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Project Conference 9th July 2015
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Welcome to the Expansive Education Network
Congratulations are due to all the teachers who took part in a conference to celebrate the outcomes from a successful first year of the project, which were disseminated at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London in July. Teachers from the Thinking like an Engineer project joined in a celebratory day with those from Manchester who had participated in the Tinker Tailor Robot Pi project. We heard from teachers who had incorporated EHoM into their teaching and welcomed those who have joined the project in the autumn for the second year.
We had some very positive feedback from Dr Rhys Morgan, Director of Engineering and Education at the Academy and we were honoured to have in the audience Sir John Perkins, who wrote the Review of Engineering Skills report (2013), and Sir Robert Malpas, former co-chairman of Eurotunnel, who awards an annual bursary through the Academy to promote engineering education.
Presentations
Hannah Enticknap.pdf Camelsdale Primary School
Sharon Crowe.pdf New Forest Academy
Lindsay Davison.pdf Bohunt School
Jo Goodship.pdf The Petersfield School
Scott Reilly.pdf presented an overview on behalf of Reading College, followed by presentations from his five colleagues in the Department of Engineering:
Ben Mhishi
Ian Campbell
Jun Wang
Martin Davies
Noel Wood
Dr Janet Hanson.pdf presented a summary on behalf of the Centre for Real World Learning.
Dr Lynne Bianchi.pdf summarised the achievements of the teachers involved in Tinker tailor Robot Pi, illustrated with some video clips of the ‘Robot dance’.
The Tinker Tailor Robot Pi video of the event, seen through the eyes of the Manchester teachers, demonstrates just how creative and innovative children can be when they engage in ‘tinkology’ and ‘think like an engineer’.