Naace All Members' Autumn Conference

In the exceptional surroundings of the Cisco Centre near the River Thames at Runnymeade 50 odd (!) delegates came to discover if they were Web 2.0 or not. The discussion was enthusiastic and the texted questions and comment provided a link from the presentation to what people were actually thinking.

There was much interest in the use of a blog as a presentation tool and also with the way videos, slide shows and snapshot pop ups were enabled to enhance the presentation . Real modelling of the Web 2 model.

You can get to the blog I used for the presentation from here .

Much interest was expressed in the educational concepts and the operation underpinning Honeycomb and people were excited about the prospect of getting their hands on this powerful, educationally focused ICT tool.

While I was doing my presentation James Watson recorded the session in a Podium podcast. To listen to a completely unedited version of the podcast about ruweb2? copy the hyperlink below and paste it into your favourite podcast player (e.g. iTunes).

http://www.dougdickinson.co.uk/podcast/DD290907170932/rss.xml

You can read James Watson's take on the event on the Softease Blog.

A big picture of the curriculum

At the Naace Strategic Conference in Torquay last week Gareth Mills spoke about 'A big picture of the curriculum' and outlined new QCA developments in the area. The linked document is really worth a read !