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Rugroom Learners Be Very Afraid!

2010-01-13

Be Very Afraid (now in the sixth year) is an annual event organised by professor Stephen Heppell and the team at heppell.net to showcase (for one day only!) the very best learning in technology projects from around the UK in one place. This year the event took place at the Queen

Be Very Afraid (now in the sixth year) is an annual event organised by professor Stephen Heppell and the team at heppell.net to showcase (for one day only!) the very best learning in technology projects from around the UK in one place. This year the event took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, London. Visitors from all over the world came to see BVA, and were impressed with the variety of the projects being showcased. This year the Cleveratom team brought some learners from City College Norwich ’s Regional Centre for Learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorders Rugroom project to show off their hard work on one of the stands. Rugroom is a project the Cleveratom team have been involved in since 2007, and the team at City College Norwich have built the only learning centre dedicated to learners with Asperger’s Syndrome in the country. Cleveratom work hand in hand with the college, its staff and learners to embed engaging, enabling and inclusive technology into learning. Around 180 learners with Asperger’s now attend and add value to the college life, the Rugroom has gone on to win awards at national level, including the Association of Colleges Presidents …

Topics: Learning technology

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