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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