VICTEC Teachers’ workshop Introduction Professor Ruth Aylett Centre for Virtual Environments University of Salford

Overview n What is VICTEC? n Why this workshop? n Who is here n What is happening

What is VICTEC? A project funded by the EU under E- Learning n Partners in 3 countries –2 UK, 1 German, 2 Portugese n Developing software l For Personal and Social Education l Focusing on education against bullying n Using Virtual Environments and Synthetic Characters l Creating empathy between child and character

The VICTEC team n Computer people l Producing interactive drama with synthetic characters n Psychologists l Experts in bullying l Experts in evaluuation n Education experts l Schools inspection

Why this workshop Project depends on schools n Understanding bullying l Believable scenarios n Understanding the educational process l Interventions and educational messages n Understanding how ICT can be used l Embedding it in classroom practice

Who is here People from 3 countries n Teachers l UK (Salford and Hertfordshire); German; Portugal n Project team members n EU obeservors Three languages - native English speakers please take note!

What is happening Saturday: morning and afternoon sessions n , 2-5 Social event in the evening Sunday: morning session n

Sessions - 1 Saturday n What is known about bullying –Professor Dieter Wolke and Sarah Woods n Interventions and case study –Debra Massey, St John’s CE Herts n Our schools –Groups share local experiences –14.00 Groups continue to then report back

Sessions - 2 n How can ICT help? –Malcolm Padmore –Group brainstorming –Groups report back Sunday n How ICT is being used in anti- bullying education –Malcolm Padmore –Demos of existing packages n The way forward