#TMLondon 2016

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Why can’t professional development be this good in our schools?

On Wednesday 23rd March 2016, over 400 teachers came together in their own time to take control of their professional development. The event trended on Twitter across the UK from 6.30pm until 11pm; click here to see.

If you attended or followed @TeachMeetLondon online, this post will not need explaining. Even as I write, three days later the hashtag TMLondon is still full of content; professional development organised and led by teachers in their own time is buzzing the minds of those who attended or watched online.

We even had a team of ‘doodlers’ sketching the event. Click here to view the full image.

Preparation:

There was a great deal of preparation and planning for this TeachMeet, despite the first conversation only taking place 3 months ago, we managed to pull off one the greatest teacher-led CPD events, ever (again)! This would not have been possible, without the prowess of @SuperAsmy, @TinaTinaWard, @lucian121 and @i_atkinson; as well as the reprographics, IT Support and premises team at the school. This all became evident on the day when all staff switched into gear.

It was a moment to feel proud.

Organisers:

It would not be possible to organise such an event without the hard work of a superb group of teachers who, for the past 4 months have given up their time freely, to help plan the event. We have been planning the marketing and organisation of the event to a fine detail. Thank you to:

• @ActionJackson
• @ASTsupportAAli
• @BennieKara
• @DiLeed
• @ICTEvangelist
• @ICTMagic
• @iTTeachRE

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Keynotes:

Thank you to Emma Mulqueeny (@hubmum) and to Jaz Ampaw-Farr (@jazampawfarr) who spoke during the evening. To read the biographies of each of the keynotes, click here.

Emma Mulqueeny and Jaz Ampaw-Farr were brilliant! Thank you to both for giving up your time to speak at the event.

Presentations:

Click the presentation title to download the content.

Title of presentation  / Name / Twitter ID

Keynote: Women in Tech	Emma Mulqueeny	@HubMum
Multilingual Creativity	HOST: Di Leed	@DiLeed
to be uploaded	Conor Heaven	@ConorHeaven
to be uploaded	HOST: Bansi Kara	@BennieKara
Inspiring Lessons	QK staff: Martin Stone	n/a
Magic Moments	Catherine Steel	@TaffTykeC
Creating Hook with Tech	HOST: Martin Burrett	@ICTMagic
Leadership Transitions	Jill Berry	@JillBerry102
Social Mobility	QK staff: Colleen Jose	@DesignQK
Project-Based Homework	Kimberley Constable	@hecticteacher
Teaching and Learning Top Tips	HOST: Amjad Ali	@ASTSupportAAli
Question Time	Ty Goddard	@Ty_Goddard
Keynote: Ambitious Resilience	Jaz Ampaw-Farr	@JazAmpawFarr
My Great Form Tutor	HOST: Andy Lewis	@iTeachRE
Impact on students	QK staff: Cedric Lakole	n/a
Writing Less, Better	Michael Smyth	@tlamjs
Responding to Feedback	Sean Williams / Rachel Califf	n/a
Poetry Slam	Graham Chisnell	@chizkent
How can we improve teaching?	HOST: Ross McGill	@TeacherToolkit
Empowering Others	Hannah Wilson	@Miss_Wilsey
to be uploaded	Kenny Frederick	@kennygfrederick
IT’s Working	HOST: Mark Anderson	@ICTEvangelist

Full Videos:

Thank you to Leon Cych (@eyebeams) for live-streaming the event, offering CPD to teachers all over the world.

Click to play the first half footage …

Click to play the second half footage:

Photos:

Thank you to Martin Burrett; his collection of images taken during the event can be found on Flickr, by @ICTMagic.

See you next year?

TT.