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Time
8.30 - 9.15	Coffee and Registration
9.15 - 9.30	Introduction and Welcome	Christine Brooks,Training Manager, Renaissance Learning
9.30-10.00	Bev Humphrey Literacy Consultant	Technology is evolving all the time and many young people use it with ease. Web 2.0 applications are usually free and can be used in all subjects so that I.T. is truly cross curricular. In addition it’s fun for both adults and pupils! This session will hopefully help you discover at least one or two easy to use school apps. that will help you look very I.T. proficient.
10.00 - 11.00	Author Presentation Tommy Donbavand HOT to PLOT Read Tommy's full biography by clicking here.	Tommy Donbavand is the best selling author of the ‘Scream Street Series’ and the ‘Too Ghoul For School Series’. He also writes for a number of magazines, such as the Times Educational Supplement (TES) and Junior Education. Tommy will show how by helping students create a plan for a story before writing the first word you can remove the fear that can be easily induced by a blank sheet of paper or empty computer screen.
11.00 - 11.15	Coffee Break & Book Signing
11.15 - 12.00	Marina Lee Clacton County High School	Marina’s guide through the perils, pitfalls and delirious delights of Accelerated Reader.
12.00 - 1.00	Lunch and Book Signing
1.00 - 1.15	Tommy Donbavand
1.15 - 2.15	Author Presentation Mark Robson Read more about Mark here.	'Where's the fun in Creative Writing?' In this interactive workshop Mark Robson, Children’s Author, will cover fun and innovative ways of injecting enthusiasm into creative writing
2.15 - 2.45	SSAT Kathy Heaps	Kathy Heaps is a former Head Teacher and has spent the last year gathering together good examples of excellent literacy projects from across English Secondary Schools. Her independent report has just been published by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and in this presentation she will share some of these best practices.
2.45 - 3.00	Coffee Break & Book Signing
3.00 - 3.45	Using technology as a writing tool Richard Hubbard	This session will be very much hands-on and will see you learning inspirational writing techniques that make the best use of simple technology.
3.45 - 4.00	Book Signing