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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (Draft)

Day 1 - December 1, 2011

Time Room Event/Session Speaker/Presenter Moderator
8:30   Conference Registration Norma Christie and Team  
9:00 2 Conference Opening Tyrone Wilson, Managing Director, eZines Ltd. Conference Chair, Avril Crawford, e-LJam
10:00 2 1st Plenary Marc Canter, co-founder, Macromedia Flash Ingrid Riley, Kingston Beta
10:40 C O F F E E     B R E A K
Time Presentations
Room 2
Track 1
Business Innovations & Vendors
Room 3
Track 2
Education & Training
Workshops
Room 4
Programming Workshops for High Schools
Room 5
11:00 Presentation #1
Technology Enhanced Teaching: Is it worth the Effort - Dr. Winsome Russell, UTech -
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Workshop #1

Incubation and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Mauvlyn Bowen and Ms. Dionne Palmer, Technology Innovation Centre, UTech.

 

Workshop # 2

Pascal Programming for Teachers,
Sandra Bloomfield

 

Workshop #3

Programming with Pascal for High Schools
Dwayne Parchment & Andrew Samuels
11:30 Presentation #2
"ICT in HEART"
Delize Williams, Vocational Training Development Institute
12:00 Presentation #3
"Connected Learning - Microsoft Resources for Transforming Education in the Digital Age"
Darren Mohammed, Microsoft (View Profile)

 

Workshop #4

One Computer - 30 students: We show you how to do more with less!"
Christopher Reckord, Innovative Corporate Solutions
12:30 Presentation #4
"Success Factors in Introducing Distance, Flexible & e-Learning in Technical and Vocational Skills Development
Allison Mead Richardson, Commonwealth of Learning
13:00 L   U   N   C   H
14:00 Presentation #5
"Testing the Efficacy of an Instructional DVD for Learning the Concept of the Lathe Machine - A Pilot Report on Selected Mechanical Technology Students in 3 Technical high Schools in Jamaica"
- Simon Yalams, Aaron Taylor, Barrington Brown, Dale Henry

 

Workshop #5

Understanding the Building Blocks of an Enterprise Network
Mark Green, Vocational Training Development Institute

 

Workshop #6

Preparing and Managing an Online Course in Moodle Learning Management System
- J. Bartley-Bryan and E. Allen

 

Workshop #7

Programming with Pascal for High Schools
Janice Lynch, UTech
14:30 Presentation #6
"Foreign Language Training in Our Golden Belt of foreign Investment: Some Considerations"
- Martha Corbett-Baugh
15:00 D E L E G A T E S
N E T W O R K I N G
Workshop #8

Caribbean Beta:
Dane Spencer, CEO/Managing Director, Smart Mobile Solutions (SMS)
15:30 Presentation #7
11.11.11 ON Initiative - Chris Harper, Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation
Skype Presentation
Workshop #9

Caribbean Beta:
TUMP IT, Omarie Case, Lead Developer
16:00 Closing Session: Panel Discussion & Day 1 Wrap up
"Cloud Computing - Are We Ready for this?"
Gary Campbell - Director of Technology, OPM
  1. Gary Campbell -Director of Technology, OPM
  2. Chris Reckord - Innovative Corporate Solutions
  3. Michael Hosue - ICT Consultant
17:00 End of Day 1

Day 2 - December 2, 2011

Time Room Event/Session Speaker/Presenter Moderator
8:30   Conference Registration Norma Christie and Team  
9:00 2 2nd Plenary Session Natasha Johnson-Richards - Go Digit All, UK        (View Profile)  
  4 Start Workshop #10 Technology Integration
Venturo Bryan, Moneague Teachers' College
 
9:40 C O F F E E     B R E A K
Time Presentations
Room 2
Track 1
Business Innovations & Vendors
Room 3
Track 2
Education & Training
Workshops
Room 4
Programming Workshops for High Schools
Room 5
10:00 Presentation #8
"Enhancing English Language Proficiency of Jamaicans Through Technology"
Clover Jones McKenzie, UTech    (View profile)
Workshop #11

One Computer - 30 Students; We show you how to do more with less!"
Christopher Reckord, Innovative Corporate Solutions

 

Workshop #10 (cont'd)

Technology Integration
Venturo Bryan, Moneague College

 

Workshop #12

Programming with Pascal for High Schools
Dwayne Parchment & Andrew Samuels
10:30 Presentation #9
"University and Business Partnerships: Can they really work?"
Paula Cook MacKinnon, MindBloom Consulting

 

Workshop #13

FLOW Presentation
11:00 Presentation #10
"Distance Learning Support Innovations for Academic Success"
Dr. Jeannette Bartley-Bryan, UTech

 

Workshop #14

TBC

 

Workshop #15

"Googling: AutoGoogling or just Googling in the Classroom"
Ritwa R. Smith
11:30 Presentation #11
"ICT in HEART"
Delize Williams, VTDI

 

Workshop #16

TBC
12:00 Presentation #12
"Enriching the Student Experience: Professional Development in Learning & Teaching"
Dr. Winsome Russell, UTECH & Paula Cook MacKinnon, MindBloom Consulting

 

Workshop #17

TBC
12:30 Presentation #13
"The Caribbean Knowledge Learning Network: Benefits of C@ribNET to institutions and governments of CARICOM Member States"
Colleen Wint & David Edwards, CKLN

 

Workshop #18

TBC
13:00 L   U   N   C   H L   U   N   C   H
14:00 Presentation #14
"Learning about Business Practice through Leading Practitioners: Research on Student Use of a Video Database"
Dr. Gregory MacKinnon, MindBloom Consulting & Acadia University.
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Workshop #19
To Be Confirmed

 

 

 

Workshop #20
"Electronic Workbench: A Practical Solution to Laboratory Challenges"
Everton Lewis & Clive Thompson, UTECH

 

 

 

Workshop #21
Programming with Pascal for High Schools
14:30 Presentation #15
"Best Practices in Teaching in Behavioral Sciences"
Paulene Gayle-Betten, MSc - NCU
15:00 Presentation #16
"Learning Management Information Systems for Technical & Vocational Education & Training"
Dr. Halden Morris, UWI
15:30 D E L E G A T E S
N E T W O R K I N G
16:00 Closing Session and Awards Ceremony
17:00 Refreshments and Networking
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