ICT Register Showcase - Achieving Learning Potential
Tuesday 16 March 2010, Holywell Park, Loughborough


Speaker Biographies

Zoe Ballard, Corey Briffa, Karl Lewis, Nicole Devlin, Damon Culbert - Lodge Park Technology College, Corby

Zoe Ballard is the teacher representative at the KS4 student council meetings and supports the students in successfully running their student council.

Corey Briffa is a year 10 student with specific responsibility for the KS4 council's communications on Moodle. He is also responsible for fielding students concerns and ideas which are sent to him via the designated email address and text number.

Karl Lewis is also a year 10 student who joined the council to ensure student views are counted. Karl is the council's general secretary and is responsible for organising meetings and keeping a record of all minutes.

Nicole Devlin is a year 11 student who is responsible for the regular student blogs.

Damon Culbert is a year 11 student who is an active member of the student council

Gill Hollamby - Hamstreet Primary School, Kent

Gill Hollamby is a primary school teacher at Hamstreet Primary School in Kent. She is the ICT co-ordinator and has been responsible for taking Hamstreet from the pre-computer age into the 21st Century, achieving the ICT mark for the 2nd time in 2009. She is passionate about the ability of ICT to engage and enthuse children of all ages and abilities. She is a Leading ICT teacher and works both within her own school and with other schools as Hands on Support provider for the partnership to develop ICT as a powerful Learning and Teaching tool and has shared her experiences both here and abroad.

Donna Rogers - Hamstreet Primary School, Kent

Donna Rogers has a strong ICT change and project management background; her area of expertise is in managing changes to working practices and people skills within education.

As Kent LEA e-Learning Officer for 3 years. She managed the development of the Learning Platform strategy for both primary and secondary education. Advising schools developing their strategic vision for online personalised learning, incorporating the Self-Review Framework, to achieve their vision.

Donna is now 'Digital Learning Facilitator' specialist for Ashford Rural, a cluster of primary schools, supporting leadership in the development of 21st Century technologies and building confident digital learners of all ages for the enjoyment of creative ICT.

Kimberley - Ryton Park Primary School, Worksop

Kimberley started her teaching career at Ryton Park Primary School, Worksop having graduated from Sheffield Hallam University. She is now venturing into her second year at the school, teaching in KS1. Kimberley was asked to join Brian Huxley and the RPTV team at the end of her NQT year, immediately jumping at the chance to combine being creative, working with children from KS2 and to further develop her ability in ICT. Brian was the founder of RPTV in 2007 and has now developed it into a larger and more adventurous project working alongside Worksop Fire Station and local schools. As a new member of staff to the team Kimberley is excited to start her own projects. She has been asked to develop a school Eco team in the school, which she can combine with their regular RPTV News show to bring news on their successes and fund raising initiatives.