Literacy, two new Junior Certificate short courses, open education resources, teaching & learning with mobile technology, online learning, Adobe, CoderDojo, Bridge 21, troubleshooting, iPad apps for language, assessment portfolios, digital storytelling, mobile health, outer space in the classroom, Scientix and more.
This year’s conference will be opened by Ciaran Cannon T.D., Minister of State for Training and Skills at the Department of Education and Skills. The keynote speakers, Dr Daithí Ó Murchú, Dr Deirdre Butler and Dr Michael Hallissy, will entertain, spark the imagination and provoke much thought and debate around various topics related to technology in education, including the implications of the National Digital Strategy.
You can keep up with all conference news via the hashtags #tmcesi (for the Friday night TeachMeet) and #cesicon (for the Saturday conference) on Twitter and remember to follow @TMCESI and @cesitweets. Please use these hashtags in all discussions about the TeachMeet and conference on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr, Flickr… you get the point!
Let your friends, families and colleagues know about the conference by sharing this poster on your staffroom noticeboard or anywhere else you can think of.
