2 day FREE Professional Learning Program for government Primary School Teachers, F-4

A 9-day FREE Professional Learning Program in 2018 for government school Secondary Teachers

A 9-day FREE Professional Learning Program in 2018 for government school Primary Teachers, F-6

Tuesday 6 February  09:30AM
Wednesday 7 February 11:00AM (repeat)

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/a-better-internet-starts-with-you-safer-internet-day-tickets-40996199737

In 2018, the Safer Internet Day theme is ‘A better internet starts with you’.

The Department of Education and Training in partnership with the Office of the eSafety Commissioner is hosting an online presentation (Adobe Connect) from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner which will assist students from Years 4, 5 and 6 to:

• Identify the benefits of belonging to an online community
• Identify how valuing and respecting diversity online and offline contributes to the wellbeing of a community
• Identify strategies for creating a respectful and inclusive online and offline school community
• Understand the process of reporting serious cyberbullying .

With the help of classroom teachers, the presentation will feature polling and interactive questions.

The presentation will be a guided experience for classrooms with complementary resources aligned to the theme.

The session will run for 40 minutes.

Presented by Greg Gebhart for the Office of the eSafety Commissioner

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Schools can find our more and register at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/a-better-internet-starts-with-you-safer-internet-day-tickets-40996199737

ACTF Education and Department of Education and Training are pleased to announce that Victorian government teachers and students can now access the complete MY:24 series, along with support materials mapped to the Victorian Curriculum.

MY:24 chronicles the life-changing events that have shaped a diverse and fascinating collection of young Australians.

To complement these engaging 12-minute episodes, support materials are also available for Levels 5-10. This includes learning suggestions for a broad range of learning areas and capabilities, all mapped to the Victorian Curriculum.

The curriculum mapping documents are linked beneath each episode in FUSE, and hyperlinks will point users to the relevant content descriptions on the VCAA’s Victorian Curriculum site.

ACTF Education and Department of Education and Training are excited to announce that Victorian governement teachers and students can now access all 26 Little Lunch episodes, along with support materials mapped to the Victorian Curriculum through FUSE.

To complement these engaging 12-minute episodes, support materials for Levels 3 – 6 are also available, mapped to the Victorian Curriculum. Curriculum mapping for English provides learning suggestions for each level across all the modes, while the cross-curricular mapping covers a wide range of learning areas and capabilities.

The curriculum mapping documents are linked beneath each episode in FUSE, and hyperlinks will point teachers to relevant content descriptions on the VCAA’s Victorian Curriculum site.

Last chance to register for this professional learning opportunity next week. https://goo.gl/forms/JIasOEfQaJ3vqYYV2

When: Wednesday 13th December, 2017 from 9.00am to 3.30pm

Where: Wodonga Senior Secondary College, 80 Brockley Street, Wodonga

More information: https://regionalstem.org.au/event/regional-stem-conference-2017/

Who should attend? This conference is targeted at teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Cost: $70 per person. This includes morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea.

Program:  The program features 60 minute workshops, networking, and plenary sessions, including:

• Primary STEM – why is it important at your school, and how can it be assessed? Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager, VCAA.
• Secondary STEM – why is it important at your school, and how can it be assessed? Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager, VCAA.
• Digital Technologies: Unpacking the Curriculum. Owen Brasier, Computing Education Specialist, Australian Computing Academy.
• Using Games, Simulations and Analogue Models to Demonstrate Nanoscopic and Digital Processes. Dr. Dianne Ruka, Senior Education & Training Coordinator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
• Interactive Notebooks in Maths and Science. Sarah Laidlaw, Wodonga Middle Years College.
• Getting STEAMD – Bringing Art and design into STEM! Patricia Broom, Principal, Beechworth Secondary College.
• Supranature – Where STEM meets Montessori. Laureen Barnard, Beechworth Secondary College.
• Breakout EDU: Utilise the new Breakout Room craze to gamify your classroom. Valerie Ratcliff, Victory Lutheran College Wodonga
• Putting the S back into STEM/STEAM. Doug Bail, Ciderhouse.
• Mathematica: Beyond Computation. Rohan Barry and Ian Berryman, Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
• Block-based programming for classroom robotics: Drones, Spheros, Ozobots. Brendan Freeman, Baranduda Primary School.
• Bringing STEM to the zombie apocalypse. Stephen Alderton and Kate O’Neil, Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
• Simple Circuits in the Victorian Curriculum. Britt Gow, Hawkesdale P-12 College.
• Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Britt Gow, Hawkesdale P-12 College.
• STEM Beyond the Acronym. Michelle Heintze, Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
• Virtual reality and augmented reality in STEM education, Katrina Don Paul and Natasha Leske, Stile Education
• Maths in the yard, Michael Hosking, Wodonga Middle Years College

Registration:  Register your attendance via the website as soon as possible to secure your place.  https://goo.gl/forms/JIasOEfQaJ3vqYYV2