Pamela McLean(UK Africa Connections) has kindly agreed to run Teachers Talking/Dadamac Day as a Fringe Event of BarCamp Africa UK

Teachers Talking/Dadamac Day is a yearly an online Celeberation which Discusses the Training and resoucing of ICT teachers to make a better impact on thier students.

It is a low bandwidth online party to suit the needs of people logging in from Africa - so expect lots of typing - and no fancy sound and pics for most of the time.You are welcome to simply drop in, or bring your laptop, log in, and really join in the party.

Story of Teachers Talking

Teachers Talking (TT) started in 2004 when John Dada needed someone to run an introductory course on ICT for local teachers in Nigeria - so he asked Pamela McLean (who often did brief informal introductions to computers when She was on "working holidays" in Nigeria.)

She willingly agreed to run John's course, She then realised how out of practice she was - and in need of updating. She hurriedly sent out a cry for help and set up a yahoo group for rescuers.

In less than a fortnight with more than a dozen people in the support group from four continents, She left for Nigeria, in November 2004, with an online "information cupboard" of useful resources (in the form of a wiki), and a group of online well-wishers who were interested to connect up with the TT course participants. The interest of these well-wishers influenced subsequent developments in TT and Dadamac. They enabled the friendly online exchanges that were the highlight of TT's daily practical sessions.

This years Celeberation Schedule

There are three parts to a TT course:

* The No-Computer Computer Course (NC3): providing relevant ICT related activities to do back in school

* TT-online: which includes the experience of being part of a supportive trans-national online community

* Hands-on computers: which gives enough practical experience to build teaching confidence