Giles Hill, Digital Learning Lead, Aspire Academy Trust

Children of Key Stage 2 age are perfectly placed to have their learning improved - and minds opened - by employing tech tools that can slot in with day-to-day learning. This session will guide attendees through three options that can be applied to various curriculum areas, all allowing easy access for children and useful workflow processes for teachers. Practical examples showing how teachers might integrate the tools into teaching and learning processes will be covered.

Sam Parsons, South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SWRCCU)

In the last 18 months there has been a significant rise in cyber attacks against the education sector, directly impacting teachers’ ability to educate students, or even open classrooms. This non-technical presentation from the South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SWRCCU) looks at the impact cyber crime is having on the education sector. Using case studies, videos, and no jargon, this session highlights the importance of Cyber Security, and covers the simple steps you can take to reduce the impact that cyber crime can have on you, your family and your students.

Tony Phillips, Cloud Design Box

Learn how to turn Microsoft Teams into a long term solution while also saving teachers and department leaders time.

Jennifer King, Microsoft

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Claire Lowe and Tariq Sasso, Inspire/Blackfield Primary

Claire and Tariq will be discussing how to create a sustainable IT infrastructure, the effective use of IT in the classroom to help teachers teach and the effecitve use of IT for CPD to improve teachers teaching. There will also be time for a Q+A at the end of the session.

Michael Cronk, Colyton Grammar School

Michael will be discussing how the Colyton Computer Science department use VEX Robotics to deliver problem solving and programming in lessons; and a wider STEM experience as part of their extra-curricular programme. You will have the opportunity to look at a number of platforms available from VEX, aimed at a range of age groups. Michael will show how robotics can be used to engage and enthuse students, especially girls, as well as demonstrating programming constructs in a concrete way.

Stephen Reid, Senior Customer Engagement Project Manager at Microsoft

Steve will talk about the strategic approach to launching professional development sessions through curated podcasts and why the decision was made to take a resource that was built for the Trust and offer it out nationally. Steve will discuss the impact of this model, what has worked, what didn’t work and the strategic direction he believes professional development can head if schools and their leaders are bold enough.

Donna Shah, MIEE / Assistant Digital Learning Advisor, Cognita

From App reviews to Zoo campaign videos, Adobe Creative Cloud Express (CCX) is the 'go to' tool for me. The session will explore how the three key elements: graphics design, web pages and videos can be utilised to enable powerful creative learning experiences whilst addressing time saving hints and tips for educators. CCX is suitable for all ages and platform agnostic - is browser based with apps for iOS and Android, but it is also FREE for schools.

Anthony Lees, Cornerstone

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Becky Keene MSEd, Director of Operations

Becky Keene is committed to transforming how children learn and how educators teach, building on known pedagogical best practices with innovation to develop critical skills for the future. Hear how our natural inclination to play can be used to engage students in new ways, and challenge your thinking around the benefits of games in education.

Tim Clarke and Claire Lowe and Henry Penfold, Conerstone CE Primary

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Paul Beavis, Scomis Education and Product Specialist

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is a term used to describe the remote management of devices over the Internet, such as Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops. It is a centralised management portal from which you can deploy apps, control policies, roll out or wipe devices, and run reports.  It allows schools to manage their devices from one easy-to-use interface instead of updating each device manually.

Management of devices from the cloud – allows schools to reduce the requirement and expense of replacing onsite servers.  It also allows school-owned devices to be securely managed when used both on and off site by staff and pupils.

In this session we explore the key features and benefits of MDM including:

• Remote Device Access
• Enhanced Security
• Enhanced Update and Support
• Better Application Control
• Device Tracking
• Remote Device Erase Capability
• How MDM supports better device compliance,  Bring Your Own Device (BYOD); reduces the technical overhead of maintaining the system and saves cost

Trevor Finley, Vision Asset Finance

As Managing Director at Vision Asset Finance, Trevor has over 20 years of experience in setting up ICT Leasing arrangements for schools throughout the UK and Ireland.

Trevor will be discussing how best to meet the cost of providing devices in school.Joining him will be Michael Kimber and Graham Newbery from The Cornerstone Acadmey Trust.

Kevin Sait - Surface Evangelist, Microsoft

Kevin will discuss the power of InTune, a Microsoft cloud- management tool for mobile devices which can assist schools in managing their devices securely in a flexible way that’s best for them.

Mark Rowland, Education Product Manager - Surface

In this session Mark will be discussing:

• Microsoft and Sustainability vision
• Surface and sustainability – Our ambition, goals, sourcing of materials, packaging, recycling,
• Why Surface as THE device for school looking to reduce their carbon footprint
• Sustainability best practices Digital inking and reducing paper use