TeachMeet and TeachMeet Takeover

If you don’t already know, there are a couple of TeachMeet events attached to BETT 2010.

On Friday night the main TeachMeet session will take place in the APEX Room at London Olympia. You can sign up for attendance or, if you’re willing, offer to present. All the details are available here on the TeachMeet wiki.

The other event taking place this year is TeachMeet Takeover. This involves BETT vendors giving up some time on their stand for educators to present and share ideas.

Takeover sessions will be happening throughout all four days of BETT and the timetable of sessions is available here. There are a couple of slots left if you wish to give a presentation.

Ian Addison from Hampshire, and regular contributor to this blog, will be presenting at the Roar Educate stand (K56). His presentation is sure to be interesting and informative so if you’re attending BETT then please come along to K56 at 12pm on Thursday 14th.

News from the HECC Indiana State Conference

Last week, the HECC Indiana State Computing Conference was held in Indianapolis in the historic Union Central Conference Center. What was unique about this conference for Studywiz was the use of our product as the official mobile conference site. Every attendee at the conference (950 people!) was given an iPod Touch and a login to the conference site.

Live footage from NECC09!

Check out this video footage taken by our Education Advisor, Wilkes Baugh, from NECC09 in Washington DC!

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Check out the latest pictures of Studywiz at NECC09 in Washington DC!

Studywiz in action @ NECC09!

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