Maren Deepwell

Category: Conferences

  • Back from #altc2013

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    Back from the ALT annual conference, this year celebrating 20 years of ALT and catching up with all the things I missed over the past three days. In addition to all the blog posts and tweets, one news items that caught my eye this morning is the Technology in FE and Skills supplement published today by FE Week. There is a short interview with me in it and a lot of interesting features with participants from across the conference, including the Learning Technologist of the Year Award #ltaward. I will also have a look at the open online platform to watch some of the already aired YouTube interviews from the live broadcast. Looking forward to next year in Warwick!

  • January 2013

    Lego calendar

    Together with Martin Oliver from the Institute of Education, I was speaking at Bett 2013 this week on “Open Learnscapes: strategy and global collaboration”. The agenda/details are available via the BETT website. At Bett I also had the chance to find out about what LEGO is doing in education in relation to teaching children programming and engineering skills.

  • November 2011

    Looking forward to attending Online Educa in Berlin towards the end of this month. Also completing my CMALT portfolio and getting ready for Christmas. 
    On my personal blog I’ve recently posted pictures of a new chocolate graveyard made for Halloween as well as some architectural LEGO models of schools made by school children which I saw on a recent visit to London.
    The archive of the cemteryscapes blog is now fully up and running. 
    And the scarves have been liberated from their summer hibernation. My favourite time of year is in full swing. 

  • October 2011

    Icognito, Paris

    I started the month in France and this month’s picture is a snapshot from the trip – a very small gallery which really makes the most of the space it occupies. 
    I have also had the pleasure to attend FOTE11 last week (see the FOTE11 blog for more info) and came away with a lot of interesting things to think about. I’ll also be at the AoC/ALT conference, ‘ Management Strategies to Improve the use of Learning Technologies‘ in London this week, which I am really looking forward to. 
    On my personal blog I have started posting some pictures of the architecture/places which I visited, so you can have a look at a brick book house amongst other things.

  • September 2011

    Leeds University sunrise
    Having just returned from ALT’s annual conference, it’s now time for my usual monthly update. I really enjoyed the conference this year and there is a lot to read, discover, listen to and watch online for those of you who’d like to find out more. Hoping to see everyone again and many new faces next year in Manchester at ALT-C 2012. 
    For now though autumn has come and with it lots of interesting other things to be getting on with. For one we will be turning the last few years’ worth of posts on cemeteryscapes into an online publication to capture the great contributions from everyone and to make the information contained in the blog more widely accessible. If you have anything you’d like to include, it’s not too late to contribute. Also, on my personal blog the vegetable and garden season is nearly over, so that I’ll be able to post more about all the other things I’m interested in (although it’s still worth having a look at a picture I took recently which seemed to signal a friendly end to the season). Also, with the new term starting it’s time to buy new pens and scarves and get ready for Michaelmas.

  • CiviCon 2011 – London

    I had the pleasure of attending CiviCon 2011 in London today. Lots of good discussion and sessions with developers, implementers, users and end-users, all of whom were intent on making things happen. My highlights of the events were:

    • Things to look forward to: WordPress integration
    • Something to get involved with: community support
    • Creative solutions to working with CiviCRM: CiviBot/Miss MoneyPenny from Tech for the People

    Thanks for everyone for making this such an interesting and fun day in the Tetris Room!
    For further info see the CiviCon website.