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Brownhills Community Technology College will be hosting a showcase to highlight their magnificent achievements, with BT support. With limited places, we cannot offer an open invitation however we are delighted to welcome existing and potential Community of Practice partners who can contribute either: Expertise, Endorsement, Publicity, Recommendation, Take-up and/or promise to have FUN! The session will cover (Agenda at foot of page):
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Community Engagement
- Local & Global Citizenship
CITIZENSHIP engagement both with their Local Community Association, cluster schools and their virtual Hothousing with Koch Goma Uganda
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Click on this image for the Local Community Association project! 
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Click here for the Global project with Koch Goma! 
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...and here for the VLE used with Brownhills and its cluster schools, here: Watling Street Primary! 
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Physical & Virtual Hothousing
Local work videoconferencig out to Koch Goma Uganda from Brownhills School, their award winning work at the BT Global Hothouse...and also a mini-hothouse on the day with their cluster primary schools!
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Click on this image to see an example of our physical and virtual Hothouse using videoconferencing! 
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Click on the image for a PDF Download One page intro to Global Hothousing - why bother? Followed by detailed 2-page example Lesson Plan
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On the day you will be able to see these live in
Demonstrations Room1: Live Hothousing
'Mini Hothouse' with Brownhills students, local cluster primary schools...and live videoconferencing with a UK and Global school!
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COPSS - Community of Practice Support Software (COPSS & VLE cluster)
COPSS includes a very powerful VLE. The VLE is now also deployed with cluster primary schools, and just starting with the Local Community.
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Click here for a PDF Over--and-under-the-bonnet tour of the Community of Practice Support Software of which easiCOP and VLE are examples 
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Download a PDF Over-and-under-the-bonnet tour of this remarkable VLE which is also being used with cluster schools, the local community AND also features rigorous, solid and secure modules used also by our COPSS software 
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You can see these together with 'live' videoconferencing observation of the Hothouse in
Demonstrations Room2:
COPSS, VLE and associated modules
Featuring:
DATASync Interfacing to SIMS and also
Our 'killer app'
Integrated VideoConferencing!
(We recognise that most schools have their own preferred VLE solution and so it has been very important that modules can be used separate to or fully integrated with a single log-in to existing VLE's.)
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Paul Johnson, our Brownhills Education Champion has proposed that both children AND adults will have an active role: For the Hothouse challenge, we will present the various Brownhills projects plus easiCOP and the VLE including videoconferencing, and then challenge participants, children and adults to address:
How would YOU take things further?
Paul is inviting Brownhills students and teachers, its feeder primary schools, and 'infuencers' from the Walsall Local Authority, and other local/regional experts. We think this spreading out from the school locally and further plus asking the attendees to actively contribute is a great way forward!
Here is the agenda:
[11.00 Arrival, Set-Up & Tea/Coffee with CHOCOLATE biscuits (sponsored by Tony Houghton or other)!]
11.30 Welcome & Introductions
11.45 Hothouse Challenge 1! How might you take things further?
12.15 Presentation 1 & Feedback
12.30 Working Lunch & Demonstrations
12.45 Presentation, Communication and Collaboration skills coaching
13.00 Hothouse Challenge 2! How would YOU take things further?
13.45 Presentation 2 & Prizes!
14.15 Close & Informal Discussions
14.30 Depart
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