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The Futurelab Innovations Workshops bring together experts from research, design and practice to investigate how new technologies can impact upon learning in 5, 10 and 15 years' time. Ideas and practice are shared between participants through a variety of short presentations detailing current work, in-depth discussion about visions of future practice, and conversations about paths to realising ambitions. Each workshop provides an opportunity to think creatively and to investigate the potential of working within a rich and diverse group. See the events section for details of future workshops.
NEW - please see showcase section for details of our two new innovations projects: Teachers as Innovators and Models of Innovation.
Outcomes from past innovations workshops
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Future music: investigating the role of technology in enhancing public appreciation of and participation in music
What does technology offer to developing musicians? How do digital technologies enable new ways of composing, performing, sharing and appreciating music? This workshop created an opportunity for experts interested in this area of learning to investigate technologies, contexts and new approaches to music.
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Pre-school: the role of technology in building strong foundations in learning
Investigating tangible input devices, appropriate activities, playful investigations and learning contexts designed to support young children, this workshop aimed to develop an understanding of the opportunities emerging technologies can provide in supporting early stage development of lifelong learning.
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Future TV: involving learners in creating their own learning environment
The development of iTV provides an opportunity to bring content and interactive experiences into the centre of home life, providing new opportunities for learning that raise important questions about the design of digital tools for learning and the learning context that support them.
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Future phones: mobile, connected and interacting learners?
This workshop considered the learning contexts and activities that are made possible by emerging 3G phone technology (eg opportunities to access resources, experts, peers and family at all times and in all locations), as well as highlighting the problems associated with this new approach to learning.
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Investigating the educational toolset for the PDA
This workshop explored the potential for mobile-connected technologies to be harnessed to create enriched learning experiences.
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Young people, health and technology
This workshop focused upon how technologies can be developed and applied to aid learning of health issues, to enable young people to develop a 'health conscience' and to make appropriate healthy lifestyle choices.
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Emotion technology
This workshop investigated the learning potential of emotion technology, a developing area within the field of Artificial Intelligence.
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Visual display technology
Visual display technologies are widely available in classrooms throughout the country. This workshop explored the possibilities for their future use.
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