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Archives Education at the Cutting Edge: Archives for Edcuation and Learning Group Annual Conference and AGM Monday 14th June at Tullie House Museum and Gallery, Carlisle 09.30-10am Signing in, refreshments, welcome 10.00am Ben Walsh: Archives at the Cutting Edge It has never been more important for the cultural sector to bring its collections and expertise to the widest possible audience. Building cultural capital can help to promote the self esteem of a student and can be a starting point for better understanding between communities. This session looks at the ways in which various archives and museums have used cutting edge technology as the vehicle to engage young people in studying, enjoying and making use of archive collections. Ben Walsh, history author, trainer and examiner 10.45am Andrew Payne: delivering remote services to schools via videoconferencing and virtual classrooms. 11.30am Coffee break 11.45am Mary Mills: Changes in the History curriculum (in England) and how they can help us to 'sell' archives to teachers. 12.30pm Martyn Farrows, Magic Studio: From the collection to the classroom: using the web to engage directly with teachers and learners 13.15pm Lunch 14.00pm Katy Iliffe, Sedbergh School: "Archives for Infants: Education projects with Sedbergh Junior School". 14.45pm Peter Eyre and Guy Woolnough. Their Past Your Future. Cumbria at War Intergenerational learning project 15.30pm tea break AGM £60 members £70 non members Lunch and refreshments included. Please go to www.archives.org.uk to download a booking form This e-mail contains confidential information (which may also be legally privileged) and is intended solely for the use of the intended named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient you may not disclose, copy, distribute or retain any part of this message or its attachments. If you have received this message in error please notify the originator immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. Incoming and outgoing emails may be monitored in line with current legislation. All copies of the message received in error should be destroyed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the original author. This email message has been scanned for viruses, and declared to be virus free at the point of exit from Cumbria County Council's network. http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra