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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Invitation to the third METAL workshop on January 11<sup>th</sup> 2012</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://explainingmaths.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/branding.jpg"><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCBBDE.2C438CA0" alt=STEM-MSOR-Nottingham></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Are you interested in creating and using media to enhance your teaching, or are you already doing so?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Do you want to learn from what others are doing or share your experiences?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The METAL (Media Enhanced Teaching and Learning) project is a University of Nottingham school led project that aims to build and support the growing community of staff involved in creating audio visual teaching material.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This project is funded by the University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Strategic Fund, with some additional support from the <a href="http://mathstore.ac.uk/"><strong><b><font color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:blue'>MSOR Network</span></font></b></strong></a> and the <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://hestem.ac.uk/">National HE STEM Programme</a></font></b></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The third project workshop will take place on Wednesday January 11th 2012 from 10:30-16:00 in the Keighton Auditorium, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD. Lunch will be provided, courtesy of the<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></strong><a href="http://mathstore.ac.uk/"><strong><b><font color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:blue'>MSOR Network</span></font></b></strong></a> and the <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://hestem.ac.uk/">National HE STEM Programme</a></font></b></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At this free workshop you’ll be able to find out what facilities and support are available in Nottingham, try out some of the hardware and software, find out what others are doing and talk about your experiences and any concerns you have. We hope you can join us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You can register here: <a href="http://bit.ly/u3E57P">http://bit.ly/u3E57P</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The first two project workshops were held in May and June 2011. The ‘Take the Floor’ sessions, in which people talk about their work, proved very popular. We hope to have more of these at the next workshop, so if you would like to give a short informal talk (1-10 mins) on the uses you have made or would like to make of media in teaching, please indicate this when you register.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For links to further information about these workshops, and some recordings from the earlier workshops, visit my blog page at <a href="http://wp.me/PosHB-el">http://wp.me/PosHB-el</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joel Feinstein<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Dr J. Feinstein Tel: +44-115-9514968<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Pure Mathematics FAX: +44-115-9514951<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Nottingham NG7 2RD Web: http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/~jff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> United Kingdom Blog: http://explainingmaths.wordpress.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>