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Douglas Butler - Maths Strand
After graduating from Cambridge University in Mathematics and Electrical Sciences, Douglas enjoyed a spell at EMI Records before teaching secondary mathematics for over 30 years. During this time he was Head of Mathematics at the prestigious Oundle School (UK) and Chairman of the MEI Schools curriculum development project (UK). Douglas founded the innovative Information and Communication Technology (iCT) Training Centre at Oundle, which creates new resources for the use of computers and technology in mathematics. He also runs the Technology in Secondary/College Mathematics teacher training and has run a series of groundbreaking conferences on Technology for Teaching Music. His workshops integrate iCT in the maths classroom and show teachers how to make the best use of web tools and resources. A keen pianist and dinghy sailor, he has a number of significant mathematics publications to his name and a major educational website at www.tsm-resources.com
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Joe Dale - MFL StrandJoe Dale is an independent consultant who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council and the BBC. He is host of the TES MFL forum, Vital MFL Portal Manager for the Open University, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker and recognised expert on technology and language learning. Joe was key in updating the ICT elements of the QCDA SoW for KS2 Primary French; he also designed games for Heinemann's 'Expo'. Joe has featured in several Education Guardian articles and has himself both written for and been quoted by the TES. Joe has also written for the TES ICT blog and produced video tutorials for the CILT 14-19 website. Joe recently starred on a Teachers TV programme and has spoken about the Rose Review proposals on BBC Radio 4. His blog www.joedale.typepad.com has been nominated for four Edublog Awards in the last four years. |
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Chris Smith - EAL and General Strands
Having worked in Education for many years Chris set up a consultancy designed to offer support to International Schools across S.E. Asia especially in the area of "ICT Across the Curriculum" Services offered include 'up-front' work in schools with administrators, senior management, teachers, students and parents. www.shambles.net/csmith |
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Robyn Treyvaud - General Strand
is an educational leader and an online safety educator advising schools, communities, media, industry and government across Australia, the US and the Asia Pacific region. She is the Director of Global Education for the iKeepSafe Coalition and is the Project Director for Generation Safe-360 in Australia and Asia
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