Study Group Teachers Conference 2014

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Higher Education Teachers’ Conference

Brighton Study Centre

Thursday 20th November 2014 Friday 21st November 2014

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6.00pm – 10.00pm ATRIUM Session sign-up Presenter & IT Support Thinking Wall 7.00pm – 8.00pm EXAM HALL Welcome Drinks Building Futures 7.30pm – 9.30pm CAFETERIA Dinner 8.00pm – 9.00pm FIRST FLOOR TeachMeet

8.15am WELCOME COFFEES Registration & Session Sign ups

IT Help desk open

8.50am CONFERENCE OPENING MARTIN MORAN

Chair, Teachers’ Conference Committee

9.00am

PLENARY SPEAKER MIKE BELL The case for evidence based teaching

SESSIONS

10.15am – 11.05am Session 1 11.25am – 12.15am Session 2

LUNCH 1.15pm – 2.05pm Session 3 2.25pm – 3.15pm Session 4

3.30pm

FINAL SESSION & CLOSING

4.15pm CONFERENCE ENDS

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Mike Bell - The case for evidence-based teaching Introducing the idea that, if we look at studies which

combine the results of world-wide research, some teaching methods and policies are significantly

more effective than others and that some common practices are myths.

Mike Bell runs the Evidence Based Teachers Network (EBTN) a network of about 6000 teachers who want to use evidence-based

methods in their teaching and school policies. Mike is a former science teacher who trained

with Geoff Petty and John Hattie. He runs training courses on evidence-based methods

and has published training materials on the same subjects. www.ebtn.org.uk

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Friday 21st November 2014 ALL ROOMS ARE ON THE FIRST FLOOR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Room No

Session 1 10.15 – 11.05

Session 2 11.25 – 12.15

Session 3 1.15 – 2.05

Session 4 2.25 – 3.15

1.01 Alix Dreiling Why is adoption of learning

technology so difficult?

Peeter Mehisto Atomising academic language

Peeter Mehisto CLIL Essentials

Louise Pike How managers can support staff

to develop communities of learning.

1.03 Gerry Mc Cann Development of Independent Learning and Skills for Study

Mike Bell Making CPD effective – an evidence-based approach.

Mike Bell Educational myths: 28 things

which don’t work in education

Jane Mansell How to make Accounting lessons

interesting.

1.05 Lisa Magill & Giang Nguyen

Carpe Diem: The Circular Economy, Cross Curricular

Opportunities

Barbara Gardner Education in Uganda – use your

teaching to make a change

Dr Sue Greener What's trending in learning

technologies?

Francesca Stregapede The Key to Success

1.07 Bob Mitchell Tracking of student performance

and the value of CAT4

Duncan Quirk Making sure your Foundation

students progress to university

Jules Perdikou Flipped Learning

1.09 Chloe Druce

‘Does everyone understand?’ A creative way to check learning

with Socrative

Vikas Bagla New definition of Sound: Object

Based Mixing

Alix Dreiling Professional Learning Community

Simon Robertson & Zarida Zaman CLIL (content and language

integrated learning)

1.10

John de Jong Increasing efficacy through

structured curricula and immediate feedback

Vickie Sala Arslan But you've done this many times before! Notorious note making

Peter Ryley The Bank: English listening

material for University preparation studies.

1.11 Dr Ross Cooper Neurodiversity and inclusive

teaching strategies

Barbara Madeja-Edmunds The basics of phonetics

Gemma Lunn Self-observation as a reflective

tool

1.12

Helen Andrews Captivate your class

Franz Holzknecht & Benjamin Kremmel

Good Practice in Language Assessment Presentation

Franz Holzknecht & Benjamin Kremmel

Good Practice in Language Assessment Workshop

Please attend session 1 to attend this session

1.13 Stacey Crosskill & Corrina Taylor How is Study Group using social

media to put students first?

Tanya Prescott Digital Literacy - what do teachers

think students should know?

Jess Goyder Your Voice as a Teaching Tool

1.14 Andy Newell Going Beyond CPD

Julia Tan

Study Smart: a pathway to the students' academic career

Sally Johnston C Psychol Applying positive psychology in

teaching and learning

1.15 Rui da Silva

Keep it moving: embodying learning through multimodal

projects

Dr Ross Cooper Neurodiversity and inclusive

teaching strategies

Peter Kogan Poll Everywhere: using live online polling for teaching and learning

Dom Pates Should mobile devices be used for classroom teaching and learning?

1.17 Olwyn Alexander

Reflective practice for professional development in

teaching English for Academic Purposes.

Johnny Unger Helping struggling students:

sharing best practice

Martyn Howe Using video of your own taught

sessions to transform your practice

3.06 Andy Gray Learn to Code with Processing

This is a double length session with a coffee break

Lewis Kranat Introduction to GeoGebra

Alp Aslan Spreadsheets for Teachers

3.10 Andrew Wood Introducing Diigo, a social

bookmarking platform

Claire Chapman & Penny Humm Students: keep your smart phones

on your desk!

EXAM HALL

3.30pm

FINAL SESSION

Please note that this agenda is subject to change without advance notice

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TIMING ROOM SESSION

Conference Welcome 8.50am – 9.00am

Exam Hall Martin Moran Chair ,Teachers’ Conference Committee

Plenary Speaker 9.00am – 10.00am

Exam Hall Mike Bell The Evidence Based Teachers Network

Session 1 10.15am – 11.05am

11.05am – 11.25pm Coffee Break

Session 2 11.25am – 12.15pm

12.15pm - 1:15pm LUNCH EXAM HALL

Session 3 1.15pm – 2.05pm

2.05pm – 2.25pm Coffee Break

Session 4 2.25pm – 3.15pm

3.15pm – 3.30pm Coffee Break

3.30pm Exam Hall Student Video Building Futures Raffle Conference Close

4.15pm Conference Ends

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Title: Why is adoption of learning technology so difficult? The purpose of this session is to gather feedback from delegates about their

experiences and opinions of using learning technologies, both positive and negative, and to share suggestions about what would help to facilitate greater usage of learning technologies in education.

Presenter: Alix Dreiling, Bellerbys Brighton Alix Dreiling is a teacher and module leader for the Art and Design pathway at Bellerbys

Brighton. She is currently involved in a Masters level research assignment about leading the use of learning technologies in education.

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 1.01

Title: Development of independent learning and skills for study DISC’s revised Project Study course now incorporates basic training in technological

skills for research, introducing learning technologies and technological strategies for effective research and learning. Covering skills ranging from vocabulary-building to social bookmarking and advanced information searches, students are well positioned to find information, allowing teachers to concentrate on academic skills development in later terms.

Presenter: Gerry Mc Cann, Dublin International Study Centre @GeraldineMcCan5 I work at the Dublin ISC teaching Business Information Systems (BIS), Computing, Basic

Computer Study Skills (BCSS) and I am also the eChamp for the centre. My areas of interest are in Technology, eLearning, Social Media and ePortfolios. I am doing an MSc in Applied eLearning.

Theme Teaching with technology Time 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number 1.03

Title: Carpe Diem: The Circular Economy, cross curricular opportunities An interactive workshop led by students and teachers. Participants will explore ways to

use the case studies and objects(Circular Economy products) provided by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation.

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The Circular Economy provides a platform for our students and staff to engage with Whole Systems Thinking and the opportunity for us all to take a new step on our journey as Global Citizens/Consumers/Educators/Entrepreneurs. Carpe Diem, come and explore with us.

Presenter: Lisa Magill & Giang Nguyen, Bellerbys London Member of the Bellerbys London Teaching Team. I have taught Accounting and

Business over the past twenty years to British and International students. BSc(Hons) in Accounting and Economics 1989. PGCE in Business Studies 1992. Since 2011 I have been an active member of the Ellen Macarthur Foundation which promotes The Circular Economy. This September I delivered my first CPD workshop to the Bellerbys London Teaching Team on The Circular Economy, Cross Curricular Opportunities. Giang Nguyen is an A6 A level student from Vietnam. She has been studying at Bellerbys London since September 2013. Giang and I are the co-founders of the Bellerbys Circular Economy Team.

Theme Curriculum development Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 1.05

Title: Tracking of student performance and the value of CAT4 Tracking and monitoring of student performance during their course and the use of

CAT4 data as a baseline measure. Presenter: Bob Mitchell, Bellerbys Oxford I have been teaching for 30 years, mostly in a state comprehensive where I was year

head for both year 12 and 13 (i.e. AS / A2 and other courses). In my previous school I introduced a tracking system (16 years ago) for monitoring

student performance and brought the same to Bellerbys Oxford 4 years ago. In each of the Ofsted inspections I have experienced this tracking system has proved its worth in convincing inspectors that students are well-managed.

Theme Academic management Time 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number 1.07

Title: ‘Does everyone understand?’ a creative way to check learning with Socrative In this hands-on workshop you will discover how to create interactive Socrative quizzes

to monitor learning making use of students’ own mobile devices. Using the other participants as your students you will explore the tool from both teacher and student perspectives. Please create your free Teacher login at www.socrative.com before the session; bring your wifi-connected smartphone/tablet, and some ideas of what you would like to test your 'students' on!

Presenter: Chloe Druce, Bellerbys London @missy_kilawe

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Chloe Druce is an English teacher and AP at Bellerbys College London. She is especially interested in engaging students through the use of classroom technologies, and in promoting these tools to develop learner independence and core skills.

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 1.09

please note that smartphones or tablets will be used in this workshop

Title: Neurodiversity & inclusive teaching strategies This will be an interactive presentation showing how understanding neurodiversity can

help you teach all your students more effectively. You will discover why working memory creates learning bottle necks, stress, and underachievement. It will also signpost a range of teaching strategies for more effective learning.

Presenter: Dr Ross Cooper, Festival of Dyslexic Culture @DrCooperre I have taught in special schools, Further Education (inclusive learning manager), at

Southampton University (learning-and-teaching coordinator), and at LSBU (course director of MA in Adult Dyslexia Diagnosis and Support).

I gave the 8th Annual Disability lecture at Cambridge University (2010 - Neurodiversity and Dyslexia), introducing my Bagatelle Model of SpLDs. Keynote speaker at the 1st Disability Identity conference (2011 - LSE), where I introduced my Holist Manifesto. I have presented in Tokyo, Milan, Cyprus, Oslo and Vienna.

I am currently organising the Festival of Dyslexic Culture – to celebrate who we are, through what we create.

Theme Teaching approaches Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 1.11

Title How is Study Group using social media to put students first? International education is both changing lives, and helping to create a global

community. Meanwhile, social media, and the internet at large, is constantly evolving, making it essential that what we put online gives something of true value to our audience. Working in international study, we’re lucky enough to have the perfect opportunities to do so, simply by showcasing the amazing experiences our staff and students are part of every day. In this session, we’ll explain exactly how we’re doing this at Study Group, and the changes we’re making to ensure our students feel welcomed before they even arrive.

Presenter Stacey Crosskill – Social Media Manager & Corrina Taylor – Social Media Specialist Stacey is Study Group’s Social Media Manager, and first began working in Marketing for

the international HE sector 6 years ago. Since joining Study Group 7 months ago, she has deconstructed the way in which we use social media to engage with students past,

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present and future. Along with her team of enthusiastic and experienced Social Media Specialists, she has set about creating online communities across our network of brands that aim to support students through every step of their study abroad journey.

Corrina is a Social Media Specialist from Brighton with a passion for connecting to people through creativity. Previously, she worked directly with international students as an activity leader which gave her the opportunity to get to know students, how they interact with each other and what makes them happy. Her mission is to showcase the excitement, curiosity and determination of these students through social media and utilise the opportunities they are given to make memories.

Time 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number 1.13

Title: Going beyond CPD Andrew Newell will discuss the research and evidence surrounding the impact of CPD

activities. He will argue that traditional tools for teacher professional development are expensive and of limited impact. If we are to raise the quality of teaching and learning we must move the focus towards developing professional capital through collaborative approaches to CPD.

Presenter: Andy Newell, IRIS Connect @andynewell1 Andy Newell is the Managing Director of Brighton based video learning company IRIS

Connect. He was involved in a pioneering video professional learning project at the University of Sussex before founding IRIS Connect in 2008. He has been instrumental in fusing the research-base and practical considerations of using video to help teachers develop their classroom practice. IRIS Connect now works with 1400 schools in 15 countries.

Theme CPD Time 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number 1.14

Title: Keep it moving: embodying learning through multimodal projects Irigaray (2005) asserted that ‘to teach is to transmit experience’ and this session will

explore how we can use multimodal tools and projects to ensure that learning is not just an intellectual exercise, but a physically and emotionally connected process. How can we use physical and digital spaces to empower learners to act in new ways and see tangible growth?

Presenter: Rui da Silva, Bellerbys Brighton Rui is the Study Group Senior Learning Technologies Coordinator and also teaches

Media Studies at Bellerbys Brighton. He has a particular interest in multimodal projects for learning and the adoption of digital tools to create more personalised, authentic and creative learning spaces. Rui's MSc dissertation focussed on how digital tools can help foster the academic and personal growth of international students.

Theme Teaching approaches Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 1.15

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Title: Reflective practice for professional development in teaching English for academic

purposes. This talk will outline the requirements of the recently launched BALEAP TEAP Portfolio

within a framework of theories of reflection and teacher expertise. There will be some practical examples of what constitutes evidence of professional expertise in EAP.

Presenter: Olwyn Alexander, Heriot-Watt University @OlwynA Olwyn Alexander works at Heriot-Watt University teaching English for Specific

Academic Purposes and is co-author of EAP Essentials and the Access EAP series of coursebooks.

Theme English Time 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number 1.17

Title: Learn to code with processing Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development

environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts, new media art, and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the fundamentals of computer programming in a visual context. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. Visit processing.org for more information.

Presenter: Andy Gray, Bellerbys Brighton Economics teacher at Bellerbys Brighton who also runs Code Club at a local primary

school via codeclub.org.uk., volunteers for Coderdojo and runs a Creative Coding Club at Bellerbys

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 10.15 - 11.05 Room Number: 3.06 (third floor) Please note that this is a double session and will continue after the break

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The CPD tick is awarded to training that has

been assessed by the CPD Certification Service,

an external body.

What do they check? They require a short biography of the trainer,

all the training materials, a timetable of what happened on the day,

and a summary of participants’ feedback with emphasis on the impact the

training might have had.

Why apply for CPD certification? This mark is recognised by Higher Educational

Institutions (HEIs), schools and other work places. It is therefore of value on a

CV as well as the benefit of the training itself.

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Title: Atomising academic language The workshop defines academic language, and draws out its various characteristics

and component parts. Ways of making this language visible to students as well as ways of helping students to learn and use this language are discussed. Participants will receive a breakdown of the language of Maths, Science and History.

Presenter: Dr Peeter Mehisto, CLIL Dr Peeter Mehisto has worked internationally with a wide variety of stakeholders to

develop bilingual education programmes. He also has extensive experience working with teachers in the classroom to support the implementation of best practice in bilingual programmes. He has taught at the primary, secondary and university levels. He is the lead author of the awarding-winning book Uncovering CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning in Bilingual and Multilingual Education. More recently he has written Excellence in Bilingual Education: A guide for school principals (Macmillan ELT). His latest book – Building Bilingual Education Systems – is under publication with CUP.

Theme CLIL (content and language integrated learning) Time 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number 1.01

Title: Making CPD effective – an evidence-based approach. The session presents the evidence of how to make CPD the driving force of student

progress. Research shows that staff-training can be the most effective way to improve learning and results, but that some types of CPD are a waste of time.

Presenter: Mike Bell, EBTN Mike Bell runs EBTN: The Evidence Based Teachers Network - a network of about

6000 teachers who want to use evidence-based methods in their teaching and school policies. Mike is a former Science teacher who has trained with Geoff Petty and John Hattie. He runs training courses on evidence-based methods and has published training materials on the same subjects.

Theme CPD Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 1.03

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Title: What's trending in learning technologies? The session will explore current productive learning technologies both for student

study and for staff to encourage engagement with class-based learning. We all have different classroom environments in which to study and we all have views about students using mobile devices in our classes. Let's check the arguments and offer some examples of productive current technologies for learning.

Presenter: Dr Sue Greener, University of Brighton @suegonline Dr Sue Greener BA, MBA, EdD, FHEA, Chartered Fellow CIPD Sue Greener is a Principal Lecturer at Brighton Business School, University of

Brighton, UK. She conducts research in the fields of technology enhanced learning, blended learning and reflective learning and is particularly interested in developing teachers’ and trainers’ interest and competencies in these areas. She is editor of the journal Interactive Learning Environments.

Sue leads university programmes including Foundation Degree Business, BSc Business with Enterprise, and Joint Honours Programme Business Pathway. She also teaches a fully online course in Research Methods and is Subject Examiner for a Business distance learning examination.

Theme Teaching with technology Time 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number 1.05

please note that smartphones or tablets are required for this workshop

Title: Making sure your Foundation students progress to university Our teachers do their utmost to ensure our students progress from their

Foundation courses directly onto a university first year. On occasion, students may not meet the UCAS entry or our ISC progression requirements. This presentation explains how Study Group supports our staff and students in this situation.

Presenter: Duncan Quirk, Study Group UK I work with schools in the UK to place students within our Bellerbys and ISC courses.

Part of my remit is to help our own, primarily foundation, students progress successfully onto a university first year.

Theme Academic management Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 1.07

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Title: New definition of sound: object based mixing How technical do aspects of sound work in cinema and broadcasting? This session

will help you understand and define sound for different mediums and teach you how Physics and Maths are involved in sound for cinema and broadcasting.

Presenter: Vikas Bagla, Bellerbys Oxford @vikasbagla I did my Diploma in Production and Industrial Engineering and was keen to learn

about audio engineering so I did a Diploma in Audio Engineering and finished my Masters in Postproduction with Sound Design to understand sound more deeply.

Theme Physics Time 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number 1.09

Title: Increasing efficacy through structured curricula and immediate feedback The success of computer games and the attraction of tablets provide convincing

evidence of immediate feedback (IF) and the zone of proximal development (ZPD) as extremely potent means to boost learning. However these principles have yet to be widely implemented in mainstream educational systems, due to a large extent to the occurrence of assessment as a post-hoc independent activity and to a lack of understanding how subject matter should be ordered in order to ensure that learners are continuously encountering their next ZPD. To remedy this situation for English language learning a team of international language experts and teachers have constructed an assessment procedure that provides precise and immediate feedback to the learner on how successful their learning is along a continuum of increasing functional communicative ability.

Presenter: John de Jong, Pearson English JOHN H.A.L. DE JONG is Senior Vice President Standards and Quality with Pearson

English and Professor of Language Testing at VU University Amsterdam. He taught French for seven years before starting his career in language testing in 1977 at CITO. In 2000 he founded "Language Testing Services", to provide consultancy in language testing. Among his clients were corporations, national ministries of education, the World Bank, the OECD, the Council of Europe and the European Union. He joined Pearson in September 2006 where apart from directing language testing programmes he is also Programme Director for developing the Frameworks for PISA 2015.

Theme English Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 1.10

Title: Captivating your class

I have been using TWIG for the last year mainly in GCSE biology but also as openers in A level classes. TWIG is an online library of thousands of 3 minute films with useful worksheets and Glossary videos. Come and find out more about it.

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Access to thousands of 3 minute films and learning materials tailored to your curriculum

Utilise these cross-curricular short films to engage and excite your students

Films available for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Experiments, Earth Science, Human Geography, Maths (further materials in development phase)

Films supported with differentiated interactive quizzes, learning materials and images

User friendly

Support second language students by downloading transcripts

Access to printable materials for classroom displays Presenter: Helen Andrews, Bellerbys Brighton Head of Biology and Senior Tutor, Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 1.12

Title: Neurodiversity & inclusive teaching strategies This will be an interactive presentation showing how understanding neurodiversity

can help you teach all your students more effectively. You will discover why working memory creates learning bottle necks, stress, and underachievement. It will also signpost a range of teaching strategies for more effective learning.

Presenter: Dr Ross Cooper, Festival of Dyslexic Culture @DrCooperre I have taught in special schools, Further Education (inclusive learning manager), at

Southampton University (learning-and-teaching coordinator), and at LSBU (course director of MA in Adult Dyslexia Diagnosis and Support).

I gave the 8th Annual Disability lecture at Cambridge University (2010 - Neurodiversity and Dyslexia), introducing my Bagatelle Model of SpLDs. Keynote speaker at the 1st Disability Identity conference (2011 - LSE), where I introduced my Holist Manifesto. I have presented in Tokyo, Milan, Cyprus, Oslo and Vienna.

I am currently organising the Festival of Dyslexic Culture – to celebrate who we are, through what we create.

Theme Teaching approaches Time 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number 1.15

Title: Helping struggling students: sharing best practice In this workshop, we will discuss some of the main issues that may cause students

to struggle on professional and foundation programmes (including but not limited to language proficiency) and discuss some strategies that may help us to help students cope, improve or even excel. Please bring questions and examples of strategies you have tried.

Presenter: Johnny Unger, Lancaster University @johnnyunger

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Johnny Unger is a Lecturer and Academic Director of Summer Programmes at Lancaster University. In addition to running presessional EAP and study skills programmes, he researches in the areas of language policy, language and social media and critical discourse studies

Theme Study culture Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 1.17

Title: Introducing Diigo, a social bookmarking platform Diigo is a web-based bookmarking system which enables students and teachers to

curate, personalise, manage and share web pages, images, PDFs and notes. It is particularly useful in promoting group interaction and in providing a focus for collaborative projects.

I use it myself as a very versatile repository for authentic materials and articles used in my teaching. The system has great potential as a space for teachers and students to exchange resources and ideas both in-school and across schools.

In my session, I would like to introduce the core functionality of the system, and share some of the ways that I have used it. This will be a hands-on workshop, so participants are recommended to create their own (free) user account for Diigo before attending.

Presenter: Andrew Wood, International Study Centre Media Tutor at ISC Brighton. I also teach on academic skills programmes.

Particularly interested in developing and embedding digital media into learning and teaching.

Theme Teaching with technology Time 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number 3.10 (third floor)

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Title: CLIL essentials The workshop is an introduction to CLIL. Some of its core features will be discussed.

Consideration will be given to how teachers who are preparing international students for UK universities might consider applying key elements of the CLIL approach in their daily practice.

Presenter: Peeter Mehisto, CLIL Dr Peeter Mehisto has worked internationally with a wide variety of stakeholders to

develop bilingual education programmes. He also has extensive experience working with teachers in the classroom to support the implementation of best practice in bilingual programmes. He has taught at the primary, secondary and university levels. He is the lead author of the awarding-winning book Uncovering CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning in Bilingual and Multilingual Education. More recently he has written Excellence in Bilingual Education: A guide for school principals (Macmillan ELT). His latest book – Building Bilingual Education Systems – is under publication with CUP.

Theme CLIL (content and language integrated learning) Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.01

Title: Educational myths: 28 things which don’t work in education The easiest way to improve learning is to STOP doing things which, the evidence

shows, have little effect. This session takes you through some of the myths and low-effect methods/policies.

Presenter: Mike Bell, EBTN Mike Bell runs EBTN: The Evidence Based Teachers Network - a network of about

6000 teachers who want to use evidence-based methods in their teaching and school policies. Mike is a former Science teacher who has trained with Geoff Petty and John Hattie. He runs training courses on evidence-based methods and has published training materials on the same subjects.

Theme Teaching approaches Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 1.03

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Title: Education in Uganda – use your teaching to make a change “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela The 1st Buikwe District Teachers' Forum was successfully delivered in Uganda this

summer, with 12 UK teachers boldly going where no one had ventured before. In partnership with the local education stakeholders we facilitated a week-long programme of workshops for over 150 teachers/heads, and an environment was created where we all learnt and developed. In this session, we want to share our experiences with you; what we achieved in this teacher development project and give a flavour of what life in Uganda is like. The Great Generation will also present their plans for the 2015 forum, so come along and see how your skills and talents could help too!

Presenters: Britta Waurich, the Great Generation; Barbara Gardner, Chloe Druce,

Karen Mee, Rachel Johnson, Sarah Rossitter, Tom Ottway We are 6 colleagues from Study Group who, inspired by a presentation at our

teachers’ conference in 2013, volunteered to take part in this amazing project. We were joined in Uganda by 6 fellow educators from other schools around the UK; unfortunately, they will not be joining us for this session at the conference.

Theme Volunteering Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.05

Title: Flipped learning A flipped learning lesson observation project was carried out in London over the

summer of 2014. This is a presentation to highlight the impact of that action research project, with a workshop to demonstrate the findings.

Presenter: Jules Perdikou, Bellerbys London Julian Perdikou began working for Embassy in Roehampton in 2003 and began

teaching for Bellerbys in 2007. He is a Business Teacher and Advanced Practitioner at Bellerbys College, London.

Theme Flipped Learning Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 1.07

Title: Professional Learning Community. An informal session for those currently involved in any post graduate level study.

The aim of the session is to share research projects with others who are also engaged in this level of study, to give and receive feedback on current projects and to build professional relationships.

Presenter: Alix Dreiling, Bellerbys Brighton

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Alix Dreiling teaches Art and Design at Bellerbys College, Brighton. She is currently studying for an MSc in Educational Leadership.

Theme Study culture Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.09

Title: But you've done this many times before! Notorious notemaking

You now have your listening assessment...groan' ... Do you ever feel that you are teaching the same techniques again and again and yet some of your students are still just 'not getting it'? This workshop offers activities to raise our awareness of the note making competencies our students already possess (yes they do!), and shows you how to help them process and develop these competencies. Who knew note taking could be so much fun?!

Presenter: Vickie Sala Arslan, Huddersfield International Study Centre I am currently Acting Deputy Head of Centre at Huddersfield ISC, but have been

Head of English there for the last 3 years. I have taught EAP for nearly 20 years now and have always been interested in student motivation both at individual and group levels. Trying to make intensive EAP courses interesting and fun is a challenge that changes with every class I teach and one that I enjoy taking up!

Theme English Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.10

Title: The basics of phonetics This session aims to equip teachers with knowledge of pronunciation challenges and

provide tools to rectify them. It focuses on speech production, identification of vocal tract components, discussion of places and manners of articulatory gestures, and the IPA chart. Suggestions of single sound activities will be provided, with explanation of potential linguistic inferences.

Presenter: Barbara Madeja-Edmunds, Huddersfield International Study Centre Studied English Language with Literature under the patronage of Jagiellonian

university, and graduated with an MA in Social Linguistuics from Bradford University. Lectured in Linguistics and Phonetics at Huddersfield University and currently teaches English at Huddersfield University ISC.

Theme English Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 1.11

Title: Good practice in language assessment This first of two sessions familiarises participants with key principles of language

assessment and encourages them to evaluate their current assessment practices.

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This presentation session introduces important concepts in language assessment, forming the basis for the workshop session “Good Practice in Language Assessment - Session II”, which gives participants a chance to discuss strengths and weaknesses of their current practices.

Presenter: Benjamin Kremmel & Franz Holzknecht, Lancaster University Benjamin Kremmel holds a degree in Teaching English, Psychology and Philosophy

from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and an MA in Language Testing from Lancaster University, UK. His PhD research at the University of Nottingham, UK (2013-present), focuses on vocabulary assessment. Benjamin has lectured on language testing in introductory courses at the University of Innsbruck, which covered assessment principles and the communicative testing of language skills. He has also been involved in a number of teacher trainings, which focused on how to design test tasks and how to rate student performances in the productive skills.

Theme Assessment Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.12

Title: Digital Literacy - what do teachers think students should know? You are invited to come to a facilitated discussion and share your views about what

you feel the key priorities should be for making sure our students are digitally literate. How should we define digital literacy in college? Where have teachers observed gaps in student digital literacy? What training do teachers need to help students develop their digital literacy? These are some of the questions we will be discussing. There will also be a Smart Response Clicker opinion poll to take part in.

Presenter: Tanya Prescott, Bellerbys Oxford @flippedteaching I work as an Advanced Practitioner at Bellerbys Oxford. I am currently studying for

an MSc in Learning and Teaching, carrying out research into the digital literacy of International students and their teachers.

Theme Digital Literacy Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 1.13

Title: Study Smart: a pathway to the students' academic career. This session will cover the student’s journey on Study Smart from the very first

week until the last day of school during their Foundation year. At Holland ISC, a Study Smart function not only as a student intranet, but it also extends the school branding and provides interactive academic content to enhance the students’ learning experience.

Presenter: Julia Tan & Kieran McGrane, Holland International Study Centre

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Julia Tan is a Programme Coordinator at the Holland ISC. Her responsibilities include the development, coordination, planning and progression of the various programmes provided at the centre. Additionally, she has further implemented Study Smart, to make it a daily part of the students’ learning experience. Previously, Julia worked as a Credential Evaluator at Nuffic and has extensive knowledge of various international educational systems. Julia obtained a degree from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands for the Major of Chinese Language and Culture and a joint degree in English and Education of the Educative Faculty in Amsterdam and University of Wolverhampton.

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.14

Title: Poll Everywhere: using live online polling for teaching and learning This session will demonstrate the functionality of Poll Everywhere, and how it can

be used to increase student participation and interaction in and outside the classroom. It will be a practical session in which attendees will be able to use the software and see how it can be used for activities such as tracking student achievement.

Presenter: Peter Kogan, City University London @peterkogan I am a Senior Educational Technologist in the Educational Technologist Team (ETT)

within the department for Learning Enhancement and Development at City University London (City). ETT’s mission statement is to help people to innovate and use educational technology sustainably, in order to improve educational experiences at City.

My background is in teaching and managing work-based learning programmes at City and elsewhere. My interest in technology is based on its usefulness in educational and other settings: if it helps achieve aims through efficiency and or effectiveness, it gets my vote; possibly an online vote.

Theme Teaching with technology Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 1.15 please note that smartphones or tablets are required for this workshop

Title: Using video of your own taught sessions to transform your practice The session will share the findings from the presenter's research project which

explored the potential for teacher learning and changing teacher practice brought about by using videos of teachers' own sessions for professional development purposes.

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Presenter: Martyn Howe, City College Brighton and Hove Martyn is Head of Teaching and Learning at City College Brighton and Hove. As part

of that role he currently manages and teaches on the PGCE courses that his college delivers with the University of Brighton. He is interested in how 'teacher learning' can be maximised for teachers of all subjects and years of experience. He has worked extensively in the UK on both generic and ELT teacher development programmes, as well as working abroad with teachers / lecturers in Africa and the Middle East.

Theme CPD Time: 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number: 1.17

Title: Introduction to GeoGebra GeoGebra is free dynamic Mathematics software that can be used to connect

algebra, geometry, calculus and other Mathematics. This is a short introduction to the basic structure of GeoGebra and how to use it. This will be followed by a hands on session in which you will build a selection of GeoGebra demonstrations from a set of instructions.

Presenter: Lewis Kranat, Bellerbys Brighton I have been a Maths teacher at Bellerbys College Brighton for six years and an AP

for the past year. Previous to that I worked for nearly 20 years as an Analyst/Programmer designing, building and maintaining IT systems for banks. This followed 5 years teaching Maths in sixth form colleges.

Theme Maths Time 1.15pm - 2.05pm Room Number 3.06 (third floor)

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Title: How managers can support staff to develop communities of learning. This session aims to promote the benefits of supporting and enabling staff to become

researchers even if this incurs cost. It also aims to encourage teachers who have been considering carrying out an action research project either informally or as part of a Masters in Education, that the even greater investment of their time will be valued by the organisation, who will benefit from increasingly engaged staff and better student outcomes and satisfaction.

Presenter: Louise Pike & Jo Kidner, Bellerbys Oxford As Programme Manager of Art, Humanities and Media and teacher of Art at Bellerbys

Oxford, I teach and support the UCAS applications of students with a very wide range of ability and prior experience. Preparing them for university in creative subjects can mean enabling them to develop mind sets completely new to their cultural background. Their ability to analyse and construct meanings underpins whether or not they produce sophisticated and original work. I am interested in how communities of learning develop between colleagues who experience challenges with this, and how these formal or informal live research projects run by staff benefit them, their students and the organisation.

Theme Art Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.01

Title: How to make Accounting lessons interesting. I was once asked by another Maths teacher ‘How do you manage to make Accounting

interesting? This session is to show some of the activities and games I use to make lessons interesting for the students. Many of these activities would be adaptable for other Business subjects.

Presenter: Jane Mansell, Bellerbys Oxford I am Module Leader for Foundation Accounting. I have been with Bellerbys in Oxford for

four years where I teach Accounting and Mathematics. Before retraining as a teacher I was an Accountant in industry.

Theme Accounting Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 1.03

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Title: The key to success This talk reviews research on mindset and covers a number of experimental studies in this

area. The aim is to familiarise teachers with the concept of a growth mindset so that they can promote it in the classroom to maximise students' performance.

Presenter: Francesca Stregapede, Bellerbys London Before joining Bellerbys as a Psychology teacher in 2006, I did a BA in Psychology & English

Studies, an MA in Modern & Contemporary Poetry, and I got a CELTA. Halfway through my first teaching year I decided that there were more things I wanted to study, so I did an MRes in Brain Imaging & Cognitive Neuroscience followed by a PhD in Psycholinguistics. When I realised that pursuing an academic career was too isolating for my sociable nature, I went back to teaching and was lucky enough to be able to resume my position at Bellerbys in 2013.

Theme Psychology Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.05

Title: Language learning is something that happens when we are talking about something else.

People learn very quickly to express what they want to say and to understand what interests them most. These beliefs lie at the heart of this descriptive talk on the experiences of Zarida Zaman and Simon Robertson at Istituto Marangoni as they struggled to combine their disciplines of language learning and fashion design, testing the principles of CLIL to their limits. If it can be done with fashion design, it can be done with anything.

Presenter: Simon Robertson & Zarida Zaman, Marangoni International Study Centre Zarida Zaman has worked in fashion design for more than ten years and has had three

books published on the subject. Simon Robertson has been trying to help international students with their English in a

variety of contexts for nearly twenty years. Together they have been planning and delivering the Foundation course at Istituto

Marangoni since October 2013 Theme CLIL (content and language integrated learning) Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.09

Title: The Bank: English listening material for University preparation studies. Essentially a presentation on the bank of ELPP and ESUS listening material that Peter has

created to help in-class teaching and student self study: this session will also involve participants' experiencing the material first hand, plus Q and A throughout the session.

Presenter: Peter Ryley, Sussex International Study Centre Peter Ryley is an English tutor and programme co-ordinator at ISC Sussex. He has acted in

the role of ELPP co-ordinator at ISC Sussex since 2011. He has also been involved in the development of dedicated listening material adapted to the needs of ISC students at all levels. Together with Tom Ottway (Head of English) he has presented on the development of this material at IATEFL 2013

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As a practitioner of the ESUS teaching programme, Jo Odgers will be discussing the classroom impact of using the materials.

Theme English Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.10

Title: Self-observation as a reflective tool Watching or listening to yourself teach may seem like a terrifying prospect but it can

actually be a very insightful reflective tool. This presentation (which includes audience participation) will show how the speaker has used self observation to focus on and improve various aspects of pedagogy and will demonstrate that this does not have to be a time consuming activity.

Presenter: Gemma Lunn, Royal Holloway University of London International Study Centre @GemL1 Gemma Lunn has been teaching for 6 years in Barcelona, South Korea and the U.K. She has

a Trinity Diploma in TESOL and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading. Gemma is currently working for Study Group at Royal Holloway University of London as an EAP Tutor. Her areas of interest include sociolinguistics, EAP and reflective practice, which she regularly blogs about here https://earlyreflections1.wordpress.com/.

Theme CPD Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 1.11

Title: Good practice in language assessment - Session II This second of two sessions encourages participants to evaluate their current assessment

practices by using illustrative examples from tests. This workshop session gives participants a chance to discuss strengths and weaknesses of their current practices by applying testing principles to test tasks.

Participants should only take part if they attend “Good Practice in Language Assessment – Session I”. Presenter: Franz Holzknecht & Benjamin Kremmel, Lancaster University Franz Holzknecht holds an MA in Teaching English and Sports from Innsbruck University, an

MA in Language Testing from Lancaster University and is currently doing a PhD in Language Testing at Lancaster University. During the last 5 years he was involved in the development of Austria’s standardized national school leaving exam for English, and in 2013 he joined the newly established Language Testing Research Group Innsbruck. Franz has conducted numerous teacher trainings across Austria which focused on how to design language test tasks and how to rate student performances in the productive skills.

Theme Assessment Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 1.12

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Title: Your voice as a teaching tool When you consider how much our profession depends on the effective use of our voices,

it’s surprising that teachers receive so little vocal training. This session will offer practical suggestions on how to improve your vocal power and presence in the classroom. It will also give you some simple techniques to prevent you from damaging your voice in the future.

Presenter: Jess Goyder, Bellerbys Oxford @JessGoyder Jess began teaching English at Embassy, Oxford in 2004. Since then she went on to The

British Council in Spain where she also taught boisterous teenagers and directed educational tours for large groups of US High School students. Before starting at Bellerbys she taught for The European School of Business and Management in London and various corporate clients in English and presentation skills. She very much sees teaching as a creative discipline and continues to train teachers from a number of EU programmes in CLIL and creative methodology. Outside of teaching she’s an experienced singer-songwriter finally recording her debut album.

Theme Voice use in classroom Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 1.13

Title: Applying positive psychology in teaching and learning Positive psychology was pioneered by Martin Seligman at the beginning of this century. It

is the science of happiness and optimal human functioning. In this interactive session I will: • Provide a brief overview of positive psychology theories • Explore some simple strategies associated with positive psychology • Discuss how these strategies can be applied in teaching and learning

Presenter: Sally Johnston C Psychol, International Study Centre I started studying Psychology in the early 1970s when Behaviourism and the experimental

paradigm ruled supreme. Since then, much to my delight, there have been many changes notably, the acceptance of qualitative research methods. After a couple of decades working in social work, management and teaching, I qualified as an Occupational Psychologist. This gave me the opportunity to set up my own business, specialising in organisational change, training and development. Today in addition to working with Study Group I teach Social Psychology, Dementia Care and Counselling with the Open University

Theme Teaching approaches Time 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number 1.14

Title: Should mobile devices be used for classroom teaching and learning? This discussion-based workshop will look at positive and negative issues raised around the

use of mobile devices such as smartphones and laptops in face-to-face teaching. Attendees will be encouraged to reflect on their use or perceptions of mobile devices in the classroom, and invited to participate via their own devices.

Presenter: Dom Pates,

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@dompates I am an Educational Technologist at City University London, providing school-based support

for academic staff in the use of technologies to enhance their teaching. I am also involved in project work across the institution in the area of learning spaces, investigating different approaches to redeveloping the classroom to enable more active forms of learning.

A former Bellerbys College teacher, my wider background includes web-based project work, academic study of digital media, and a regular online radio broadcast slot. I am also a keen horizon scanner, with an interest in the educational and social impact of future digital technologies.

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 1.15

please note that smartphones or tablets are required for this workshop

Title: Spreadsheets for Teachers Understanding and using spreadsheets in our teaching for administrative and teaching

purposes. Basics of spreadsheets, using formulae, working on tables, graphs and charts. Presenter: Alp Aslan, Bellerbys London Head of Maths and IT Bellerbys London Theme IT Time: 11.25 - 12.15 Room Number: 3.06 (third floor)

Title: Students: keep your smart phones on your desk! Do you have difficulty getting your students to put their smart phones away during class?

This workshop will demonstrate how to set up and use an engaging and effective activity which involves students sending texts and images to the smart board.

Presenter: Claire Chapman & Penny Humm, Bellerbys Cambridge @clarachappers Claire Chapman is an English teacher and Penny Humm is a Physics teacher at Bellerbys

Cambridge. They are also part of an e-learning team who explore new learning technologies and are involved in staff training in the use of technology. Claire has produced videos to demonstrate her research and Penny has published articles.

Theme Teaching with technology Time: 2.25pm - 3.15pm Room Number: 3.10 (third floor)

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