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Looking forward to an exciting 2017
Welcome back to what is shaping to be one of our most exciting years. We would like to thank all of our members for their support and participation in 2016. Your commitment and willingness to get involved and to share your knowledge ensures quality education in all...
Nominate for an EdTechSA award and be recognised as a Leading Educator
Teresa and I were travelling in Switzerland and ended up in a tiny drinking establishment up in the mountains. The bar was some planks of wood held up at each end by a barrel. We sat ourselves down to have a quiet beverage or 2 and we got talking to some of the locals...
Learning Conversations with Global Thinkers: Dean Shareski
You may recall me pointing out that one of the benefits of being an EdTechSA member is events such as the ‘Learning Conversations with Global Thinkers’ series which are free for EdTechSA members. Well we are doing it again with another amazing Global Thinker heading...
Like a kid in a lolly shop: EdTechSA Conference 2016
When I was very young growing up in Melbourne we used to dream of finding a coke bottle that we could take to the Milk Bar (Deli for those from South Australia) and swap for 5 cents. I'm showing my age here. I remember getting 4 lollies for 1 cent! 5 cents was a...
Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies, featuring Paula Christophersen
I don’t know about you but I am still getting my head around how I want to structure the Digital Technologies component of the Australian Curriculum. I think I am heading in the right direction but at times I have found myself wishing that the Digital Technologies...
EdTechSA: upcoming events
Last call for presenters. Today is the last day to submit your abstract to be a presenter at Thank you to all those who have already done so and those who sneak it in by 9:00 tomorrow morning. Professional Learning. EdTechSA take great delight in being able to...
Martin Levins: Keynote and presenter at EdTechSA conference, Digital Learning: Now
I was reading over the topics our keynotes will be presenting at this year’s EdTechSa conference and when I got to Martin Levins keynote: "What have we learned?” my mind drifted off into the song “Everything Old is New Again.” I am not saying that Martin’s keynote, or...
Dr Bronwyn Stuckey: Keynote and presenter at EdTechSA conference, Digital Learning: Now
The statement “Play is the highest form of research” has been attributed to Albert Einstein although it appears that it should really be attributed to N. V. Scarfe from his 1962 article “Play is Education” where he quoted Einstein as saying “The desire to arrive...
Digital Learning:NOW. Standing out from the crowd!
On the 29th of March 2016 there were 36,738 teachers registered with the Teacher Registration Board in South Australia. That is a lot of teachers! For some of those teachers standing out from the crowd is important for future employment prospects. Others are driven by...
Dan Haesler: keynote and presenter at EdTechSA conference, Digital Learning: Now
It is all happening with the EdTechSA conference, Digital Learning: Now. Keynotes are confirming, presenters are submitting their abstracts and the organising committee are flat out making sure all the behind the scenes things fall into place. Before we know it the...