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ACTOffice — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:47:34 CDT

This event will took place on 9th June 2009 at the British Library in London.
For follow-up from the event see the Association for Citizenship Teaching's website

Exhibitors' page

MillicentS — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:30:59 CDT

Confirmed exhibitors are:

Amnesty

AQA

Citizenship Foundation

Envision

European Parliament

Folens

Hansard Society

Hi8us

Hodder

LSN post-16 Citizenship

Ministry of Justice: “Your Justice; your world”

National Maritime Museum

OCR

Parliamentary Education Service

Red Cross

Teachit/Citizenship Teacher

Who Do We Think We Are?

There are no more exhibition spaces available.
Measurements We have received many more bookings than expected, but would like to accommodate those who applied before 12th May. In a bid to do so we are maximising available space by allocating a 70cm section of a longer table to each exhibitor listed above. See the schedule for the day The exhibition will be in the upstairs foyer area in the conference centre at the British Library.

Broadband Wireless broadband will be available on the day. As the theme of the event is “Using ICT to Campaign for Change”, we encourage you to use this!

Timings The times that delegates will be at the exhibition are: 09.30-10am (during registration); 11.15-11.45am (during the morning break) and 12.45-1.45pm (during lunch). After this delegates will be in workshops and will not have further time allocated for the exhibition. Please arrive no earlier than 8am to set up your stand.

Exhibitors/Delegates Please note that an exhibitor’s ticket does not entitle you to attend the conference as a delegate. This conference is for teachers to develop their classroom practice and non-teachers will not benefit from participation. Delegate tickets are at present being reserved for teachers only. If you would like to attend as a delegate as well as an exhibitor please email Anna.Amanuel@teachingcitizenship.org.uk
We are expecting about 100 teacher delegates.

Contact On the day of the conference please use telephone number 07522 393 266 to contact ACT.

Materials Materials can be sent a week ahead to:
The British Library
c/o Ria Bartlett for 9th June Conference
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB

Questions Please use the option to "start a new thread" at the bottom of this page to post any questions you may have. Alternatively you can email Millicent.scott@teachingcitizenship.org.uk

Citizenship Teachers' Links

ACTOffice — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:15:22 CDT

ONLINE SAFETY:
Have a look at http://www.getsafeonline.org/ who provide "free expert advice" on online safety including a beginner's guide.

Also check out Becta's website. They have reliable information on topics such as:

Safer Internet Day - help for teachers - Becta has issued new e-safety advice and re-launched the Accreditation of Internet Service Provider Scheme ...
Safeguarding children online - a guide for school leaders - This guide looks at how Becta is supporting the safe use of technology in schools ...
Signposts to safety: Teaching e-safety at Key Stages 3 and 4 - Contains advice and guidance for secondary teachers about e-safety issues ...
Signposts to safety: Teaching e-safety at Key Stages 1 and 2 - Contains advice and guidance for primary teachers about e-safety issues ...
Safeguarding children in a digital world - The guidance in this publication refers to policies and documentation related to England ...
E-safety: Developing whole-school policies to support effective practice - A guide on developing whole-school policies to support effective practice ...
Support from your local police force - See what local support is on offer to help embed e-safety messages into the curriculum ...
Sources of support from major organisations - There are a number of national organisations which can help schools with their e-safety programmes ...

See http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=is&catcode=ss_to_es_tl_rs_03

SCHOOL POLICY ADVICE
Becta also have great guidance for you and your school on topics like:

Developing a policy
Acceptable use policies
School websites
Legislation
Chat and email
Online bullying
Mobile technology

See http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=is&catcode=ss_to_es_pp_02

For exhibitors and resources providers

ACTOffice — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:31:49 CDT

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