Anthony Lees and Tracey Wills, Cornerstone

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Jane McFall, Scomis

• Are you managing your time effectively?

• Are you constantly juggling your workload?

Whatever your role is in your school/organisation the Scomis session on ‘Saving Time’ recommends strategies and practical tips to help you manage your workload more effectively and improve your wellbeing.

Sam Parsons, Avon and Somerset Police

The education sector, like any other sector in the UK is not immune to cyber crime. During the pandemic, as schools moved to online learning we saw an increase in successful ransomware attacks on educational establishments. Many of these had a huge impact, both on the schools as businesses, and on the ability for students to learn.

This presentation from the South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SWRCCU) brings a unique Police perspective, discussing the evolving threat of ransomware, including how it is deployed, and how the tactics have changed. We will look at current trends, the ways you can prepare your organisation to protect yourself from this threat, and how to recover should you suffer an incident.

Bernadetta Brzyska and Sarah Murillo, GL Assessment

GL Assessment’s Head of Research, Bernadetta Bryzska, will share our analysis of the impact of Covid-19 and school lockdowns based on analysis of the New Group Reading Test (NGRT) from schools around the world. She will compare this data with similar analysis of the Progress Test in English and discuss why we have found different trends in each case. Bernadetta will also look at the close relationship between student attitudes and reading ability, while Sarah Murillo – an Education Consultant for GL Assessment – will consider the implications for school literacy and wellbeing initiatives.

Daniel Lester, Senso.cloud

Daniel will be speaking about the importance of safeguarding and best use practices of cloud-based technologies. Senso.cloud is an All-In-One Software for Network, Classroom, Safeguarding and Asset Management. Perfect for managing and monitoring any Windows, Chrome and IOS devices from a centralised web portal.

Ben McGrath, eSafe

Ben is the Head of Client Relations at a digital safeguarding solution which supports schools and colleges across the country. Join him as he discusses how young people’s online use has changed during lockdown.

Anthony Lees, Cornerstone

As a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for The Cornerstone Teaching School Anthony supports schools across the region in the areas of computing and online safety. He will be discussing how schools can best develop an online safety strategy.

David Wright, SWGfL

The importance and our reliance of technology over the last 18 months has been enormous and in equal measures, so has safeguarding children online. Prominence within the UK is being largely driven by the Online Safety Bill as well as published research, such as Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. The session will highlight these changes and issues, together with published guidance for schools in managing technology safely alongside safeguarding considerations and resources.

Ken Corish, SWGfL

Children’s online lives require a sophisticated educative approach if we are going to positively affect resilience and build empowerment for our next generation of citizens. ProjectEVOLVE, a free resource from SWGfL, not only provides new content for teaching and learning written by experts in this field, but also allows educators to build knowledge maps of their pupils/students to choose appropriate resources and  assess impact. This session will demonstrate the world’s first concept cartoon generator and how it can be used to plan effectively and reduce workload.

Anthony Lees, Cornerstone

As a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for the Cornerstone Teaching School, Anthony supports schools across the region in the areas of computing and online safety. He will be discussing how to teach internet safety using resources from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

Paul Edge,Ribblesdale High

The need to ensure that all learners can access the curriculum has never been more important. The recent periods of remote learning highlighted the challenges many young people face in accessing their learning, but at the same time highlighted how EdTech can be used to overcome potential obstacles. In this session Paul will explore the opportunities EdTech can provide to support all learners, whatever their level of need. It will highlight things to consider as you develop your strategy, along with equipping you with some quick win ‘take-aways’ which can be implemented straight away.

Jim Green and Katie Lawson, Cornerstone

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Matthew Davies, Treorchy Secondary School

Matthew is Deputy Headteacher at Treorchy, a Microsoft Showcase school. Matthew believes that technology, along with excellent pedagogy, has the potential to transform education. Join him as he explains the use of Microsoft Learning Tools through the many Office 365 apps that can support pupils with SEND.

Nic Ponsford FRSA is the Co-Founder and CEO, Education of the GEC (Global Equality Collective). 

Closing gaps, inclusivity and redressing imbalance wherever it may be is at the very core of the Global Equality Collective (GEC). Co-CEO and founder of the GEC, Nic Ponsford will explore how designing the world's first app for diversity, equity and inclusion HAD to have teachers at the heart of it, how the new award-winning GEC App helps organisations track, monitor and embed diversity and inclusion into the day-to-day practises of school life, and suggests behaviours we can all embed to get #smashingstereotypes. Nic will also discuss her learnings from the Dfe Edtech Demonstrator Programme and the new Dfe Accessible Technology pilot.

Maia Thomas, Equality Activist, Inclusion and Diversity Committee ITV

Join Maia to discuss how we can give every child a voice. Maia is a 22 year old award winning Equality Activist, EDI Consultant (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion), International Speaker, Social Media Consultant & Instagram Influencer. She has worked with over 70 schools across the South West on EDI, delivering assemblies/workshops and mentoring teachers.