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Alan November - a leading educational technologist
Date of Chat event: 22 June 2006
Alan November: Computers are only important if you have access to high quality information, or you are creating something of value or you are communicating with people who ordinarily would not be available to you.
Alan November's comment during the live Chat session
SUMMARY: What would you like to see in a school of the future? This was the question being hotly debated in the exclusive Chat session with Alan November. The importance of computer technology today, laptops replacing books, courses on animation and game design, connecting parents live into classrooms through ‘Skype’, student ‘blogs’ and web pages - these are just some of the topics that were covered. Most interesting though was the debate on face-to-face learning versus remote, independent learning online, which left Alan and the students with ample food for thought.
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- V-W_Chat_event-Alan_November.pdf (109KB)
- V-W_Chat_event-Alan_November.doc (195KB)
Philip Littlejohn - Descendent of a survivor of the Titanic ship
Date of Chat event: 5 April 2006
Student: What did your grandfather do on the Titanic?
Philip Littlejohn: he was a 1st class steward serving the rich in the fist class dining room
Student: how did your grandad manage to survive the disaster?
Philip Littlejohn: he was ordered to row lifeboat 13 which also contained a 9 week old baby now a 94 year old survivor
Extract of the live Chat between Philip and the students
SUMMARY: The students thoroughly enjoyed discussing the most famous sunken ship in history and learning about the events of that tragic night through the personal experience of Philip's grandfather.
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V-W Careers Advisers
Date of Chat event: 21 March 2006
If I wanted a career in Computing.. say, as a hardware technician.. what sort of qualifications would i need? and what sort of experience?
A student's question during the live Chat
SUMMARY: The students took the opportunity enthusiastically to question our Careers Advisers on the types of qualifications and experiences they would need in order to progress towards their particular careers/vocations of interest.
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David Longford - Education Manager at Nottingham's Royal Centre
Date of Chat event: 27 February 2006
Student: What, in your opinion, is the most vital job of the backstage crew?
David Longford: Basically without any members of our backstage team none of our shows would ever get on stage! Whether it's our stage managers or lighting people, they are'all essential and work very long hours. It really is the unglamorous side of showbusiness...
Extract of the live Chat between David Longford and the students
SUMMARY: David gave the students a good insight into the goings on behind the scenes of a busy Arts venue. Not only was the Chat event useful for those students studying Performing Arts or Theatre Studies, but it gave David a taste of a new medium for his education and outreach work.
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John Walton - Warwickshire Substance Misuse Service (WSMS)
Date of Chat event: 22 November 2005
Interesting question. It depends on your definition of deprived. Drug use crosses class and economic and ethnic barriers. However, where there is a concentrated area of unemployment, poor education and housing, drug use is likely to be more prevalent. Hence the governments national strategy of...
John Walton's reply to a student's question during the live Chat
SUMMARY: The chatroom was bustling with students' questions, comments, views and concerns about illicit drug use. What types of illicit drugs are there? Why do people take them? What are the damaging effects of such drugs on the mind and body? Are cigarettes a drug? Not only did John address all of these questions (and more), but he also equipped the students with some hard facts and figures on illicit drug use, and related death and crime rates in the UK.
Read full transcript and outcomes:
- V-W_Chat_event-John_Walton.pdf (108KB)
- V-W_Chat_event-John_Walton.doc (184KB)
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