Specialist Schools and Academies Trust - Leading into the future July 2010
The feedback from delegates was overwhelmingly positive here are some of their comments:
"John was fantastic- great passion and information"
"John Davitt's presentation style was excellent - at the end of the day, despite everyone having learnt lots already, he kept everyone hooked".
National College - June 2010
“Could be 2 hours! Brilliant, excellent speaker very involved workshop”
“Fantastic - was the highlight of the 2 days”
“Excellent engaging session”
“Shame we had to cut short would happily have sat for two more hours – brilliant”
“Exciting, engaging - high energy involvement. Left us with lots of new ideas”
“Superb - left the session with motivation and some 'know-how' as to how to transform learning”
“Needed to be 2 hours long. Energising and inspirational.
“Broke down barriers to using teacher login”
“Great chance to do and try things out. Continues the challenge for teachers to see the potential in technology”
“Opportunity to think/reflect on approaches to learning in a refreshing way. How to engage learners.”
SLDM - Devizes April 2010
Thank you for today, I really appreciate the session you ran for us today, personally I enjoyed it very much and I did have a very positive ‘vibe’ from the rest of the group during the day.
I have had the evaluations back now and have had a quick skim through. We use a rating system with a maximum score of 6 and I think I’m right in saying that every delegate scored both your sessions 6.
Doesn’t get better than that.
Norfolk County Council Annual Conference - March 2010
On behalf of the team of three in the front row on Thursday, thank you! We all arrived in work this morning brimming with ideas, and enthusiasm. Not that we didn't have those already! But the window of possibilities has just got wider! It was just a shame that the team of 362 could not be there too!
I am writing to express my thanks to you with regards to your involvement at this week's conference. The quick offline feedback from both schools and suppliers was very
positive with a clear key message that all felt that attending had been a rewarding and enjoyable experience. It only remains for me to express heartfelt thanks and I look forward to
working with you again some time in the future.
Professor Stephen Heppell - March 2010
John is one of those rare folk who I could listen to over and over and over again, constantly discovering something fresh about learning in this new Millennium. Somehow John's mind has merged and absorbed the playfulness of children and the reflection of great practitioners. What he says is grounded in common sense, inspired by vision and just flippin' reaffirming to hear."
February 2010 - ESIS Merthy Tydfil
Thanks for such an inspirational talk yesterday at ESIS-sedimentary rocks will never be the same again
January 2010 - SSAT London
A very big thank you again for all your support on Thursday, the feedback from your presentations was excellent.
November 2009 - Microsoft Durham
Thanks for an extremely interesting, engaging and active session last week in Birmingham. Thanks again for the day and I've really enjoyed your book.
November 2009 - North East's Got Talent Durham
Let John know we had excellent feedback on the day regarding his keynote, we're due to send out electronic evaluations this morning and expect more positive comments.
I was at the North East’s Got Talent yesterday and thought you were fantastic…
October 2009 - Wales
Could you convey my grateful thanks to John for opening our Conference today and providing such inspirational, informative and entertaining workshops.
The feedback was extremely positive and everyone came away talking about what they could use in the future.
October 2009 - Wiki Conference
I adore your pacing. It was relaxing and entertaining.
You are wildly creative.
You created a trust factor in minutes. Amazing to watch. I felt a sense of community-- something I have never felt before.
July 2009 - Swindon
What a fantastic talk this morning - Swindon Leaders were blown away. A HUGE thank-you.
June 2009 - SSAT London
I am writing to thank you for your contribution to our event. Our event was a huge success and this was in no small part due to your involvement. The feedback from delegates has been overwhelming. Some comments are: "John Davitt very inspiring, a great end to the day", "John Davitt - excellent - light hearted but great underlying message". There are many more comments that we could have included here, so again, thank you so much for helping us to make the day such a success and we look forward to working with you again soon.
June 2009 - Basildon
Entertaining and thought provoking. Thank you!
Fantastic - v informative and entertaining
Really enjoyable speaker! . Loved Wordle.net!
Fantastic very informative and Entertaining.
Hertfordshire ICT Conference -March 2009
The keynote speech is very important to us, especially having it at the start of the day as it sets the scene for the rest of the day. The ICT team and the delegates enjoyed it and it provoked a lot of thought. It was pitched just right thank you, stretching us but not being out of our reach. Your break-out was also enjoyed by delegates. Truly inspiring talk this morning. Thank you.
Oxford Heads Conference - March 2009
Thanks for your splendid sessions for us at the Oxfordshire Heads' Conference last Thursday. I really enjoyed your ideas and activities.
Norwich Schools ICT Conference, March 2009
I am writing to express my thanks to you with regards to your involvement in last week’s conference. The feedback from both schools and suppliers was very positive with a clear key message that all felt that attending had been a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
I have received messages direct from various schools into my inbox and your session was clearly enjoyed and appreciated as you were mentioned independently to the general feedback. It only remains for me to express heartfelt thanks. NAACE, Blackpool March 2009
How do you describe John Davitt? If you've never listened to John, you've really missed something! My description, humorous, free form, eccentric.
The last two sessions I went to were both with John Davitt, a keynote and then I stayed on for his breakout session. A truly fun guy who seems to have more ideas per minute than I do all day.
SSAT, February 2009
What I found most useful were: John Davitt - a picture of what can be done, John Davitt and allhis Gems, John Davitt session especially the time line / teaching learning generator. Im going back enthused - thank you!
Essex e-Folio Conference February 2009
Just to say we have had some very good feedback from our conference yesterday. Thank you for giving us such a refreshing viewpoint, I have already had several comments about the sheep!!
Cornwall - January 2009
I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone who attended our conference, your session was very inspiring and certainly made folks think, and engaged, especially our KS3 teachers. You certainly set the scene for the rest of the conference. Since the conference I have received many emails from delegates saying how much they got out of the two days and how much they enjoyed your session.
Loughborough - January 2009
I attended your superb presentations at the ICT Register Event last Tuesday. I was inspired and revitalised by your words - thank you
Newquay- January 2009
I enjoyed your talk SOOOO much yesterday at Newquay. Inspiring and energising - thank you so much.
Thanks for a great morning, It was inspiring
SSAT - January 09
I would like to extend our warmest thanks to you for giving such interesting and valuable keynote presentations and workshop sessions. Initial feedback from delegates is of a highly successful event and we are therefore most grateful for your contribution.
St Mary's, Clapham, London - Nov 08
Thank you for helping to make our staff conference such a success. Your session was enjoyed immensely by everyone.
JISC Online Conference - Nov 08
I know I have already thanked you informally, but on behalf of the JISC
e-Learning Programme I would like to thank you for your excellent
closing keynote in the Online Conference. The level of discussion and
debate was the highest we have seen over the three years of running the
conference. We appreciate the time you have committed to the event and
also the enthusiasm you generated for this area of work.
Halifax - Oct 08
Have just attended the IT conference in Halifax at which you spoke. I thought you were awesome - so motivational and inspirational. Thank you for being the high point of the day. Loved your introductory talk this morning and your workshop this afternoon
Wandsworth - Oct 08
Just a quick note to say thankyou very much for your session with our Primary Heads last Friday. They thoroughly enjoyed it
Thank you so much for such an inspiring session.
July 08 - Boston, USA
John was a speaker at BLC08, Boston, USA July 2008 "I had the pleasure of hearing John Davitt’s keynote at BLC08 and then afterwards, having several conversations with him. I ended up purchasing his book, New Tools for Learning Accelerated learning meets ICT." "My conversation with John Davitt at lunch (as well as his presentation) inspired me to think about how my students can live in both the digital world and the real world. How can their writer’s notebooks, art sketchpads, and be combined to capture and reflect on the world as they see it?" "The Thursday morning Keynote presenter was John Davitt, a British author, developer of learning tools, former English teacher, and educational writer for the Guardian. What began an ingenious display of British wit turned into a thoughtful and entertaining hour-long demonstration of how to engage and inspire an audience of educators (or a classroom of learners)." Throughout his keynote presentation and afternoon session, which I also attended, Davitt offered up a number of memorable “one-liners” such as the following that contained subtle yet important messages for school administrators and teachers: Chase the endorphins of enthusiasm, lets make schools delightful, stress kills learning, students go through school getting assessed but never noticed. Had the extreme pleasure of attending John Davitt’s keynote this morning. Currently I’m sitting in his ‘after keynote’ session. He has a ‘Learning Event Generator’ that with one click, it creates assignments that make students think, design and create an end product. Why not get John to send you the Learning Event Generator? (Or just run it from his site.) You can customize it with your own ideas to make it fit to your curriculum. You’ll engage your students and make learning fun! And if you ever get the chance to see John talk - run, don’t walk, to see/hear him. John makes learning fun. I have to say that I am very intrigued by what he has to say. He began the keynote showing us his iPhone. He'd scanned some notes he'd scribbled on and somehow got them into the iPhone. He also showed his eBay feedback page and made the point that he received more feedback on his eBay page than we often do in our schools. In both cases, he made it clear that we have tools out there that we're not taking advantage of for our students. "We need to tap into the Web 2.0 wisdom that is out there." The Building Learning Communities conference (July 16 - 18) (BLC08) has been very good. Keynoter John Davitt was excellent – funny, informative, and challenged my thinking. I attended several quality breakout sessions; I took notes and thought about how I would share what I have learned when I get back to my school. The bottom line, for me, is that this visionary illuminated what I have believed in my heart for a long time: schools are a place that can inspire when we unlock the possibilites that our current realities constrain. It's our job as educators to provide this for our children and their future. Thank you, John, for your work.
July 08 - IOE
I was one of the delegates at the conference at the Institute of Education yesterday. I'd like to thank you for your presentation -- it was one of the best presentations I've seen in years: really fresh, funny and interesting to look at.
July 08 Bristol
On behalf of the SW Conference Planning Group, we would like to thank you for the seminar and closing keynote which you so kindly delivered at the SW 10th Anniversary ICT Conference on 2nd July. The success of the day to which you contributed will stay in the memory of the delegates for some considerable time, although it already seems a long time ago as we turn our thoughts to next year. We are fortunate in this region to be able to call on the inspiration and goodwill of practitioners such as yourself to spread examples of good practice among colleagues from the same region. This is much appreciated by teachers who value the advice form those with first hand experience.
June 08 Loughborough
Please pass on my thanks to John Davitt who made people think outside of the box and provided a different perspective to IT and education. "enjoyed your talk and the thinking it stimulated".
June 08 Digital Storytelling Lincs
Totally Inspiring, and also allowed me to develop practical skills that I can use in the classroom tomorrow..Thanks for your work with us at our conference on Friday - everyone had a great day. Thanks for great day we really enjoyed it. We can't wait to transfer our enthusiasm and new skills to school.
Many thanks for yesterday it was great evaluations all good or better Hillingdon London Thank you for the time and effort you went through to come to our Bradford ICT conference on Monday. Your input was greatly appreciated.
May 08
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation at Dorset ICTIS Conference in Hamworthy last week April 2008 Your input in Caerphilly was invaluable in provoking delegates at the start of the day, and getting them to reflect on why and how they use ICT to support teaching and learning. April 2008
March 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed your seminar at SLICT last Thursday. I didn’t manage to make some of the connections until on the way as you throw so many ideas/questions at your audience.
Thank you for your inspirational workshop at the SLICT conference yesterday
Richmond 15 february 2008
Excellent Day
Fun & Interactive Delivery
Great Presentation
Engaging
Gadget Lovers dream
Great for Multi Style Learners
Inspiring makes me want to go do creative ICT stuff now!
Day went so quickly
Could have done a two day course easily
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into the CD which is very useful
Tools for the School of the Future, London, Nov 07
"Good starting point for lots of creative projects".
"Very informative, Fantastic Delivery"
"Totally informative, entertaining and enjoyable. I Loved it!"
"Very effective ideas and resources. Very good presenation."
"Super Presentation, Engaging Style and really kept me interested."
"Well worth the journey from Wolverhampton."
Spratton Hall, Northants Sept 07
"Thank you for a super INSET”.
Knights Templar, Baldock Sept 07
“You pitched the day absolutely perfectly for our staff”.
Stoke ICT Conference 5 July 2007
The feedback sheets and comments were extremely positive and delegates took away lots of great ideas as well as a license from both you and Stephen Heppell to try them out!
Phil, VLE Co-Ordinator, Wakefield
I came across your podcast on the RM site, the one from their National Conference in Manchester. I really like your style, very subtle, informative and above all, engrossing! I cant tell you how many podcasts Ive sat through and realised half way through that I had missed the last ten minutes because my mind had wandered onto something more important, like what is for dinner. Thanks for a very informative speech, its really motivating
Torquay Delegate, 4 July 2007
John Davitt used a lovely phrase at Torquay. He called for an 'Adhocracy'. He said ad hoc had negative connotations but this blending together of ICT tools that do the job is an art form that we should learn to love. They are not uniform and just dont sit on the same platform.
Telford Delegate, 22 June 2007
Just wanted to say how much i enjoyed your keynote at the Telford & Wrekin ICT conference last week - really entertaining, interesting from a psychology point of view and very pedgogically thought provoking, sparked my enthusiasm again - thanks for the inspiration!
Telford ICT Conference, 22 June 2007
I thoroughly enjoyed your keynote and it went down very well with delegates. That was just what we had hoped for but you've now made it harder to for us to find speakers for next year!
The Hawthorns School, Bletchingley, 20 April 2007
This is just a short message to say thank you for the excellent day you provided for the staff at the Hawthorns last week. The feedback I had afterwards was all very positive and I am sure that the ideas you suggested helped those attending to begin to think differently about the way in which ICT can play a significant role in their teaching and the pupil’s learning. You managed to pitch both sessions at just the right level and your introductions and the activities that these led into stimulated a lot of interest in both groups.
Pembrokeshire ICT Conference - 16 April 2007
Thank you so much for your invaluable contribution to our ICT conference here in Pembrokeshire yesterday. All the teachers who attended the event were inspired and all feedback was very positive.
We hope that we will be able to work together with you again in the near future
Effective ICT Across the Curriculum- Issac Newton 19 March
Very good day
John was very approachable, knowledgeable and friendly
Birmingham Catholic Partnership Inset Day - 9 March 2007
Everything was very thought provoking. Info put across with humour. Good resources especially use of paper (ie not always A4) excellent ideas to use with pupils
A Bill Bailly of the teaching world!
Content and Ideas Excellent, can apply to teaching and learning and to improve learning in the classroom
Very funny and entertaining session that set us up for the afternoon
Creative session, all ideas shown during am session were followed up with 'doing'. excellent
Very good entertaining speaker session involving practical, hands on tasks
Very informative and learn about a number of ICT based methods that should change the students learning
Newcastle City Council - 30 Jan 07
On behalf of the ICT Strategy team, may I offer my sincere appreciation for your keynote speech at our conference on Tuesday which helped make the event such a memorable occasion for all concerned.
Your style of delivery and interaction both illuminated the audience and provided an exciting start to our day.
The practical demonstrations reminded all of the power of ICT that we already have and not to look too far forward. I am truly convinced that the ideas you showcased today will enthuse our teachers to look at the wealth of opportunities they already have in their schools.
I am in total agreement with those delegates who commented that your presence and demonstrations made the conference a resounding success. Your seminar feedback was very positive and complimentary.
London BETT Exhibition Jan 13th 07 I very much enjoyed your session at BETT this year Great Session - A real eye opener and different viewpoint Here's to the Here and Now Loved your Toolkit - great ideas about great ideas Cardiff 27th November - Newtools Conference
Delegate:"Very impressed with course. Speaker was excellent, I came away with lots of new ideas. Great!"
Delegate: "This was an excellent course. It was entertaining and full of great ideas."
Delegate: "Excellent, common-sense advice for using ICT as an inspirational tool in the classroom."
Delegate: "An excellent course: Thought provokingchallenging, practical sessions for developing skillscommunicating with others an plenty of ideas to take back to school."
Redbridge 15th November ICT and Literacy Day
All teachers attended the course found it very worthwhile. In particular they enjoyed:
Having time for the hands on activities
Lots of practical ideas/activities/resources to take away
Lots of information on new products and software, useful for bringing ICT into classroom.
Lots of possibilities for Literacy - Just need time to sit and play
Very Useful
Excellent Speaker
London 8th November Managing VAK in the classroom.."I was on the VAK course yesterday and had a most informative and enjoyable day - well done!" "A brilliant day full of practical ideas..thank you." Waltham Forest - November 2006
Can I just take this opportunity to thankyou so much for your input and sessions yesterday. It has proved to be a really popular day and one of the reasons that keeps getting mentioned about the success was your keynote session, which has already been quoted back to me twice today (the 10p curriculum!). It was a really great day and that was down to the enthusiasm of the presenters for the event. Can I just thank you for this. It really made the day work.
RM, September 2006
On behalf of myself and all the senior managers who attended your lecture, we would like to say a big thank you to you. Your lecture was highly entertaining and motivating and it certainly gives us all something to think about.
London Borough of Redbridge - Ilford June 2006
Your input was excellent. Thanks for helping make an excellent Conference. According to the evaluations "more Davitt is required"
Xchange - Belfast June 2006
"Thank you most sincerely for taking part in the international Xchange 2006 ICT Conference... We especially appreciated the time and effort you took to prepare your contribution and for its outstanding quality. The openness with which you shared your thinking and expertise with the delegates was much appreciated. Without exception, we have had the most positive feedback possible from the delegates - 60% of whom came from outside Northern Ireland. we, the organisers, are most grateful to you for your part in that."
Institute of Education - London May 2006
"You've given me 12 weeks worth of teaching ideas and practical suggestions thank-you"
Presented in a humorous but thought provoking way
Exceeded my high expectations
This was an excellent course with practical ideas and very well delivered. CD with course content - very useful
A renewed excitement and enthusiasm for myself about ICT to pass onto others
All my aims were met you have definately given me lots of ideas and I cant wait to look at the cd myself
Stress free ways of intergrating the technology into lessons
Conference Feedback Newport March 2006
Challenging people (teachers, pupils) to stop think & open their minds Could have listened all day
Create climate for children to learning and faith
Don't need state of the art equipment to use your resources well Dynamic speaker - very inspirational - Gave confidence about use of ict in school
Emphasis on pupils learning
Engaged the audience while demonstrating IT Techniques
Enlightening entertaining & Thought Provoking
Entertaining speaker who talked about using ICT old & new Entertaining, underlined importance confidence / having a go excellent delivery, recognizing need to select tools that fit
Excellent speaker with a clear message to all educators
Highlighting the good in basic tools - being creative is key
Highlighting the key issues of ICT in the curriculum
His humorous & ability to bring things down to earth -very empowering how children were made to feel during a lesson
How to make resources interactive and accessible Humorous
Look at ICT links within IT Ideas suggested were useful;
very inspirational Informative on how children learn Inspiration for the classroom
Inspirational overview to impact of ICT as an influence on children's learning
Inspirational, Freedom, Random (A good thing)
Inspiring from start to finish Punchy & entertaining
Interesting new ideas e.g. scrolling word lists
Interesting, entertaining view on ict moving forward, look at which tools are useful or not
John Davitt excellent speaker, put IT & ICT into realistic context for life & learning
Listening to ideas on what ict means & will do in the future
New tools should captivate & energize children more
Opening your mind to ICT and how it can be used
Potential for IT reality check for using IT
Practical, realistic suggestions, encouraged me to reflect provoking
Put ICT into realistic context
Realistic down to earth attitude
Realistic vision, realize singing from the same hymn sheet
Refreshing off beat presentation.
A very knowledgeable skilled presentation
Reinforced view that ict is a useful tool seeing ict in new way - making sense of potential
Superb delivery, provoked thinking, best Lecture ever
Superb talk full of humor that kept the listener focused
Teachers having faith in their own decisions with ict
The approach very stimulating / thought provoking as well as entertaining
The connections & Contextliasing of learning The way ICT was put across through the skills of the speaker Thinking how far we have come and what we still need to do
thought Provoking - enjoyed the session
Thought Provoking - Trust yourself
Thought provoking about using ICT - highly entertaining V. stimulating, entertaining good message re learning put across
Very entertaining Very interesting rather than useful wider picture, general purpose of ict
March 2006 - Birmingham
Just a note to say thank you for your input on the Partnership INSET day. It was a very successful day for all subject areas and evaluations have been very positive."Very Good and Informative", "Lots of innovative ideas for ICT use."
March 2006 - Newcastle
Just a quick note to say thanks once again for your Keynote at the Newcastle Making IT Happen 3 conference. It was very well received and ratings were high
February 2006 - London
Thank you very much for coming to lead us on Monday. The whole day was inspiring and informative. Since then, my colleagues have told me how much they enjoyed the day and how much they got out of it.
We have been using photostory and have great plans for a radio station as well as using a bit of Flash.
My teaching colleagues really enjoyed your morning presentation, my teaching assistant colleagues enjoyed the recording and filming better.. Everyone went away feeling they'd been challenged and inspired, and learnt new stuff. Excellent
February 2006, West Midlands - Al Meets ICT I enjoyed the relaxed approach and the change to experiment with the ideas in a practical way. Really enjoyed the course - cant wait to try it out with children after half-term! An excellent course - full of very useful and realistic ideas, all of which I can see being used in the school. Lots of teaching and learning 'tools' - all of which are going to be accessible to my staff. Interesting, thought provoking course, with an excellent speaker in John Davitt.
CLC Innovation Day Feb 06 "what a good day we had - almost as much fun as walking up an Italian mountain .. excellent to have adults playing, it was like some mad techie creche!I Thanks You ,
Al Meets ICT London Jan 06
A Most helpful and reassuring course. Lots of good ideas. Very enthusiastic and informed presentation of material. Fabulous course, great venue but most importantly...come away with ideas to use in the classroom - tomorrow! Activities were well differentiated (unusual for an ICT Course!) Good to be able to find software (free or not) and where to look/what to use it for. Useful course. Good tips and tricks to take back to school. Will definitely try some.
BETT, January 2006
Heartfelt thanks for your huge contribution to our keynote presentation for the Becta/TES day of action. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
TES, Merlin John
DFES, January 2006
Thanks once again for your time, you were invaluable. The feedback from your session which we've received so far has been extremely positive.
London December Camden School for Girls.. So many thanks for your work here with us on Monday. . Hoping to see you in the New Year.
London - November 2005 Newtools Workshop
Brilliant as always. Presentation had lots of realistic ideas.
Gave me ideas about applying ICT to teaching more imaginatively.
Some useful ideas to explore later; ie. Exploring Soundfiles and incorporating into literacystories
Thought Provoking - Good presentation that kept me entertained
Relaxed atmosphere, lots of great ideas for use in the classroom. I really enjoyed creating animation - sound and movie.
Bexley - October 2005
The course was engaging and thought provoking delivered with humour and pace
An unusual entity - a course that was of practical use and enjoyable
Loved all the hands-on, epecially the flip-chute and the audacity download
Very good lecturer who engaged us as learners
I am writing to thank you for your fantastic contribution to the Naace All Members’ Autumn Conference on 30th September – 1st October. We are still awaiting the formal evaluations to be processed, but the initial feedback suggests that the event was extremely well received, and I know delegates really appreciated the opportunity to listen to your presentation.
August 2nd 2005 Jersey
Thanks for a brilliant presentation - I have never laughed so much while I was learning - It has made me look at the potential of ICT in critical skills work in a new and powerful way - the disc to take away and use in a splendid bonus
July 5th Al Meets ICT Manchester
Ideas 'gleamed' will assist in the development of school based projects.
I liked having the opportunity to explore further developments.
Found out how to do lots of new things. Got introduced to Flash and Apple Airport Express.
Loved the CD it makes it easier to start back at school.
Lots of really practical ideas John was really interesting.
I liked the motivation to try out the activities.
I enjoyed working with other teachers and to rehearse new techniques and use of programmes.
July 4th AL Meets ICT London
I loved the small informal nature of the groups
..the ideas that I can use back at school tomorrow
..the ideas for the kinasthetic learners
..the active sessions
..the generous sharing of resources
..the good pace
June 2005, Birbeck Primary School May I thank you for an inspirational day. We all gained so much from it. Seldom have so many people commented, not only on the content and value of the day, but also the enjoyment they gained from it. June 2005,
"The course was delivered in a fun way that kept me alert."
"I thoroughly enjoyed the variety of ways in which we were taught and the reasons explained."
"I enjoyed being able to relate topic to own learning and enjoyed the relaxed and humourous environment."
"I enjoyed talking to other teachersassistants and enjoyed the method of presentation which was varied".
"It reinforced the knowledge I have of the subject and taught me more. It made a clear connection between learning styles and multiple intelligences".
London, April 2005, Your specific expertise gave delegates an opportunity to experience and enjoy one of our key themes as learners themselves. Many thanks again. I hope you had time to enjoy some of the day as much as I did.
Fantastic workshop leader. Very detailed, self learning time allowed. Brilliant ideas really well explained on how to employ it. Amazing to see what is possible with IT and animation in SWA time-feasible projects. Offbeat and kept the attention well. Fun while learning (we were allowed to laugh).
Middlesbrough 22nd April Quite simply you opened my eyes to how easy it is to use ‘the new tools’ to record and respond to other prompts. Fantastic!!! I was a delegate at the Middlesbrough Conference last Friday and attended your workshop. Thank you for that!! – it was quirky – stimulating – exciting – funny – but we learned and there was a meaningful outcome – exactly what we should be doing with children.
Lewisham, March 2005
"A very big thank you for your keynote presentation at the primary ICT Conference in Lewisham last week.
ICT Co-ordinators overwhelmingly commented on how much they had enjoyed your presentation and how it inspired them. Always inspires me as well."
March 2005
"Thank you so much for the course on Monday, which I found most inspiring. It was exactly what I needed. Since then, some of my kids have already created small animations and I have myself managed to learn the basic skills to create some simple Flash animations. Thank
you again. The potential is mind blowing!"
March 2005
"Can't believe over a week has gone by since the Inset. There was so much positive feedback about the day and your input, it was spot on. Some of our less ICT confident staff were particularly enthusiastic and appreciative. Your manner and style helped put people at ease, and helped us see some things we value in a fresh light.Year 6 have already started using audacity, they just happened to be doing sound in Science the following week! Other folk have shared ideas for how they're going to try things out in their classes. Thank you once again."
SETT 2004
Connected a Scottish Education online journal have recently asked the Irish visitors to the SETT confereence for their comments on the experience - read about their views summarised by John Anderson here.
Thank you so much for the excellent INSET you provided us with a couple of weeks ago. The morning was a great success and the staff enjoyed the content of the presentation and the activities greatly. Regardless of their ability all of the staff felt that the language and tone of the presentation was just right and I feel that everyone involved will have been inspired to try out your suggestions.
It was great to be presented with such a realistic and light-hearted view of a subject which still remains very daunting to many.
Many thanks
Beyond the Hardware - The Impact of IT on Learning, Hounslow Oct 04
"Fantastic Day - So many things written down and promises of implementation next Monday. Best bit of INSET Ive had in a long time".
"John Davitt - fab at practicalness".
"Yes! John was inspirational and I'm keen to go home and check out the C.D!"
"The John Davitt presentation was brilliant. Really inspired confidence to take on the ideas and links perfectly to what our school is looking at."
"John Davitts' presentation was inspirational and provided lots of useful tips and ideas that can be used in school - cant wait to get back and share them with staff and try them out in the classroom!
"SETT Conference Glasgow, 22nd September 2004 Delegate feedback Thank you for your inspirational and highly entertaining keynote at Wednesday's SETT... I loved your talk at SETT. It was refreshing and inspirational ... I was hugely inspired by your brilliant address to SETT it was the highlight of the conference as far as I was concerned.
South Gloucs Council. September 2004 John Davitt led a session entitled 'ICT Meets Accelerated Learning' which colleagues found very useful as it "prompted a rethink of how to use the technology simply but creatively" and provided "simple techniques" and "effective ways of using 'snippets' of ICT to inject into lessons".
E2BN Conference, July 2004 Beyond the Classroom and into the Future . The conference was concluded in fine style by John Davitt. Graphically illustrating that the apprehension felt when you think you may be asked a question - the answer to which you haven't a clue - is a phenomenon not confined to young pupils he gave a new twist to the theme of "fearless learning". Fear is a barrier which needs to be removed if successful learning is to take place: by pupils or teachers. Are we in the future? Not yet - we're in an uneasy limbo between trying to move towards what we think is coming within a context developed for 19th Century needs.
Bexley County Council , September 14th 2004 Thank you so much for the presentation you gave yesterday in Bexley. Many of the delegates remarked how much they enjoyed the experience. I can say you were an enormous hit with us all and we look forward to hearing and seeing you in November!
Kent County Council , July 2004 "Thank you for your keynote address at the Kent AST conference the other day. The evaluation forms were very favourable and we are already starting to plan for next year. Thank you again for your contribution and inspirational thoughts".
Moray Council Inverness/Elgin
Learning to think - thinking to Learn May 2004
"Great simple, innovative ideas which could easily be used in any classroom. Good amount of hands-on experience too."
Darlington Launch of NGFL May 2004
"Thanks John for a great piece of input - you certainly made an impression."
Middlesborough ICT Conference February 2004
"Thank you once more for the wonderful keynote speech you
gave at Middlesbrough's ICT Conference. Several colleagues have mentioned how much they enjoyed the session and how it had made them think about using ICT in new ways. I added the link to your site immediately afterwards so that anyone can follow up the session for themselves."
Luton Annual ICT Conference March 2004
"Thanks very much for your input last week - It went very well - I have seen some of the teachers since and they are still buzzing about your session."
Norfolk LEA Annual ICT Conference April 2004
"Thanks to you for your support and for the
excellent presentations you made at this years conference."
Portsmouth City Council - ICT Conference March 2002
"Thank you for taking part so fully in the conference last Friday. From comments on the evaluations it is clear that teachers found your in-put to be inspiring and motivating. It was a pleasure working with you".
Penta International - ICT Conference February 2002
"A big thank you for your very interesting and stimulating contribution to our conference on Saturday. There was a great deal of praise for your presentation, from our delegates' evaluation forms and many commented that they would have liked to hear more from you - which is always a good sign".
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| D4AL - Active Learning with ICT Roadshows Autumn 2010 | | “The last three hours have been wonderful, working in a park, identifying trees and researching the space race
via QR Tags – It’s been a spellbinding learning event”
D4AL (Designs for Active Learning) World tour continues with dates in
London 4th October
Scotland 5th Otober
Dublin 6th October
These events consist of a morning exploring the potential of a variety of tools and approaches and an afternoon on your own Outdoor Learning Adventure |
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