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April 19, 2018
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DigiTech professional learning

Check out the range of sessions to support teachers with the Digital Technologies curriculum.

VCAA specialist teachers are delivering face-to-face and online sessions covering different aspects and levels of the Curriculm. Sessions are being held at: Burwood, Moe, Berwick, Ballarat, Hawthorn, Preston, Shepparton, Altona, Swan Hill. Find a session near you or register for a webinar

Digital Teaching and Learning Victoria (DLTV)

Developing the Digital Technologies Curriculum Webinar, 24 April 5:00 – 6:00pm
Object oriented programming for Y9-10 and VCE 22 May, Brunswick
Python for first time coding teachers, 10 August, Brunswick
DigiCon – 26-27 July, Fitzroy

CSER: DigiTech Champions Workshop – Secondary, 25 July Scienceworks

Code Club Teacher Training Bendigo – 03 May

Digital Technologies Hub professional learning webinars – various topics

Find out more about the Digital Technologies Curriculum

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November 29, 2017
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A delightful way to teach coding

Linda Liukas is helping to educate problem-solving kids, encouraging them to see computers not as mechanical, boring and complicated but as colorful, expressive machines meant to be tinkered with. In this talk, she invites us to imagine a world where the Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow grow up to be optimistic and brave about technology and use it to create a new world that is wonderful, whimsical and a tiny bit weird.

Linda will be in Melbourne for a free workshop on December 8. She will explore the links between creativity and coding, and show how her fabulous Hello Ruby books can be used in the classroom. There may even be a chance to get your books signed!

Book now for this free event, co hosted by DLTV and the UNESCO Observatory of Arts Education, Melbourne Graduate School of Education. https://dltv.vic.edu.au/event-2720418

October 24, 2017
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CSER DigiTech Sessions

Teachers have the opportunity to work with Dr Claudia Szabo a member of the CSER Digital Technologies Team on Monday 20 November at Kensington.

This session will provide an introduction to the Year 7&8 Next Steps Making Apps and the Years 9&10 Explore online courses. These courses are pa

rt of the free CSER professional development Project.

The session offers an opportunity to explore, with guidance, Arduino programming and App development as it is introduced in the MOOC. (Massive Open Online Course) and is suitable for Secondary teachers who are responsible for, or interested in implementing the Digital Technologies Curriculum.

Notes:

Morning tea and Lunch provided (please specify requirements on the registration form)
Please bring along a laptop and sense of adventure!
It is very helpful to have a Google Account (Gmail) and to have joined Google+ prior to the session

Claudia Szabo is an Associate Dean (Diversity and Inclusion) in the Faculty of Engineering Computer and Mathematical Sciences in The University of Adelaide and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science. She works in the CSER Group at the University of Adelaide where she leads the development of the Year 7&8 Next Steps Making Apps MOOC and its associated lending library and other resources. She has an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering, and a PhD in distributed systems from the National University of Singapore. She is the 2017 recipient of the South Australian Science Excellence Award – STEM Educator of the Year. She is passionate about STEM education and in particular about ensuring that these educational opportunities are available to all and that career pathways into STEM and accessible to under-represented groups.

For more information please visit our website : https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/

October 19, 2017
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DigiTech and STEM sessions

The VCAA are offering heaps of DigiTech and STEM sessions for free! If you cant get to a face-to-face one, tune into the online ones which run for a hour, generally after school.

Topics include:

Digital Systems Curriculum Unplugged (F-6)
Visual Programming Languages in the Digital Technologies Curriculum (F-6)
Digital devices in the Digital Technologies Curriculum (plugged) (F-6)
Introduction to the Digital Technologies Curriculum 7-10
Planning and assessment in the Digital Technologies curriculum (7-10)
Teaching to the Data and Information strand (F-10)
Teaching to the Creating Digital Solutions strand (F-10)
Teaching to the Digital Systems strand (F-10)
Digital Technologies: Evaluation of 2017 and planning for 2018 (F-10)
STEM in the Victorian Curriculum F-10
Simple circuits in the Victorian Curriculum F-10
Drones in the Victorian Curriculum F-10
What do marble runs and mini golf have to do with STEM in the primary years?
STEM in the Victorian Curriculum F-10 (Level 7 – 10)

Find out more and register at: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/foundation10/viccurriculum/viccur-proflearn-specialists.aspx

October 10, 2017
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DigiTech Webinars

VCAA Specialitst Teachers are running webinars over Term 4 to supprt the implementaiton of Digital Technologies and STEM – find more here.

Some DigiTech on offer this week:

11 October (Wednesday) Megan van der Velden (VCAA Specialist Teacher) 3.45pm

Title: Introduction to the Digital Technologies curriculum (F-10)

Time: 1 hour (3.45 – 4.45pm)

Outline:

Introduction to the curriculum
Ways of thinking
Strands
Key terms
Levels
Overview

Abstract:

This webinar will introduce participants to the Digital Technologies curriculum from F-10. They will become familiar with the curriculum as a continuum. Content of the session includes discussion around: ways of thinking, strands, key terms, content descriptions, achievement standards, levels and some examples of how to approach the teaching. This session will be suitable for teachers with little or no knowledge of the curriculum.

Link: https://reg.eventgate.com.au/Event/9987/Digital-Coding-Online—Introduction-to-the-Digital-Technologies-curriculum-F-10

12 October (Thursday) Sean Irving (VCAA Specialist Teacher) 3.45pm

Title: Curriculum Planning and Assessment for Digital Technologies (F-10)

Time: 1 hour (3.45 – 4.45pm)

Outline:

Brief overview of the curriculum
Discussion of scope and sequence
Mapping the curriculum
Suggested activities
Cross-curricular connections

Abstract:

This webinar will introduce participants to planning for the Digital Technologies curriculum from F-10. They will become familiar with the curriculum and scope and sequence. Content of the session will include: examples of how the curriculum will be mapped, discussion of sample activities and units as well as potential connections across the curriculum. This session will be suitable for teachers with a basic knowledge of the curriculum. Curriculum leaders are strongly encouraged to attend.

Link: https://reg.eventgate.com.au/Event/9988/Digital-Coding-Online-Curriculum-Planning-and-Assessment-for-Digital-Technologies-F10

13 October (Friday) Steve Allen (VCAA Specialist Teacher) 11.00am

Title: Digital Technologies curriculum unplugged (F-6)

Time: 1 hour (11.00 – 12.00 noon)

Outline:

Exploration of the curriculum
Unplugged activities
Teaching without devices
Resources
Approaches to teaching

Abstract:

This online session will be for teachers of the Digital Technologies curriculum from F-6 exploring the curriculum with limited access to digital devices. Teachers will learn about powerful and proven techniques to reinforce the understanding and thinking that underpins the curriculum. This session will be suitable for all F-6 teachers.

Link: https://reg.eventgate.com.au/Event/9989/Digital-Coding-Online-Digital-Technologies-curriculum-unplugged-F6

September 26, 2017
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2017 Kids Conference

Find out more and register.

September 6, 2017
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21CLD and ICT Peer Coaching

Microsoft are offering the following accredited professional learning for Victorian government school teachers.

ICT Peer Coaching

16-17 October – Southbank
No cost for Vic government school teachers

ICT Peer Coaching is an internationally recognised Microsoft course that accredits participants with a Microsoft and Peer Ed ICT Peer Coaching certification to support teachers within their school with the integration of ICT into their teaching practice. Through this two day workshop, teachers and leaders will explore the Peer Coaching methodologies and protocols that can be applied across all teaching and learning areas. Participants will spend time exploring technical pedagogy frameworks and equipped with resources to successfully implement a coaching program back at school.

Find out more and register

21st Century Learning Design

24-25 October – Southbank
No cost for Vic government school teachers

Discover the research based framework ‘21st Century Learning Design’ supporting teachers globally to easily and evaluate their lesson design with strategies that are proven to develop skills such as collaboration, skilled communication, self-regulation and knowledge construction in our students. Through this 2 x day Face-to-Face workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of 21CLD, apply their new knowledge and work to redesign a lesson or activity to implement back at school.

Find out more and register

Presenter

Trent Ray, Microsoft Learning Consultant Trent Ray has worked as both a Primary and Secondary School teacher, whilst specialising in technology for learning. As a Curriculum Innovation Leader and Technology Ambassador, Trent’s background in Peer Coaching and 21st Century Learning Design has seen him travel the nation to supports schools, leaders and teachers when planning to integrate technology into the classroom.

May 15, 2017
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Invent to Learn with Gary Stager

Gary Stager, returns to Australia for a series of exciting hands-on workshops across Regional Victoria. Learn to learn and teach with Hummingbird robotics, littleBits, Scratch, Snap!, Turtle Art, wearable electronics, Arduino, digital paper craft, programmable toys, and other exciting new materials in a project-based context.

February 20, 2017
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Support for the Digital Technologies Curriclum

The Victorian Curriculum F-10 has been designed to provide practical opportunities for students to explore the capacity of information systems to systematically and innovatively transform data into digital solutions, through the application of:

Systems thinking – the relationship between people, digital devices and society when developing solutions.
Design thinking – designs that are intuitive to users of all ages and abilities.
Computational thinking – the precise steps and decisions that need to be made to code a solution

Where to start

The Digital Technologies DigiPub provides advice about the curriculum, making links to current practice and getting to know the terminology.

Curriculum Resources

VCAA Curriculum area advice – planning documents, assessment and reporting advice.
Digital Technologies DigiPub – Where to start, case studies, teaching resources, assessment.
Digital Technologies Hub – step by step advice and resources for teachers, school leaders, families and students.
Making DigiPub – creating a maker space, case studies and resources for inspiration.
FUSE – resources linked to Victorian Curriculum content descriptions.
Glossary of new terms – find a comprehensive glossary of important terms.
Frequently asked questions – commonly asked questions around planning and preparing for implementation of the curriculum.
School case studies – find out how other schools have introduced the Digital Technologies curriculum.

Professional Learning and events

CSER Digital Technologies Education run a range of programs including a free online course in the form of a MOOC, professional learning events, the National Lending Library.
PL-in-a-Box – professional learning packages for teachers to run their own workshops in schools.
Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria run a range of professional learning.
Microsoft Educator Community have courses, webinars and resources to support teachers with coding and pedagogy.
Computational Thinking Course for Educators: Google has developed a free online course which includes topics such as exploring and developing algorithms, finding patterns and applying computational thinking to real-world problems.
The Victorian STEM Map shows where teachers and students can access programs, events, professional learning and specialist centres, including coding challenges to support computational thinking.
Digital Learning Professional Learning Calendar highlights upcoming virtual and face to face activities and events.

About the Digital Technologies Curriclum

The Digital Technologies curriculum is part of the new Victorian Curriculum. The Foundation to Level 10 curriculum provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and achievement standards. All government and Catholic schools are required to implement and report on the Digital Technologies curriculum from 2017.

The new curriculum area should not be confused with integrating the use of ICT across all curriculum areas.

ICT across the curriculum is about students developing digital skills and knowledge to investigate, create and collaborate across all curriculum areas. They also learn safe and responsible use in managing and operating ICT.

Digital Technologies is a specific curriculum that focuses on students thought processes in order to unravel problems, and then design and generate digital solutions.

Students will learn how computers work and how to create digital solutions for real-world problems and challenges with computational thinking, which uses systematic solutions to solve problems, part of this is developing a working knowledge of coding.

Download the fact sheet for more information.

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February 16, 2017
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Discover Office 365 in the Classroom

Discover Office 365 in the Classroom

Learn about Office 365 for schools and uncover how it works on any device
Explore the possibilities for teacher and student collaboration & productivity
Explore the power of OneNote for learning Discover how to get started at you school

Through this hands on workshop, attendees will be immersed in the DET Office 365 platform and accessing their OneDrive to experience real time collaboration with Word, PowerPoint & Excel. A focus on the ultimate collaborative digital notebook, OneNote, for students and how to create Class Notebooks. You will explore the new Learning Tools feature in Office designed to support learning with reading and comprehension, discover formative assessment tools such as quizzes and surveys with Microsoft Forms and how to easily get started with Flipping & Blending your classroom with Sway and Office Mix.

What to bring: A fully charged laptop, TO Number & EduMail Password.

All sessions run from 9:30 – 3:30

6 March – Microsoft Office, South Bank

14 March – Silverton Primary School

23 March – Mansfield Secondary College

28 April – Frankston High School

15 May – Microsoft Office, South Bank

22 May – Geelong (venue TBC)