Community members are invited to sign up to host sessions below. These can be informal presentations, practical workshops (although not everyone brings a laptop to BETT), or round table discussions. We hope to record these for later distribution via the Web. There'll be a Linux laptop and large LCD screen, as well as a coffee table and some bean bags.
To offer a session, log in and edit the wiki.
Voxpops and Twit cam streams are available online.
Wednesday 13th January
| Time | Presenter / Facilitator | Title | Format (presentation / workshop / discussion) |
Notes |
| 11:00-11:30 | Peter Kemp / David Willmot | OpenEducationDisc - Making IT accessible for all | Presentation - Discussion | Looking at the cross curricular provision of Open Source software for students at home and at school |
| 11:30-12:00 | Jo Claessens & Andy Wilson BBC |
BBC Learning - Open Lab | Hands on mobile workshop | Release London's hidden monsters, use felt tip pens, brains and texts to set them free! |
| 12:00-12:30 | Anders Bjekholt Moava | Moava for education | Presentation | Moava is a new open source website and learning platform developed especially for schools and pre-schools. Easy to use and with a focus on the student as a producer. |
| 2:00-2:30 | Brian Lockwood Egglescliffe School |
BSF - Open Source | Presentation - Discussion | The service provider should have a positive role in supporting practitioners. What are the roles of the practitioner and the service provider? What incentives can we put in place for the service provider to engage with Open Source practice. |
| 2:30-3:00 | Ian Usher Buckinghamshire County Council |
Moodling across Buckinghamshire | Presentation | How we took some of the principles of collaboration and sharing associated with OS and used them to support schools & encourage schools to support one another. |
| 3:00-3:30 | Tony Whitmore, Fareham College | Open Source Virtualisation | Presentation/ Discussion | The practical experience of implementing virtualisation using an Open Source platform in an educational institution. |
| 3:30-4:00 | Tony Parkin & Bill How (SSAT) | Moodling across the world | Presentation/Discussion | Using moodle-based solutions and work with international partners to develop flexible, autonomous & affordable learning and CPD platforms for use in UK and overseas (iCPD & Intel - progress to date) |
| 4:45-5:15 | Ian Utting University of Kent |
Greenfoot | Demonstration |
Thursday 14th January
| Time | Presenter / Facilitator | Title | Format (presentation / workshop / discussion) |
Notes |
| 11:00-11:30 | Alison Wilson CLEO |
Moodle and CLEO | Presentation/informal discussion | Drop in and chat about how we have successfully implemented Moodle to over 700 schools |
| 11:30-12:00 | Dr Malcolm Herbert Red Hat |
Lowering costs for Education with Open Source Software | Presentation | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Paul Haigh Notre Dame High School |
The Virtual School | Presentation | See the case study for details. |
| 2:00-2:30 | Steve Lee OSS Watch |
Evaluating Open Source Software for Sustainability | Presentation | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Mick Kahn ULCC |
Open source, shared services and our customers | Presentation | |
| 3:00-3:30 | Brian Lockwood Egglescliffe School |
Some cool things | Presentation | eeePCs, replacing exchange server, AD for Linux workstations |
| 3:30-4:00 | Tim Bateson Houghton Kepier Sports College |
while (cost <=0) { increase fun; greater innovation; increase freedom; } |
Presentation | How our school has used open source software to increase ICT development across the whole school, whilst reducing costs. Will give an overview of how we have merged our MIS and moodle system to create a parent and leaner portal. |
| 4:00-4:30 | Roger Lang CLEO and Sumit Sarkar |
Blender 3D Graphics: Open Source and the Open Curriculum | Presentation |
Friday 15th January
| Time | Presenter / Facilitator | Title | Format (presentation / workshop / discussion) |
Notes |
| 11:00-11:30 | Zoe Ross | Making games - Scratch and Alice | Presentation | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Ian Lynch The Learning Machine |
Innovation transfer and open source puzzles | Presentation | So how do we sustain Open Source development for schools? Can children be producers? |
| 12:00-12:30 | Roger Lang CLEO |
Video Editing with Blender | Presentation | |
| 2:00-2:30 | Ashley Garner Redbridge College |
Collaborating on Moodle's e-ILP plugin | Presentation | |
| 2:30-3:00 | Robert Castelo Code Positive |
Drupal for Education | Presentation | Introduction and case studies for the software that powers sites for Yale, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and the Open University. |
| 3:00-3:30 | Dai Barnes St Benedict's Ealing |
Moodling across the school | Presentation | School council. Photo comp database. Committee forums |
| 3:30-4:00 | James Wright | Enhancing Open Source use in schools | Presentation / Discussion | The adoption of FOSS in schools is often stifled by the argument that our students will need to know specific proprietary applications in order to be employable e.g. do we teach using Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org, Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape? This session will address some of the issues surrounding that argument and aim to provide some strategic leadership for educators to enhance FOSS use amongst colleagues, students, parents and the wider community. |
| 4:00-4:30 | John Hackett | Learning Landscape for Schools | Presentation | Introduction to the LL4Schools social learning platform. Based on Elgg it is a true social network created for schools to provide a safe environment for learning and collaboration with a global audience. |
Saturday 16th January
| Time | Presenter / Facilitator | Title | Format (presentation / workshop / discussion) |
Notes |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tony Sheppard Northamptonshire County Council |
Open Information and Collaboration | Provocation | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Miles Berry Roehampton University |
Open Source and the new primary curriculum | Discussion | Sir Jim Rose's recommendations for the new primary curriculum embed ICT across all areas of learning, with the firm expectation that pupils leave primary education as confident, independent users of ICT, now seen as an 'essential for learning and life'. In this session we'll explore how open source software can meet these aspirations. |
| 12:00-12:30 | Drew Buddie Royal Masonic School |
Moodle is my Towel | Presentation | |
| 2:00-2:30 | David Willmot St Thomas More Language College |
Freesoftwareforstudents CD and Website | Presentation/ Discussion | Ways of giving ALL students the tools they need for their education. |
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We'd also be delighted to have as many community members help out as hosts at the Café as possible - greeting visitors, chatting about open source, pointing people in the direction of those with particular expertise, etc. - if you can commit half a day of your time at BETT, that would be very kind indeed - just add your name to the list here. Open Forum Europe will also be helping to host the stand, so duties shouldn't be too onerous.
| Wednesday | 10:00-2:00 | Miles Anne Bob Basil Tim |
| 2:00-6:00 | Anne Bob Rod |
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| Thursday | 10:00-2:00 | Miles Bob Rod Stephen |
| 2:00-6:00 | Anne Bob Basil Frank Stephen |
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| Friday | 10:00-2:00 | Anne Amir Bob Rod Frank |
| 2:00-6:00 | Anne Ian Amir Bob Basil Frank |
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| Saturday | 10:00-1:00 | Anne Bob Amir |
| 1:00-4:00 | Miles Bob Amir |