Educamp Ireland
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Meet primary and post-primary educators from throughout Ireland as we conduct a day-long series of presentations and break-out sessions inside a blanket wi-fi hotspot on the grounds of Tipperary Institute, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. The third level campus sits alongside the main rail lines to Cork, Dublin and Limerick and the venues are signposted on all existing paved side roads that intersect the N8 between Littleton, Turnpike to Horse and Jockey. A helipad is located behind the Tipperary Technology Park, marked prominently with the Premier County colours.
This self-organising conference will serve the interest of primary and post-primary educators in Ireland. Educamp Ireland extends the Edtech theme from the standard series of presentations run by the Irish Learning Technology Association and borrows some of the enthusiasm of the e-learning support team at the Dublin Institute of Technology to deploy into 2007 through a collaborative wiki. Props to Tom Raftery for promoting the Barcamp Ireland through his technology blog and activist energy with IT@Cork.
This is Ireland's first Educamp but it is another in a series of conferences focused on leveraging the internet in education. It will focus less on bitching about the Department of Education and Science and more on getting free technology, leveraging local IT expertise and exploring low-cost effective information technology for schools without money. We will have Fair Trade coffee flowing free all day, healthy food on single pole tables and curry chips for lunch.
We will try to keep this entire event free but if you want a free lunch, you have to pre-register and display a branded name tag instead of money to the cashier in the cafeteria. Free curry chips will be served to anyone wearing a Tipperary strip.
Check out the Session Ideas below, add some of your own, and please sign up if you'd like to attend!
New to This?
If you are new to Barcamps, read the following: TheRulesOfBarCamp, What to expect at a BarCamp, BarCampHostingPoints, How to use this wiki
Following a ring-around of the usual suspects, this day-long event is tentatively locked down for early June 2007, probably Thursday, 7 June 2007.
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2007 (To Be Confirmed)
Venue: Tipperary Institute
Nenagh Road
Thurles
County Tipperary
Ireland
(Educamp Ireland on the map)
Getting There
Traveling to Thurles by Rail
Car Pooling
Can you offer a lift? Do you need a seat in a car? Post here!
- I plan to drive from Cashel on Thursday morning, leaving the Aircoach/Bus Eireann set-down point at 0840 after both buses arrive from Cork. I can take two passengers. Text Bernie: +353 86 827 828 7
EduCamp Ireland Schedule
We expect to have opening comments for a seated audience at 1000 and closing comments at 1530. All other activities will occur in break-out presentations in separate rooms accommodating up to 25 attendees in computer labs or lecture rooms.
At Educamp, anyone can present. In fact, if this is your first time at a Barcamp, presenting is actively encouraged. Talks will typically be 15-20 minutes followed by 15 minutes Q&A/Discussion but talks can be as short or as long as you like. You can use Powerpoint slides, or forego slides altogether. Talks can be technical or non-technical.
Educamp Ireland extends the Barcamp ethos about sharing information. There will be a whiteboard and post-its. If you want to sign-up on the day, just post the title of your talk on an available time-slot on the whiteboard. However, it looks as though the entire whiteboard will be filled by the end of May so if you want a slot, record your intentions on this wiki.
Is there something in particular you would like to hear about at Educamp Ireland?
- Several educators want to hear about "Encouraging Safe Web Usage with Children"
- Damien Mulley should talk about "Effective Techniques Useful for Pissing People Off: Experiences from running a lobby group"
- Perhaps Elly Parker could talk about dealing with online bullying.
- Would either Brian Cleland: OpenIreland or Donncha O Caoimh talk about leveraging free software in the classroom?
- Steve McCormack! Tell us about mobile phones and education!
- I wonder if Walter Higgins would describe free online image editing services?
- We need to know how to set up our school to allow free phones calls from the staff meeting areas.
- Would an expert be available to suggest ways to reduce energy consumption in our very old school buildings?
- Can we get more out of attending the BT Young Scientist exhibition?
Please list your name and your topic in the lines that follow. If you plan to present or attend, please tag an image of yourself on Flickr with the tag EducampIreland.
- Bernie Goldbach from Podcasting in Ireland will present under the heading of "Transition Year Podcamps".
- Evert Bopp Wimaxxed The effective and secure use of wireless networks in educational institutes.
Attendees
If you are attending Educamp Ireland, please add your name to the list.
format: name, URL link
- Bernard Goldbach - ICT Programme Specialist blog
- Tom Raftery - IT Consultant Call to Action
- Tanja Ryan podcasting.ie
- Evert Bopp Wimaxxed
Planning Team
Bernie Goldbach http://irish.typepad.com
James Greenslade http://www.tippinst.ie
Yvonne Doyle http://www.tippinst.ie
Volunteers
Tanja Ryan tanjaryan@
Stacey Lyons slyons@student.tippinst.ie
Media Sharing and Tags
Upload all photos to Flickr, all presentations to Slideshare, all videos to Youtube; use the tag EducampIreland
Who's Talking About These Things?
- Tom Raftery Irish Government Fails to Invest in Education
- Brendan Lawlor Calling All Cork-Based Software Companies
