Events

Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review
Doug Dickinson, Independent ICT Consultant, is doing a seminar at BETT today called ‘Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review. He will discuss how, through the use of a variety or Web 2.0 applications such as blogs, wikis and podcasts, teachers can use the power of collaboration and peer-to-peer review to effectively [...]

Poetry and Podcasting
We used the BBC’s Off by Heart project to kick off our poetry theme.This new initiative from the BBC aims to encourage primary school pupils to engage with learning and reciting poetry. Supplemented with Doug’s amazing collection of poetry books teachers were soon playing with Podium and quickly learning how to record their chosen poems.

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Podium Podcasting in Wickford, Essex
4th July found me making the drive round the M25 (it was totally clear!!) to Essex to support my friend Philippa for two sessions of podcasting with Podium.
We had two splendid sessions made the more inspiring by ‘frontman’ Alan Drew, Curriculum Development Advisor, ICT, for Essex County Council who had put real time and [...]

Podium Podcasting in Luton
The sun shone on us on Friday in Luton where, in the ICT suite of the Luton Learning Resource Centre a group of primary consultants gathered to podcast using the Podium Software.
The idea was for these professionals to discover both the functionality of the software and the curriculum implications behind its use. Able users they [...]

Baldev Singh and Doug Dickinson @ The Guardian, Feb 8th 2008
Many thanks to Lucy Haire, Emma Drury, Margaret Holborn and colleagues at Learnnewsdesk from the Guardian for helping arrange a terrific half-day conference entitled “Raising achievement through podcasting” at the Newsroom venue in central London on Friday last week, which was sponsored by Softease.
Over 80 people packed the seminar room to hear a number of [...]

Podium comes to North Somerset
James and I made the trip on 23rd January to Nailsea to work with Angie Bray and the team from North Somerset and a group of extremely enthusiastic teachers who were going to work with Podium in their schools for the next three months. Apart from anything else the welcome and the sandwiches were wonderful [...]

Podcasting and the Scottish play - BETT Seminar Jan 12th 2008
Thanks again to Doug for providing theatrics worthy of an even greater stage then the BETT 2008 seminar on podcasting and education last Saturday at London’s Olympia.
A highly entertaining display awoke the audience from their collective Saturday morning slumber as participation from the audience was far more RADA than Ofsted.
Doug has kindly made his slides [...]
Podium multi-tracking spotted alive and well at BETT’08
So now we’re safely into 2008, and as the ‘Happy New Years’ start to subside, perhaps its time for a little reflection.
What exactly was the most anticipated event for you in 2007? The release of the iphone? - the lack of crowds in Oxford street told otherwise. Vista? - (chortle) - OK, moving [...]

‘Low-tech, high-touch, high-impact’ - a manifesto for podcasting?
A very big thank you to Ewan McIntosh for joining us at the Podium Launch in Stirling last Wednesday. His keynote speech ‘Communication and Creativity in the Classroom’ was a jam-packed hour of informed analysis and entertaining examples that clearly illustrated how podcasting and the many other facets of social software are already actively engaging [...]

Podium launch event, May 16th 2007, Stirling
Well, it has now been just over two months since Podium’s release. During that time we have seen a huge amount of interest in understanding more about the educational benefits of podcasting.
The majority of teachers and advsors I speak to have heard of the word ‘podcast’ (well, it was word of the year way back [...]