Digitech Start-Ups

September 8, 2017 by rcrellin

The $1.5 million Digitech Start-Ups Initiative supports the development of STEM skills by providing 150 Victorian government secondary schools with teacher-based professional learning and once off funding of $10,000, to plan and purchase resources to support the implementation of the Digital Technologies Curriculum in their school.

The Initiative encourages schools to foster entrepreneurial and emerging ideas which evolve into innovative products, processes or services, supported by design and computational thinking – a core component of the Digital Technologies Curriculum.

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Applications close 29 September 2017 (extended)

Author: rcrellin

Senior Program Officer, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

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