James Huggins, Made in Me, LWF Talk, London 2011

Digital storytelling for young learners

James Huggins is the Managing Director of Made in Me, a multimedia publishing company that creates interactive games, books and toys to inspire young children to learn. The company has launched The Land of Me, an interactive picture book world where young children and adults can engage in a variety of creative activities including music composition and storytelling.



Abdul Chohan, Essa Academy, LWF Talk, London 2011

1:1 mobile device deployment in a school

Abdul Chohan, Director, Essa Academy discusses the impact and results of school wide 1:1 deployment of iPod touch and iPad devices to every student and staff member.

Essa Academy is the first school in the UK to give out iPod touches to all students and staff. The Academy believes in allowing students to access information and deepen learning beyond the classroom.

The creativity that that has been inspired by the use of this technology has been amazing. Staff and students are able to have seamless communication that allows learning conversations to develop and feedback to be of a higher quality as well as being personalised.

The technology has been an enabler of transformation and has also contributed to our vision of the new build that has recently commenced.

William Rankin, ACU, LWF Talk, London 2011

1:1 mobile device deployment in a university

William Rankin, Director of Educational Innovation and Associate Professor of English, Abilene Christian University presents at the LWF Festival of Learning & Technology discussing the campus wide deployment of iPads and mobile devices within the university.

Theodore Gray, Wolfram Research, LWF Talk, London 2011

Are we ready for e-books?

Theodore Gray, Co-founder, Wolfram Research and author of best-selling iPad title, The Elements, presents at the Learning Without Frontiers Festival of Learning & Technology.



Iris Lapinski, CDI Europe, LWF Talk, London 2011

Iris Lapinski, Director, CDI Europe presents her LWF Talk at the London LWF Festival, January 2011. Iris discusses with the help of learners how the Apps for Good programme is working with learners from different backgrounds to design, create and market mobile Apps.