VICTEC Teachers’ workshop

IntroductionProfessor Ruth Aylett

Centre for Virtual Environments

University of Salford

Overview

What is VICTEC? Why this workshop? Who is here What is happening

What is VICTEC?

A project funded by the EU under E-Learning Partners in 3 countries

– 2 UK, 1 German, 2 Portugese Developing software

For Personal and Social Education Focusing on education against bullying

Using Virtual Environments and Synthetic Characters

Creating empathy between child and character

The VICTEC team

Computer people Producing interactive drama with synthetic

characters

Psychologists Experts in bullying Experts in evaluuation

Education experts Schools inspection

Why this workshop

Project depends on schools Understanding bullying

Believable scenarios

Understanding the educational process Interventions and educational messages

Understanding how ICT can be used Embedding it in classroom practice

Who is here

People from 3 countries Teachers

UK (Salford and Hertfordshire); German; Portugal

Project team members EU obeservors

Three languages - native English speakers please take note!

What is happening

Saturday: morning and afternoon sessions 10-12.30, 2-5

Social event in the evening

Sunday: morning session 9.30-12.30

Sessions - 1

Saturday 10.30 What is known about bullying

– Professor Dieter Wolke and Sarah Woods 11.20 Interventions and case study

– Debra Massey, St John’s CE Herts 11.50 Our schools

– Groups share local experiences– 14.00 Groups continue to 14.30 then report

back

Sessions - 2

15.00 How can ICT help?– Malcolm Padmore– Group brainstorming– Groups report back

Sunday 9. 30 How ICT is being used in anti-bullying

education– Malcolm Padmore– Demos of existing packages

11.00 The way forward