Archives for Education and Learning Group

Annual Conference and AGM

Monday 14th June 2010

Tullie House Museum and Gallery, Carlisle

9.30-10am       Signing in, refreshments, welcome

10.00am          Ben Walsh: Archives at the Cutting Edge

It has never been more important for the cultural sector to bring its collections and expertise to the widest possible audience. Building cultural capital can help to promote the self esteem of a student and can be a starting point for better understanding between communities. This session looks at the ways in which various archives and museums have used cutting edge technology as the vehicle to engage young people in studying, enjoying and making use of archive collections.

Ben Walsh, history author, trainer and examiner

10.45am          Andrew Payne: delivering remote services to schools via videoconferencing and virtual classrooms.

11.30am          Coffee break

11.45am          Mary Mills: Changes in the History curriculum (in England) and how they can help us to ‘sell’ archives to teachers.

12.30           Martyn Farrows, Magic Studio: From the collection to the classroom: using the web to engage directly with teachers and learners

1.15pm         Lunch

2.00pm         Katy Iliffe, Sedbergh School:  “Archives for Infants: Education projects with Sedbergh Junior School”.

2.45pm         Peter Eyre and Guy Woolnough. Their Past Your Future

3.30pm         tea break

AGM

Booking form available at: http://www.archives.org.uk/resources/Training%20Booking%20Form%2007.doc