A string of forthcoming regional PebblePad User Group Meetings will take place in September and October. The meetings will take place:

• Midlands - 21 September 2010, Aston University
• Scotland & NE - 27 September 2010, University of Edinburgh
• North West - 26 October 2010, University of Central Lancashire
• London & SE - 28 October 2010, TBC

These informal meetings are offered to anyone supporting the use of PebblePad. In them we will have a whizz through the new features in version 2.5, preview of PP3,  and seek your thoughts and suggestions for its future ‘shape’.  Of course a really important feature of the meetings is just to catch-up with us and with each other.

There’ll be at least two of the PebblePad team at each meeting so you’ll also have chance to seek advice on how you’re using PP and to show off anything that you would like us (and the assembled throng) to see.

We look forward to seeing you somewhere in the UK soon.

For more information plase visit this link

Resources from the PebbleBash 2010 conference are now available here: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/conference.asp.

Resources include presentations, themes and comments, case studies, the conference publication and even the resume video clip.

Hopefully some of those resources will be of use to you for your work or studies. Enjoy!

Anyone who is interested in the conference publication "Effective use of PebblePad: A collection of case studies from PebbleBash 2010" can purchase a copy by following this link. The book is available both in digital format (pdf) as well as a hard copy. Individual case studies can be found here.

About the book: "These case studies begin to capture some of the unique affordances of the personal learning system, PebblePad. It is a tool wholly founded on improving learning and we believe it to be without equal. However, it is just a tool – albeit one which is based on sound educational principles and borne out of extensive pedagogical practice. As a tool it relies on the people who use it to use it knowingly, insightfully and deliberatively. Just as there is an art and a science to teaching so there is both capacity and understanding associated with the best uses of PebblePad."