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TOULOUSE 2006 PARTICIPATORS |
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Members of the E-HELP project |
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Nico Zijlstra (Netherlands: Sintermeerten College, Heerlen): I am a History teacher teaching in a Secondary School in Heerlen, The Netherlands. I run my own website Sintermeerten History website. I also work closely together with a webdesign firm called E-Linq which is specialized in ICT implementation in schools. As a member of the Virtual School team I've become involved in the E-Help project. Juan Carlos Ocaña (Spain: IES Parque de Lisboa, Madrid): I am Head of History Department in a Secondary School in Alcorcón, near Madrid. I am mainly interested in history teaching on the internet and I have set up my own web site http://www.historiasiglo20.org/ which is focused on 20th century history. I am a member of Virtual School and I have been collaborating in different European projects (Comenius, Spring Day in Europe). Anders MacGregor-Thunell (Sweden: Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, Gothenburg): My name is Anders MacGregor-Thunell. I’m currently a full-time teacher of History at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, an Upper Secondary School with 1800 students, in the centre of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. Most of the time I teach IB (International Baccalaureate) History, both Standard and Higher Level, but I also teach History within the ordinary Swedish system. Since 1998 I’ve been the Head of the History Department at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet. I started my teaching career in the middle of the 1970’s. Just a few years ago I became a member of the Virtual School. Through VS I participate in the development of international web-pages within different history topics. During the last years I have also built up the History Department site on our school’s intranet. Dalibor Svoboda (Sweden: Fredrika Bremer Gymnasium, Stockholm): I was born in communist Czechoslovakia 1948. In 1968, after the occupation of my country by Warszawa Pact countries suppressing the “Prague spring” I moved to Sweden. After five years of studies at University of Stockholm and different petty jobs I started to teach at Fredrika Bremergymnasiet, an upper secondary school situated in a suburb of Stockholm in 1980. During the 1990s I worked with information technology and pedagogical issues first at Knowledge and Competence Foundation then at National Agency for Education. Now I’m back at my old school teaching the subjects of History, Civics and International Relations. I have been engaged in activities of Virtual School since its start. I have been Head of History department since 1998. Terry Hadyn (UK: University of East Anglia): I taught history in an inner-city secondary school in Manchester for about 20 years before moving into history teacher education in the early 1990s. Throughout this period I have been interested in the use of new technology in history teaching and it was the subject of my doctoral thesis, tracing the development of ICT in school history over the past 30 years. The main bit of my current job is training history graduates to be secondary history teachers, but I also undertake research into the use of ICT in history. I was Co-editor (together with Christine Counsell) of History, ICT and Learning (London, RoutledgeFalmer 2003), a collection of chapters from several leading UK practitioners in the field of history and ICT, and have a (modest) website at: Andy Walker (UK: Dartford Technology College): I am Andy Walker. I am Head of History and E-Learning Coordinator at Dartford Technology College. I have my own website at Education Forum.co.uk which I use to teach History, Sociology and Vocational Health and Social Care. My web site has been online since 1999. I am the joint founder and an administrator of this forum. I also run the International Student Form in partnership with Richard Jones-Nerzic of the International School of Toulouse. I have been involved in web based projects for the Learning Skills Development Agency and Kent County Council, and in writing work for CGP publications John Simkin (UK: Spartacus Educational): I have been a history teacher since 1977. In 1979 I was a founder member of the Tressell Publishing Cooperative and in 1984 established Spartacus Educational. Since 1997 I have run the Spartacus Educational website. I have also produced electronic and online resources for a wide range of different organisations including the Guardian (Learn), the Daily Telegraph (Electronic Telegraph), British Library, Historical Association and Becta. I was also a founder member of the Association of Teacher Websites and an early member of the European Virtual School. Les Albiston (France: International School of Toulouse): I am Principal of the International of Toulouse and have worked in a variety of roles in the realm of education, training and HR for Airbus over the last twenty years, all in Toulouse. My discipline is English and I have a special interest in language acquisition, bilingualism and the cultural challenge of relocation and intercultural managment. Rosario Requejo Villasevil (Spain: Alcorcon Teachers Support Centre, Madrid): BA graduate at Complutense University, Madrid (1985). After that, I worked as Spanish Language Assistant in England for a year. Since then I've worked as a secondary school teacher near Madrid. I was also employed by Los Angeles School District, LA California from September 1991 to June 1993 where I first became involved in bilingual education and took different courses on the subject. After coming back to Spain I've participated in different European projects and was appointed Head of Studies (1990-91 and 1995-2005). In September 2005, I was appointed Advisor at the Teacher's Resource Centre in Alcorcón in the Sociolinguistic Department. Dan Lyndon (UK: (UK: Historical Association): I am currently the Head of History and co-ordinator of the Gifted and Talented and Aimhigher programmes at an inner city boys 11-16 comprehensive in London. I have been teaching for 11 years and have been a middle manager for 4 of those. I am particularly interested in promoting a multicultural curriculum for schools history and have been involved in a few online projects such as the National Archives Black Presence website: http://www.pro.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/index.htm and the schoolhistory. co.uk seminars: http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index...?showtopic=1518. I have also recently set up my own website www.comptonhistory.com which has examples of the work that I and the students that I teach have produced. |
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Associate members of the E-HELP project |
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Johannes Ahrenfelt: I am working as a history teacher and International Coordinator at Neatherd High School, a 11-18 comprehensive in a small town in the heart of Norfolk. I have been involved in various ICT workshops with history PGCE students at the University of East Anglia, focusing on making PowerPoint more engaging for students. I am hopefully leading two more workshops next academic year including one on using Macromedia Flash 8 and Captivate. Flash is a tremendous tool for creating interactive activities something which I have been doing since 2002. Some of my earlier activities can be found at my first website: http://www.ahrenfelt.co.uk/html/teachers.html I am currently developing an interactive website for our Jack the Ripper coursework. This is an attempt to use Flash to make primary source material more inspiring for pupils. Flash and Captivate are two programs I feel have been excellent in engaging pupils and moving them forward. I am currently leading an Enterprise project where I trained pupils from Year 8-11 using Flash to create activities for KS2. Many teachers have showed an interest in being trained using Flash since the start of the project and this is something which I plan to do during the next academic year. Neal Watkin and I have just finished writing a book on essential teaching skills for Continuum Publishing where we have devoted a chapter to innovative use of ICT in teaching. This year I started a Master in E-pedagogy and Gifted and Talented Education at Oxford Brookes which I am very exited about”. |
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Roy Huggins: I'm currently Head of History at Mexborough School. I love history and believe in its power to transform and inspire disengaged students. My main aim in life is to change my little corner of the world and make a difference.
I've been involved in a wide range of e-learning initiatives and achieved some success in pioneering the use of IWB, PowerPoint and Video Clips in the history classroom. Now a days these ideas all sound very ordinary, but six years ago we were at the cutting edge. As a department we are always on the look out for fresh ideas and big contributers to www.schoolhistory.co.uk. In my spare time I run a variety of seminars on the use of ICT for various universities and companies. I have an open door policy at my school and all history collegues are always welcome to come and visit and share ideas, resources and good practice. No timewasters please! |
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Franck Le Cars: My name is Franck Le Cars, I'm a French teacher of history in the French bilingual system (a third of my history and geography lessons are taught in English). I live in Montpellier. Following a meeting in Lisbon about E-learning objects Juan invited to introduce myself and my professional background to the group and to say what I could bring to the project.
My experience is not very long. After archaeological studies and a grant in contemporary history from the Historial of Peronne (WW1), I've been teaching for 10 years. I have worked in the USA, Great Britain, Belgium and France at different levels from the 1th form to the University and pedagogical institutes, frequently in a bilingual context. This Multilingual environment is a great approach for multiperceptivity in history teaching. My background in history and European topics is recent but diversified. I do some teacher training too about Europe, multilingual teaching and project running. My competences are mainly a consequence of theses experiences with its strengths and weaknesses. My main subject of researches and teaching is Europe and to be involved in several European projects is, in a certain way, a solution to be involved into its construction. Europe faces a larger transformation than its enlargement, it profoundly and rapidly moves and it is a passionate issue. On ICT, I started to build a network and publish resources during my university years, when the web was truly a community, my first e-twining project started 10 years ago but I am still challenged by IT. For my point of view, ICT is just a tool to serve human purposes. I am doing my best to cure my original disabilities and I got a little experience as a web editor or resources provider for the CIEP (International Centre for Pedagogical Studies). I have a little practice on projects which brings me a wide approach and tool of evaluation and dissemination. What could I bring to the group? Well, I won't promise anything; just share my pleasure to exchange experiences and may be a contribution on practical and theoretical approach of teaching history in another language in France. Bilingual teachings are usually isolated and poor on resources, ICT play a key role there! And Juan told me that the next meeting will be in Toulouse, my region and I'm frequently there. |
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Lance Price: Lance Price was educated at Sackville School, East Grinstead, and Hertford College, Oxford, where he was awarded a First in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE).
Lance Price is a writer, broadcaster and commentator who divides his time between the UK and France. He is the author of two books, The Spin Doctor's Diary, an account of his time working at No.10 Downing Street, and Time and Fate, a novel. He appears regularly on the BBC, ITV and on radio. He has written for newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph, The New Statesman and The Independent on Sunday. He is also the co-author and principal photographer of the Berlitz Guide to Iceland. As a travel photographer his work has appeared in Rough Guides, Bradt Travel Guides and Berlitz Guides. As Alastair Campbell's deputy in No.10 and then as the Labour Party's Director of Communications, Lance Price was at the heart of Tony Blair's media team. Before working for New Labour he was a BBC journalist. He was a Political Correspondent for most of the 1990's and had worked previously in Northern Ireland, Birmingham, London, Washington and the Middle East. |
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Simon Ross: I qualified to teach History in the summer of 2005. I have worked since then at Little Heath School, an 11-18 comprehensive on the edge of Reading. I am currently leader of Key Stage Five History coordinating the teaching of 95 sixth-form historians. I am planning to develop the department's use of ICT and explore the possibilities of distance learning. Encouraged by my colleague Ed Podesta, I have already set up http://www.ilovehistory.co.uk/. This website is using 'blogs' and 'podcasts' to help History students across Little Heath and beyond. This year I have also started a Students as Researchers project. Through a collaboration with the Department of Education at Oxford University, and BECTA, 30 students were trained in educational research techniques. The students have investigated a number of questions to do with teaching and learning at Little Heath using a variety of methods: lesson observations, interviews, and questionnaires. http://www.studentsasresearchers.co.uk/ Before training to teach I completed an MPhil in Educational Research Methodology. As part of this, I investigated the implementation of the 'political literacy' strand of Citizenship education in English schools. I have also worked as a sailing and windsurfing instructor and continue to be active in extra-curricular activities at school, including Duke of Edinburgh's Award and drama. |
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Andy Schofield: Andy Schofield is Headteacher of Varndean School, Brighton, UK, an 11-16 mixed comprehensive technology college. Varndean was listed as an outstanding school in OfSTED's recent roll of honour and under Andy's leadership has also developed as both a centre of innovation and a school that works in partnership with others. The school's software company, Varndean e-Learning, has over 400 schools and colleges nationwide as customers.
Andy has taught in schools in Sheffield, Devon, Essex and East Sussex. He is a member of Futures Vision, the think tank of the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust, as well as being a member of the Trust's Headteachers' National Steering Group. Andy is also a freelance journalist, writing for the Times Educational Supplement, as well as about football. |
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Neal Watkin: I have been a History teacher since 1997 and worked in two large comprehensive schools in East Anglia. I am currently working at Neatherd High School, an 11-18 in Norfolk. I resigned my Head of History post three years ago to become an AST and I now do work within school and across the county. My specialisms include using ICT within the classroom, Thinking Skills, Gifted & Talented Education, curriculum planning and making school trips memorable. This means I get to work with a range of staff on a one-to-one basis and develop good practice within schools. |
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