How can you integrate technology into hands-on, tactile learning experiences? Let’s explore creativity, visual literacy and divergent thinking using mobile devices for learning in your cross-curricular classroom. Full of apps, lesson ideas and concrete examples from real classrooms, this course delivers adventures and resources in edtech art-making.

Requirements: iPad and a number of apps required for participation in this session

Tags: Primary and Secondary, apps/software, curriculum/skills

Delve into the Digital Technologies Hub Scope and Sequence. The Digital Technologies Hub has released a Scope and Sequence for foundation through to year 10. In this hands on workshop you will explore the Scope and Sequence for F to 2, try out some of the activities and explore connections to other key learning areas.
The Digital Technologies Hub is a free resources that supports schools with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. A range of resources including lessons plans and a comprehensive scope and sequence for each year band assist teachers to build their confidence and capacity to plan and implement the Digital Technologies curriculum. The Hub includes other supporting materials designed to facilitate planning, teaching and assessment.

Requirements: Internet connected device to access and read DT Hub material.

Tags: Primary, Early Years, curriculum/skills

Learn how to program a simple maze game in Game Maker Studio 2. The skills you learn could be the beginnings of a new course you teach at Years 9, 10 and Stage 1.

Requirements: Need a laptop or tablet with Game Maker Studio 2 installed (free version).

Tags:Secondary, apps/software

After exploring some examples of multi-disciplinary school projects, attendees will use the design thinking process as a scaffold to plan a project that they can take back to school. Examples will come from both primary and secondary environments.

Requirements: Laptop/tablet beneficial but not necessary

Tags: Primary and Secondary, curriculum/skills

The ELB Academy supports teachers across Australia to confidently adopt new technologies or develop their skills using existing technologies in their classroom. Lindsey Davis, the ELB Academy manager will be demonstrating some simple and flexible teaching technologies in this engaging and hands-on session. Interested in making better use of your interactive whiteboard, learning about the possibility of connecting your class to the rest of the world using video conferencing or simply want to see where you can find further inspiration for flexible learning environments? Then come along to our session and bring your mobile phone or personal device to connect with us!

Requires: Prowise panel with built-in PC module or laptop connected. Internet access (wireless keyboard if PC module not laptop)

Tags: EDtech, Flexible Learning Environments, PD opportunities

The Accelium methodology accelerates the teaching and learning of overlapping and complementary contemporary skills and competencies. This workshop will introduce a blended learning experience simulating real life problems and fostering the important competencies of critical and creative thinking and personal social capabilities so important for people to flourish and grow today, and towards the future. We will explore how we can create and use data to better inform our ongoing teaching and learning practices.

Tags:Primary and Secondary, apps/software, curriculum/skills

Why will kids sit for hours immersed in a Minecraft world, but have trouble staying engaged during class? Transform student learning using Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality. This session will focus on the latest in AR, VR and MR and how to implement this technology into the classroom to engage students and transform learning. Find out what everyone is talking about!

Tags: Primary and Secondary, Hardware, curriculum/skills

In this session we will demonstrate our use of the digital portfolio app ‘Seesaw’ in a team-teaching context. By using this app we have created an environment of powerful learners who have learnt to become digital citizens from a young age. We use Seesaw to differentiate learning by ability, learner profile and interest. We will show other apps that are compatible with Seesaw and discuss how to use Digital Technologies to enhance other curriculum areas. Requirements: iPad, tablet or smartphone with Seesaw class app downloaded (if possible).

Requirements: iPad, tablet or smartphone with Seesaw class app downloaded (if possible).

Tags: Primary, Early Years, apps/software

This workshop focuses on systems thinking—its meaning and role in the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum. The session is suitable for teachers of Foundation to Year 10 as the unplugged activities will be aligned to the different bands of learning. No or limited prior knowledge is assumed. Systems thinking is one of three ways of thinking in the Digital Technologies curriculum and is closely connected to the key concept of interactions and impact. It involves thinking about each component in digital and information systems and how their interrelationships affect the functioning not only of that system (or solution) but other systems. Through unplugged activities, participants will appreciate the importance of thinking in circles rather than in straight lines, a hallmark of systems thinking, and how this approach to problem-solving affects the type of digital solutions we create and their purposes. The session is suitable for teachers of Foundation to Year 10 as the unplugged activities will be aligned to the different bands of learning. No or limited prior knowledge is assumed.

ACARA’s Digital Technologies curriculum is a compulsory requirement for students in Reception – year 10. The new curriculum is set to teach coding, design, systems nd computational thinking to all students.  Robotics is a wonderful, engaging medium to demonstrate coding & programming while also developing the 21st century ducational skill set the students of our current generation need to thrive in their ever changing world. Our current Robokids courses written by teachers are designed to facilitate teacher development in these areas. The workshops aim to improve the skills and confidence of teachers in Digital Technologies through a hands on actical approach. Teachers will be actively involved in building robots, completing set challenges, and problem solving. This workshop will give teachers the confidence to Demystify and unpack digital tools used for design thinking. Demonstrate how Robotics can help students acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of digital systems, turning them into digital creators not just digital consumers.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, Hardware, curriculum/skills

I will be sharing how I intentionally incorporate Digital Technologies into my everyday teaching to increase student engagement.
I also run a Junior Primary recess time program called Technology Thursdays, where students can access and explore technologies. An alternative play option for many students, which I will share the set up and positives of.

Requirements: iPad

Tags: Primary, Early Years, apps/software

Steve Iuliano is one of Australia’s leading educators in creating 3D content for VR / MR in education and is tasked with creating and facilitating VR & MR pilot programs around the country for Acer through The School Locker.
You can now create 3D content using free software on almost any platform or device (i.e. Mac, PC, iPad or Surface Pro) and then view this in VR on both cheap google cardboard style devices, or more intense MR setups with hand controllers to immerse your students into their designs giving them perspective, a boost in engagement and incredible outcomes. Imagine creating a scene from a History topic, or sitting in the cockpit of a vehicle they have designed.

Note: 3D modelling can be done in both Primary and Secondary, however, prolonged use of VR is only recommended for ages 13 and above, so the focus will be more on secondary outcomes, however, we will also discuss primary implications in this field.

Requirements: This will be a presentation, you are not required to bring anything to the session.

Tags: Secondary, Hardware, curriculum/skills

A Makerspace is an adaptive space where students can explore, create and collaborate on projects of their own design. Learn how one teacher has started a Makerspace for primary-aged children. Investigate ideas for creating learning that is student-driven, by gathering a team of children who have a keen interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). Participate in a “mini” Makerspace exploring a variety of ideas using Makey Makey, robotics and circuits.

Requirements: Tablet with the Sphero Edu and Wonder Blockly apps and/or a laptop with USB port.

Tags: Primary, Hardware, apps/software

This session is a two part workshop.

Part 1 Is a hands-on workshop for beginners to explore Seesaw (bring a device).

Part 2: Shares a whole school collaborative approach to communicating learning using Seesaw. Includes strategies for communicating learning, developing essential agreements, and bringing parents on the learning journey.

Requirements: Part 1 requires a device.

Tags: Primary, Early Years, apps/software, Leadership

Would you like to write an entire app or game on your iPad using nothing but Python code? This beginner workshop is based around using the Pythonista app to rapidly prototype an iPad game right on the iPad. No computer required! You will leave the workshop with a working app along with additional resources and classroom implementation ideas.
Participants do not need to have any prior Python or app development knowledge. This workshop will also highlight some of the work I am currently doing with my Digital Technologies students.

Requirements: Attendees will need to bring an iPad with the Pythonista 3 ($14.99) app installed.

Tags: Secondary, apps/software, curriculum/skills

In a busy classroom, with an over-crowded curriculum integration of content across strands and curriculum areas is imperative. Looking for new and engaging ways to present content and assess student learning is also equally important. Discover how Year 5 students demonstrate their understanding of equivalent fractions using the App Explain Everything and pizza. See how this activity involves the strands of Measurement, Space, Number and several of the Design and Technology strands. Find out how the task is differentiated to cater for students at different levels of understanding. Complete a hands on activity using the App Explain Everything and discover its potential.

Requirements: iPad – Explain Everything App

Tags: Primary, apps/software

Minecraft: Education Edition is an open world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination. It is the same Minecraft experience many students enjoy and play already, but with some additional capabilities to enable student collaboration in the classroom, and support educators to deliver lessons and learning activities within the game. You will discover how students to play together – whether that’s working in teams to solve a problem or collaborating as an entire class to master learning activities. You will see how Minecraft: Education Edition encourages independence and self-direction, allowing students the freedom to experiment and challenge themselves.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, apps/software

This session will begin with a brief overview of the Australian Technologies curriculum and how the ‘T’ and ‘E’ in sTEm and Project-based learning (PBL) are now integral in the curriculum. Finally, we will explore the ‘thinkings’ that are introduced in the curriculum: Computational; Design; Systems; and Critical thinking and how they might be taught.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, curriculum/skills

This practical workshop will showcase a range of emerging digital technologies that supports the implementation of STEM. Participants will become familiar with and evaluate newly acquired specialised kits that are available to Special Education Resource Unit (SERU) borrowers. The kits have been developed for special education settings and students with disability in the early years and middle primary.

Practical classroom ideas will be explored in the areas of Virtual Reality, coding without robots and the foundations of robotics including Sphero, BeeBots and Cubetto.

This workshop is suitable for educators working in special classes and disability units or with students with disability within R-5 mainstream classes.

Requirements: Participants are encouraged to bring their own mobile device for use in some elements of the workshop. The device must have a valid Google account to log into Google Expeditions

Tags: Primary, Early Years, Hardware

You will have experienced, or be aware of, physical badges being used to acknowledge a skill (such as in the Scouts).
Now there are digital badges. These are very quickly becoming popular with educators as a means of acknowledging skill development in formal and informal learning. Badges are here to stay, but their impact depends on the design and function of the badges and how well they are connected with the learning process.
They are a powerful incentive for students (Years 3-12) in developing their General Capabilities or showing mastery of content. This is a hands-on workshop supporting Teacher Librarians and class teachers to purposefully create and use Digital Badges as a form of eportfolio to track and showcase a learner’s achievements, interests and passions.

Requirements: Please bring your device, some examples of assessment using the General Capabilities, and your USB.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, apps/software

ACARA’s Digital Technologies curriculum is a compulsory requirement for students in Reception – year 10. The new curriculum is set to teach coding, design, systems  nd computational thinking to all students.  Robotics is a wonderful, engaging medium to demonstrate coding & programming while also developing the 21st century  ducational skill set the students of our current generation need to thrive in their ever changing world. Our current Robokids courses written by teachers are designed to facilitate teacher development in these areas. The workshops aim to improve the skills and confidence of teachers in Digital Technologies through a hands on actical approach. Teachers will be actively involved in building robots, completing set challenges, and problem solving. This workshop will give teachers the confidence to Demystify and unpack digital tools used for design thinking. Demonstrate how Robotics can help students acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of digital systems, turning them into digital creators not just digital consumers.

Requirements: All equipment provided

Tags: Primary and Secondary, Hardware, curriculum/skills

Dive deeper into the world of Music Technology in the classroom with hands-on beat making activities and engaging projects to inspire students to create and innovate. Rhyming, lyric writing sessions which bolster literacy, vocabulary, and effective learning will be delivered as though you were the students. The 90 minutes sessions are dynamic, action packed and activity based focusing on purely on student engagement and outcomes that will inspire learners and educators alike.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, curriculum/skills

Showcasing a range of inquiry units used with students from reception to year 7 incorporating the use of Makers Empire and 3D printing.

Tags: Primary, apps/software, Hardware

We are all experiencing a fevered commercial environment where IT companies are trying to cash in on the STEM/STEAM dollars. I fear the basic fundamentals of Computational Thinking are sometimes being lost in the hype of buying “stuff” (robots, programs, kits, printers, notebooks etc) to fill an apparent need, tick a box or substitute basic teaching and learning. (We saw this same hype with K Rudd “Digital Education Revolution”.)

I will outline some basic (not rocket science) methods to get started with Computational Thinking for FREE, no stuff required! My presentation is intended for early years however it is possible that middle to upper primary may apply similar principles. My experiences of teaching “coding” to groups of preschoolers will be shared as a focal point of the presentation.

Tags: Primary, Early Years, curriculum/skills

Come and explore the exciting world of Dash and Dot robots! Have a play around and see how they can be used in classes across the primary years. We will see how you can use these fun robots to introduce advanced concepts of coding through playful projects and puzzles. We will also look at how they can be used to encourage students to build critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, communication, and collaboration skills.

Requirements: Please bring an iOS device (iPad/iPhone) with Bluetooth capabilities. Participants will also need to access and download the app Blockly for Dash & Dot robots.

Tags: Primary, Hardware

How to activate students from passive into ACTIVE learners through a sustainable PBL model.
Students will create a lesson where they will deliver to their peers, collect & analyse data, and reflect on processes and products – modifying as needed.
How will I do it:
1. Students will learn how to edit transcripts, create footnotes and bibliographies and develop questions (multiple choice, fill in the blank, true false, extended response).
2. After acquiring and refining said didactic skills, students will have the flexibility to select content and create and deliver a multimodal lesson to their target audience. Readily available tools such as google (docs, forms, sheets…etc.), Youtube, Daymap/Compass, Facebook, Twitter…will be utilised with an emphasis on sustainability (paperless) and assist with executive functions.

Requirements: Laptops with internet access & Google account.

Tags: Secondary, curriculum/skills, apps/software

Discover why creative, collaborative and flexible stop-motion for mobile devices is a powerful tool for teaching and learning. You’ll learn how to make exciting clips on the spot and leave with resources ready for use in your classroom.
Using mobile devices to produce stop motion clips can empower students to ‘show what they know’. This session will allow teachers to explore versatile tools for animation on there iPads, linking rich tasks to technology that can support learning. Designed to engage participants as students, a ‘learn by play’ mindset, flexible lesson designs will be highlighted for a variety of outcomes and contexts. Pedagogical approaches will be unpacked that support the development of higher order thinking in the classroom, explore iterative approaches towards mastery, and position creativity and innovation as a central goal in any classroom. 

Requirements: iPad and a free app required for participation in this session.

Tags: Primary and Secondary, apps/software, curriculum/skills

How do we engage with deep digital technology learning when resources are limited? Do we really need all the gadgets? Can we teach Digital technologies without the tech? In this presentation we will explore the idea that a large part of the Digital Technnology curriculum area can be taught unplugged, offline, without the tech! Come along as I share resources, ideas and approaches to teaching digital technologies well without the use of gadgets, wifi and technology without losing the deep focused learning for our students.

Requirements: Please bring along any ideas for unplugged activities you have found or used with students if you would like to share them.

Tags: Primary, curriculum/skills

In this session we will demonstrate our use of the digital portfolio app ‘Seesaw’ in a team-teaching context. By using this app we have created an environment of powerful learners who have learnt to become digital citizens from a young age. We use Seesaw to differentiate learning by ability, learner profile and interest. We will show other apps that are compatible with Seesaw and discuss how to use Digital Technologies to enhance other curriculum areas.

Requirements: iPad, tablet or smartphone with Seesaw class app downloaded (if possible).

Tags: Primary, Early Years, apps/software

Come learn about VEX Robotics and how to get involved from in school curriculum all the way through to team participation at the local tournaments. VEX is the World’s Largest Robotics Competition (2018 Guinness Book of Records).

Requirements: Bring a device (Windows/Mac/iPad) to see the platform in action – some time to play with the robots and importantly I’ll be showing the work my students in Year 7,8,9,10 have completed with the platform.

Tags: Secondary, Hardware, curriculum/skills

This 90 minute workshop is aimed at educators for whom Office 365 is relatively new and who are looking to implement solutions to classroom problems right away. It is designed to give educators an understanding of how Office 365 can provide the right environment for better learning outcomes. Educators will learn to become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the device they use. This training will explore Office 365 through hands-on activities that will introduce educators to: The Microsoft Educator Community, Office Online and OneDrive. Participants will be excited by the many tools Office 365 has to offer students and teachers. They will engage in immersive learning activities that will build a strong understanding of how to use technology to improve instruction and meet the learning needs of their students. 

Tags: Primary and Secondary, apps/software

In an era where digital devices are ubiquitous we often put the cart before the horse, spending on devices and then asking the question: ‘how can they best be used in the teaching and learning programs? This workshop will primarily explore what happens when we focus on ‘why a device is suitable’ rather than ‘what device should I buy’. This will be addressed by taking some of the command words from the Digital Technologies curriculum and the ICT capability, such as ‘evaluate’, ‘manage’, ‘describe’, ‘predict’ and ‘test’ and showing how these can be educationally linked to digital devices and functions. This will involve building a matrix where the ‘why’ (or action word) forms the hub of the learning framework and the ‘what’ supports it. ‘Why’ is the driver and ‘what?’ is the tool. The 180 degree shift might enhance educational outcomes and reduce financial waste.

Simulate the many systems of a Driverless Car using LEGO EV3 Mindstorms.

Come and see how St Peter’s Girls are implementing the Digital Technologies Curriculum using the theme of Driverless Cars” Not only do students build on their computational thinking skills but the application of this task is relevant to the Tech Industry in SA now and in the future.

Requirements: iPad or Laptop
Lego EV3 Mindstorms

Tags: Primary and Secondary, Hardware

Tags: Secondary, Hardware