{"id":385,"date":"2011-10-27T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/2011\/10\/27\/microsoft-partners-in-learning\/"},"modified":"2011-10-27T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:26:00","slug":"microsoft-partners-in-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/microsoft-partners-in-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Partners in Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  There are lots of opportunities for school teachers to see good practice in ICT. We now have three Microsoft Innovative Schools in Scotland and each year Microsoft holds their Partners in Learning Conference. We have had Scottish Innovative teachers flown  to European and Global destinations as part of the Partners in Learning Innovative teachers competition.<\/p>\n

   If you know someone who is working wonders in the classroom using ICT please pass this message on.<\/p>\n

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The 8th <\/span>Microsoft UK Partners in Learning Forum<\/span><\/a> is a one-day conference, free of charge to all teachers and educators who wish to attend. The workshops and keynotes this year have a STEM \u2018flavour<\/span>\u2019 and address the theme of \u2018Teach more, learn more, inspire more.\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
This year the Forum is being held at the Microsoft Headquarters, <\/span>Thames Valley Park<\/span><\/a> in Reading on the 24th<\/sup> Nov 2011.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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We have a rich agenda that includes as Keynote speakers, the world renowned Ian Livingstone<\/strong> OBE, Life President ofEidos<\/span> , Alex Bellos<\/span><\/strong>, the author of the popular science book<\/span>Alex’s Adventures in Numberland<\/span><\/span><\/a> and Ollie Bray<\/strong>, the National Adviser for Emerging Technologies at Education Scotland<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
In addition, delegates will be able to choose from a range of workshops. I would suggest that you sign up as soon as possible as places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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Using the Kinect<\/span> SDK\/Kodu<\/span> in the classroom<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Medicines and innovation \u2013 the missing link<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Who\u2019s afraid of the big bad \u2018network\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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<\/a>Dan Roberts from saltash.net community school, presents light-hearted perspective and interactive & engaging discussion which considers the challenges & issues of schools using social networking, how these can be overcome?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Also, find out who are the recipients of this year\u2019s <\/span>Microsoft UK Partners in Learning Teacher Awards.<\/span><\/span><\/a>The<\/span><\/span> awards will be presented to Teachers who have submitted projects that illustrate the innovative use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Not only will they receive award recognition, but have the chance to be invited to the next Partners in Learning Forum and win a Xbox 360 and Kinect<\/span>package for their school. These projects will be on display at the event.<\/span><\/div>\n
Don\u2019t miss out, register today \u2013 <\/span><\/b>Registration now open<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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w   There are lots of opportunities for school teachers to see good practice in ICT. We now have three Microsoft Innovative Schools in Scotland and each year Microsoft holds their Partners in Learning Conference. We have had Scottish Innovative teachers flown  to European and Global destinations as part of the Partners in Learning Innovative teachers competition.    If you know someone who is working wonders in the classroom using ICT please pass this message on. The 8th Microsoft UK Partners…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}