Submit an article to ICT in Practice Summer 2017 issue and be part of our educational technology community. The deadline for submitting your article is June 30th.
Important points
Make sure that it is your work
It is written in a simple language away from jargon.
It is related to ICT in education, nothing else…
It is at least 2 A4 and max 4 A4 pages long.
Send your articles to yallsop@msn.com with the subject line ‘submit an article’.
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools (IJCSES) is a double-blind peer reviewed, open access online journal.
The main objective of IJCSES is to develop a research network in teaching and learning in Computer Science Education in schools and related topics through high-quality research that focuses both theory and practice. This would enable academics and educators who are interested in research about theoretical developments in Computer Science Education to access most recent studies. The network would also provide a communication point for teachers who are interested in engaging in research projects, but not feeling confident.
Articles should relate to school education. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
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Publishing in IJCSES Journal is free of charge.
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Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions. For more information, visit the official website of the journal www.ijcses.org
With thanks,
Editors:
Dr. Sue Sentance
Yasemin Allsop
An inspiring project by PAYAS STEM Centre
We all have stories, some with happy events and some with sad ones. Some we remember and tell again and again, some we are desperate to forget. But sometimes even we try to tell our story; our voice becomes silence because it feels as though no-one is listening…
A few educators from Turkey and the UK, wanted to be the voice of the children of Syria and to help them to share their stories. Their story begun with a War, a war that they did not want, a war that destroyed their homes, their lives and their future. But although everything seems very uncertain their stories haven’t finished yet. We are going to take you to a small school in a refugee camp in Payas, Hatay (Antioch), Turkey on the Syrian border. We will let children record each other’s stories and share with the world; not only what they have been through, not only what is happening in their lives now but also their hopes and dreams for tomorrow.
They will do this by teaching them basic filming skills using tablets. They will leave the tablets with them so that they can keep us updated as their story continues to unfold by posting their films to a dedicated Youtube channel.
They will also organise STEM activities, where they will teach them about how to code, electronics, science, animations and basic computing skills. 100s of children will benefit from this project and their teachers from Syria.
If you would like to contribute by providing resources or make donations please use the details below.
If you are based outside of Turkey you can donate via Just giving Campaign.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/unfinished-stories-of-syrian-children
If you are based in Turkey, you can use the specific project account to send your donations.
Ziraat Bankasi
Account no: 33970980-5027
758-Payas / Hatay
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Submit an article to ICT in Practice Winter 2017 issue and be part of our educational technology community. The deadline for submitting your article is December 31st.
Important points
Make sure that it is your work
It is written in a simple language away from jargon.
It is related to ICT in education, nothing else…
It is at least 2 A4 and max 4 A4 pages long.
Send your articles to chris.carter@concordiashanghai.org with the subject line ‘submit an article’.
Website: www.codeweek.uk
Twitter: @codeweek
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Codeweekuk-475492319315384/
The fourth EU Code Week took place from15th -23rd October 2016. It brought together children, teenagers, adults, parents, teachers, entrepreneurs and policymakers in events and classrooms across not only Europe but other regions of the world to have fun by making things and doing stuff with code.
Codeweek.UK not only represents EU Code Week in the UK, but also promotes other opportunities for people to come together and learn to code. cw1Many coding events are organized during this week in different parts of the United Kingdom by schools, libraries and community groups.
The Codeweek.UK kick off event took place at Dragon Hall, in Covent Garden on Friday 14th October. Over 100 children from primary and secondary schools with their teachers attended many hands on workshops and had opportunities to try out new programs and devices.
Codeweek.UK was sponsored by Discovery Education, one of the UK’s leading providers of digital content and educational services to schools. The Discovery Education Coding service provides complete support for teaching coding in primary schools and includes lesson plans, video tutorials and comprehensive resources for Block Coding, Python and HTML.
Code Week UK was fortunate to receive prizes for the schools from Codio and Hue HD. Codio provided us with 3 class sets of Codebug kit and Hue HD with an HD Pro camera and Hue animation studio. These prizes were given to schools at the end of the event.
Yasemin Allsop, Senior Lecturer in Computing at Roehampton University and UK Code Week Coordinator said: “Codeweek UK aims to raise and celebrate the importance of coding activities by connecting communities around the UK. Learning to code helps us to make sense of how things work, explore ideas and make things, for both work and play. What’s more it helps us to unleash our creativity and work collaboratively with wonderful people both near us and all over the world”.
She also gave news of more exciting Code Week UK events in the near future. She added:
“We cannot wait for a year to organize events, we need to provide more opportunities for young people that are coming from disadvantaged circumstances in developing their digital skills. What a better way than giving them the chance to code together, learn together and have fun together”
Codeweek.UK also provides support for everyone who would like to run a coding event in different parts of the UK. If you need any support, get in touch with the team at info@codeweek.uk
We would like to thank everyone involved especially our partner Discovery Education for their support.
European Young Innovators Forum, in partnership with Huawei, launched the 3rd edition of Inno Apps2016 , an interesting competition for apps developers! This year the focus is in on the IoT (Internet of Things), as a crosscutting technology domain and on Smart Cities as a vertical application area, to address the specific challenges related to Safe Cities . Learn more about InnoApps 2016 : http://bit.ly/InnoApps16
Twitter:
1. Interested in #smartcities & #IoT? @EYIF & @HuaweiEU launched the 3rd #InnoApps2016 Challenge. Send your application http://bit.ly/InnoApps16
2. Passionate about #smartcities? Our partners from @EYIF invite you to register for #InnoApps2016: http://bit.ly/InnoApps16 (+ pic)
3. Have a bright idea for # SmartCities App? If so, send your application for # InnoApps2016 & you can win €20.000! http://bit.ly/InnoApps16
Facebook [with #] /LinkedIn [without #]:
Do you have a bright idea for a #SmartCities App? If so, send your application for # InnoApps2016 and you can be the winner of €20.000! Find more details on http://bit.ly/InnoApps16
For groups:
Hi All! European Young Innovators Forum, in partnership with Huawei, launched the 3rd edition of # InnoApps2016 , an interesting competition for apps developers! If you have any bright idea Smart Cities, check the rules and don’t hesitate to apply! http://bit.ly/InnoApps16
Imagine leading global technology companies – Apple, Google – uniting to reimagine the future of education. Imagine world-leading universities – Harvard, Johns Hopkins, London School of Economics, King’s College London, the University of Manchester, Queensland University of Technology – coming together to reimagine the future of education. Imagine both of these groups joining forces in one place, and imagine them being joined by a group of enthusiastic innovators from across the world. Imagine them, imagining how academics, technology practitioners, and top global investors can work together to solve problems facing, and create opportunities for, the world of higher education.
Imagining this won’t be necessary if you were at the 2015 Reimagine Education Conference, held in Philadelphia last December – and nor will it be necessary for those attending this year’s edition, now open for delegate registration. The conference, organised by QS Quacquarelli Symonds – compilers of the QS World University Rankings – the Wharton School, and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, will again bring together world-class universities, technology companies, and prominent global investors to discuss how the world can improve teaching, learning, and employability.
This year’s conference will feature four main tracks, each devoted to a different strand of the educational world. The conference organisers – unifying the corporate and the pedagogical – recognise that education is the broadest of churches; the conference structure is designed to provide all attendees with a focus and a voice. The first track concerns itself with hybrid learning and e-learning, while the second moves away from this explicit focus on EdTech: it is concerned with Learning Assessment, Teaching Delivery, and Presence Learning.
The third track focuses on Nurturing Employability, Ethical Leadership, and Sustainability, while the fourth will be explicitly concerned with the ways in which EdTech – namely, ICT Tools – can transform education. Each track comprises keynote speeches and panel discussions led by luminaries in the specific area, numerous networking opportunities, and presentations from relevant finalists of the 2016 Reimagine Education Awards.
Prominent figures at last year’s conference included Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist at Google; Huntingdon D. Lambert, Dean of Continuing Education at Harvard University; Jim Shelton – former Deputy Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration; and Jeremy Rifkin, bestselling author of The Third Industrial Revolution. They were joined by 330 delegates from six continents, and representatives from prominent media institutions across the world – including Caroline Howard, Senior Editor at Forbes, and Sean Coughlan, Education Correspondent at the BBC.
The conference, as in previous years, will also represent the culmination of the Reimagine Education awards competition. Featuring 14 award categories upon which the conference tracks are broadly based, it is designed to award the most innovative projects, initiatives, and ideas in the world of education – and the trailblazers that bring them into being. The winner of the Overall Award will receive US$50,000 for their efforts, and global visibility for their successful project. Six of these award categories are designed to focus specifically on innovation in the Information Technology sector, including the inaugural Best Use of ICT Tools Award.
The opportunities for educators and trailblazers seeking to be a part of Reimagine Education are greater than ever before this year; the organising committee have this year invited prominent global investors, who will be providing delegates with Connect 1-2-1 session. These are designed to allow those with successful project ideas to discuss feasibility, investment, and implementation with those who can help make imagination reality.
For more details about the conference and/or competition, visit www.reimagine-education.com, or contact Serena Ricci at reimagine@qs.com.
For more information follow us on Twitter at @ReimagineHEdu, email serena@qs.com, or give us a call at +44(0)20 7284 7287.
We look forward to seeing your application materials, and welcoming you to the Reimagine experience.
Sincerely,
Serena Ricci on behalf of
| Yoram (Jerry) Wind The Lauder Professor Professor of Marketing Director, Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management |
Nunzio Quacquarelli Managing Director QS Quacquarelli Symonds |
Call for Papers
International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools (IJCSES)
is a double-blind peer reviewed, open access online journal.
The main objective of IJCSES is to develop a research network in teaching and learning in Computer Science Education in schools and related topics through high-quality research that focuses both theory and practice. This would enable academics and educators who are interested in research about theoretical developments in Computer Science Education to access most recent studies. The network would also provide a communication point for teachers who are interested in engaging in research projects, but not feeling confident.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
The journal welcomes studies from diverse research orientation. Studies that are based on qualitative data, such as case studies and historical analysis, are equally highly regarded as studies based on quantitative data.
IJCSES is inviting papers for Vol. 1 No. 1 which is scheduled to be published on October 31, 2016. Last date of submission: September 30, 2016.
Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions. For more information, visit the official website of the journal www.ijcses.org
With thanks,
Editors:
Yasemin Allsop
Dr. Sue Sentance
