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Back in March, the first Raspberry Jamboree ran alongside the Education Innovation Conference & Exhibition at Manchester Central. The Jamboree is all about sharing experiences of using the Raspberry Pi computer within education where it is revolutionising the teaching of computing and coding.

Raspberry Jamboree is back in 2014 and will be co-locating with Education Innovation again on the 27^thand 28^th February at Manchester Central.

This is the 2nd birthday of the Raspberry Pi computer and a fantastic way to celebrate its incredible success as well as investigate the possibilities for its huge potential impact within education and beyond.

Delegates to the Jamboree will benefit from some exclusive sessions from some very exciting guests as well as having full access to the Education Innovation Conference.

You can register for the Jamboree now by clicking here. Places are limited and early-bird tickets are already gone, so please register as soon as you can.

There will also be some Jamboree sessions available for free for visitors to Education Innovation from the Yellow Seminar Room and the CPC Classroom of the future.

For those who missed it the first time, have a listen to EICE speaker and the founder of the Raspberry Jamboree – Alan O’Donohoe – speaking on BBC Breakfast News!

Alan is the head of ICT at Our Lady’s High School in Preston, but out of school he is the founder of Hack To The Future & Raspberry Jam, the global community of events for everyone to discover the Raspberry Pi computer.

To find out more about Alan, have a look at his “about.me” page.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR RASPBERRY JAMBOREE 2014

e-skills UK will showcase a range of educational resources and opportunities developed in partnership with employers from the IT industry, to help educators better equip young people to enter careers in the sector.

Staff from e-skills UK will be on hand to speak to education professionals at an Advice Hub hosted by the Education Innovation Conference and Exhibition in Manchester next February.

There will be an opportunity for headteachers, governors and teaching professionals to learn more about:

• Big Ambition, the interactive careers advice website designed to help students, teachers and advisers to get a real insight into IT careers.
• Secure Futures, a range of resources and outreach activities that teach young people to stay safe online whilst also introducing them to cyber security careers.
• e-skills UK’s wide-ranging work with employers to help educators prepare young people for work in a technology-enabled world.

Make sure that you plan to visit the hub near the Blue Seminar Room in the main hall at the show for loads of useful ideas and suggestions.

EICE Radio broadcast #3 will take place on December 18th at 12.00 midday.

EICE Radio is hosted by renowned education expert Russell Prue and is powered by Anderton Tiger Radio. It features comments and interviews from special guests from right the way across the education spectrum. It also provides a great platform for listener feedback and views.

Invited for the next broadcast are Edward Baker (EdMix), Chris Byers (EduGeek), Russell Pearson (AMie), InVentry, SBS, Teach Secondary Magazine and Corel Software.

To listen, head to the Anderton Tiger website.

If you are interested to contribute, contact @russellprue or e-mail David Ventris-Field from the EICE Team. You can listen to EICE Radio broadcast #2 by clicking here

‘Developing a mobile learning strategy for the nation’

Monday 9th December 8:15am - 5pm

QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, Greater London SW1P 3EE

EICE are supporters of Tablets for Schools, who are holding their first conference, on Monday 9th December at the QEII Centre, Westminster, London. Tablets for Schools is a not-for-profit initiative which aims to transform learning for all UK school children, by researching the impact of tablet technology on teaching and learning. You can find more information about the campaign at www.tabletsforschools.org.uk. The conference is the largest conference of its kind, by schools, for schools. The following secondary schools have successfully embedded 1:1 tablet schemes and will be delivering practical workshops on using tablets to support teaching and learning:

• Hove Park School
• Longfield Academy
• Chiswick School
• Honywood School
• Greenford High School
• St. Michael’s CE High School
• The Westminster School, Writhlington School
• Lion Academy Trust
• Cramlington Learning Village

This conference will provide over 400 head teachers, senior leaders and decision makers with practical experience of tablet use in schools through interactive workshops and seminars, held by some of the schools involved in our research. Key themes include pedagogy, curriculum design, training, IT infrastructure and finance. More information on the agenda and workshops can be found here. The conference is the largest independent networking event of its type for school leaders looking to use tablets within the curriculum.

Hosted by…

Conservative MP, Andrew Percy - an ex-teacher with a passionate interest in the future of education and how technology can improve this.

Delegates…

Delegates will receive a the concierge service who will provide support in answering questions relating to the workshops, themes of the day and exhibitors.

There are only 400 tickets available and you can get your tickets here. All proceeds from the conference will be reinvested into the next stages of research.

We hope you can make it!