About
Paula was the former Digital Technologies Curriculum Manager at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority where she was responsible for the digital technologies curricula from Foundation to Year 12. She was a co-writer of the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum and the Australian Curriculum ICT general capability. She has conducted professional learning programs at regional, state, national and international levels and has co-authored senior secondary textbooks in the field of digital technologies. Paula has also been a member of several national committees focusing on Digital Technologies and ICT as a general capability. In 2014 Paula was made a life member of Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV) as well as receiving the Dorothy Hoddinott Medal from the Australian Professional Teachers Association for outstanding lifetime achievement. In 2017 Paula received the ‘Making IT Happen’ award from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Currently, Paula co-edits a journal for the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association and consults on digital technologies matters.
Keynote: In the crease of time
Schools move at different paces when implementing any change—sometimes the cause is intentional, other times it is unintentional. Where is your school positioned with respect to the implementation of the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum? Is your school stuck in the past? Is it struggling, though willing to move to the future? Is it confidently chasing the future? Using a traffic light analogy, this presentation will characterise schools in the red zone (the past), the amber zone (the crease) and the green zone (moving forward), as well as propose strategies to support all schools move further along the implementation track. There are a range of hindrances and enhances to change, and some of these will be examined in terms of their specific characteristics as well as strategies for minimising the impact of hindrances and maximising the effect of enhancers. This presentation will take both a macro (whole-school) approach as well as a micro (level/classroom) approach to help schools shift along continuum—to reach for Digi Tech teaching and learning heights and move out of the crease of time.
