Archive for 2008

MEC 2009 Keynote Announced

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

We are honored to have David Whyley open the MEC 2009 conference on March 9, 2009!

David Whyley has over 30 years experience as a teacher and educationalist in the City of Wolverhampton (England). He is an Ex- Primary Headteacher, who now, as part of the e-Services team, has the role of Headteacher Consultant - Learning Technologies for the City. The e-Services team has recently been awarded the 2008 ICT excellence award for school support.  

David’s expertise in learning with technology has been used by most of the major UK National educational agencies, such as the Primary National Strategy, National College for School Leadership  and BECTA. He is an ICT Mark Lead assessor and an accredited  NCSL facilitator. David has specialised in developing new ways of learning and teaching, exploiting both broadband and mobile technologies. David has a learner centric vision for education with personal any time anywhere access to technology at its core.  

As a lead member of the award winning innovative Wolverhampton “Learning2Go!” mobile learning initiative, he has presented the main findings nationally and internationally. As part of the Learning2Go team David was awarded the BECTA 2006 ICT in Practice award for Collaboration, the inaugural Management Today Award for Mobile Working and more recently his work in this field was recognized by the award of an honorary doctorate of technology from Wolverhampton University.

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iCademy Site Updated

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The iCademy website is now up to date with the latest information regarding the 2008 - 2009 Digital Story and Photo Essay Contests. Please visit iCademy.asu.edu for more information.

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Email Newsletter Available!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

We now have a newsletter to help keep you informed of the latest updates about MEC 2009. Please take a moment and sign up for the MEC 2009 Newsletter in the box on the lower right hand corner of this page. Thank you!

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