From LCA2010

This one day Education Mini-conference will focus on educational uses of Free and Open Source initiatives used around the world including tools for teaching and school management.

It has talks and workshops directly useful to educators, administrators, developers and those interested in supporting education initiatives and/or influencing their direction and uptake.

You can email Tabitha if you require further information.

Proposals

The call for proposals is now closed.

The Schedule

Speakers and structure specifics are yet to be defined. The basic break up of the day is as follows:

Times	Duration	Detail
09:00 - 10:00	60	Keynote speaker
10:00 - 10:30	30	Morning Tea
10:30 - 12:15	125	10:30 Welcome and housekeeping 10:35 The Open Source Secondary School - Mark Osborne 10:55 Kidsmart Rollout: Early childhood project - Carl Klitscher 11:10 Through the Looking Glass: Open Source from a Student's Perspective - Elizabeth Garbee 11:30 OLPC and Sugarlabs - Improving education on a global scale - NZ Volunteers group
12:15 - 13:30	75	Lunch
13:30 - 15:15	125	13:30 Koha - Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi - Chris Cormack 13:45 Art education and open source - Maksim Lin 14:00 The use of FOSS in teaching Software Engineering - Ashley Maher 14:15 Moodle features workshop - Jonathan Newman
15:15 - 15:45	30	Afternoon Tea
15:45 - 17:30	125	15:45 Mahara development workshop - Penny Leach and Richard Mansfield 16:45 Why Educational Technology Deployments Fail - Belinda Lopez 17:00 Structuring a multi-day technical training course - Jacinta Richardson 17:15 Voice and vision interaction - John Graves 17:20 Closing of the day

Miniconf Presenters' biographies, slides and handouts

Follow the agenda links to see biographies, slides and handouts released under a Creative Commons License, as they become available.

Contact Tabitha if require further information.