Upcoming Courses
Free Electronics & Communication Technology (ECT) courses [Spring/Summer
2006]
University of Manchester
Torben and John Martin
will be running two four day courses, as a part of the ECT
initiative, as follows:
'Starting out in electronics'
Aimed at teachers whose experience of teaching ECT is limited and who wish
develop their expertise into this area. The course will enable participants
to introduce modern approaches to the teaching of ECT (such as systems and
microcontrollers/PICs) into KS3.
11th & 13th March 2006, 19th & 20th May 2006
'Taking electronics further'
Aimed at teachers who have some experience of teaching ECT, perhaps at KS3,
and wish to develop and update their knowledge. The course will enable participants
to introduce more modern technologies (such as microcontrollers/PICs) into
their teaching and to extend teaching to GCSE.
18th & 20th March 2006, 16th & 17th June 2006
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Cumbria
John Martin will
be running a four day 'Starting out in electronics' course,
as a part of the ECT initiative,
for Cumbria SETPoint.
Aimed at teachers whose experience of teaching ECT is limited and who wish
develop their expertise into this area. The course will enable participants
to introduce modern approaches to the teaching of ECT (such as systems and
microcontrollers/PICs) into KS3.
The organisation of this is in the hands of the SETPoint, but if you are
interested please do contact the consultancy.
24th & 25th March 2006, 9th & 10th June 2006, Whitehaven, Cumbria
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Isle of Man
Torben will be running a four day 'Taking electronics further'
course, as a part of the ECT
initiative, for the Isle of Man Department of Education.
Aimed at teachers who have some experience of teaching ECT, perhaps at KS3,
and wish to develop and update their knowledge. The course will enable participants
to introduce more modern technologies (such as microcontrollers/PICs) into
their teaching and to extend teaching to GCSE.
The organisation of this is in the hands of the Isle of Man, but if you
are interested please do contact the consultancy.
15th & 16th March 2006, 26th & 27th June 2006
( full details and application form [PDF:111kb] | back to top )
Other Electronics & Communication Technology (ECT) courses [Spring/Summer 2006]
Trenton, New Jersey USA
Torben will be running three 4-hour afternoon/evening workshops for teachers
at the College of New Jersey in Trenton on the 27th - 29th March 2006. This
follows the ITEA annual conference
in Baltimore.
The focus of these workshops will be on the use of microcontroller technologies
to enhance control-based work in Technology and Engineering, The three linked
sessions will introduce low-cost and easy to program microcontroller systems
and look at some of the practical and pedagogical advantages of microcontrollers,
Participants will assemble a microcontroller system and take this away with
them along with the necessary software and connector to allow them to continue
programming work after the workshop. The course will include work with a
wide range of input and output devices and the application of microcontroller
systems to work in robotics.
The organisation of this workshop series is being undertaken by Torben and
Ron Todd of the College of New
Jersey. If you are interested please do contact
the consultancy or Ron.
Further details will be posted here shortly.
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Manchester ECT hub Activities [Spring/Summer 2006]
The Manchester Electronics and Communications Technology (ECT) hub has
been funded to continue its activities for a further year.
This University of Manchester based hub is one of two supporting ECT in
the NW region and works in partnership with local LEAs, SETPoints and Universities.
Three accredited ECT trainers are closely linked to the hub;
John Martin, David
Spendlove and Torben.
Free events for teachers of D&T being run by the Manchester
hub during the Spring and Summer term 2006 include an ECT and sustainability
workshop and a KS3 development programme designed to help
you modernise your KS3 electronics work and bring it line with the KS3 Strategy.
Further activities are in development and will be announced on this page.
New this year are LEA based ECT 'spokes' that will be running
their own local programmes of support for teachers. We have been able to
establish 3 spokes this year and expect to add others as funding allows
in the future. The three are:
Stockport, Kingsway School. Organiser David
Leask. First meeting: 16th February
Oldham. The Radclyffe School. Organiser David
Taylor. First meeting: 8th March
Tameside, Hyde Technology School. Organiser Ken
Earith. First meeting: 9th March
Further details of hub and spoke activities along with locations are available.
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