Monday 13 November, 8.45am – 3.30pm
Arts Centre, Melbourne
To make a booking visit www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/mce

The Melbourne City Experience project is a collaboration between 30 plus cultural organisations within the Melbourne CBD to offer education programs to school students. The professional learning day is an opportunity for teachers to participate in one of several trails to help them in their planning of a city experience for their students.

Representatives from each of the 30 participating cultural originations will be available throughout the day to provide advice and information about their programs as well as tips and tricks for planning multi-site excursions. Leaders in location-based learning design will present ideas on how to develop rich, authentic learning experiences unique to Melbourne.

Teachers are asked to bring along a smart device to access information about venues and programs. The ‘Fast Five’ session will provide an opportunity to share information about new technology/apps tjhat could be incorporated into a City Experience program. 

This event is usually of particular interest to Year 9 teachers, however teachers from both the primary and secondary sector are welcome.  

The full day program is this year, being hosted by Arts Centre Melbourne on Monday 13 November 2017 from 8.45am – 3.30pm (registration from 8.30 am).

To make a booking visit www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/mce

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November 13 – 16, 2017

FREE ONLINE EVENT

The Global Education Conference Network’s eigth annual world-wide collaboration on globally-connected education will take place around the clock starting Monday, November 13, and continuing through Thursday, November 16.

Please register HERE. 

The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend, and all events take place online in webinar format. We invite you to join the 25,600 GEC community members (from 170+ countries) and actively participate in dozens of sessions focused on international education topics. Some important conference updates are below:

• Still Taking Proposals
• Keynotes + Sessions
• Thanks to the GEC Sponsors + Partners

GEC are still taking proposals!

The call for proposals is open until November 5th. We encourage all to submit by following the detailed directions listed here. If accepted, you can present in your time zone at a time that is convenient to you!

Keynotes + Sessions include:

• David Bornstein (Co-Founder & CEO, Solutions Journalism Network)
• Fabrice Fresse (Member of EvalUE)
• Michael Furdyk (Co-founder, TakingITGlobal)
• Terry Godwaldt (Executive Director, The Centre for Global Education)
• Jean-Luc Moreau (President, EvalUE association)
• Dana Mortenson (CEO & Co-founder, World Savvy)
• Lori Roe (Instructional Technology Specialist, Delaware Department of Education)
• Ariel Tichnor-Wagner (Senior Fellow of Global Competence, ASCD)
• Erin Towns (Global Educator, Edward Little High School)
• Dr. Jennifer Williams (Director of Education Strategy, Participate)

Full details of the session titles and presenters for the general sessions are here.

Please register HERE. 

November 13, 10am-3pm

DLTV Office, 61 Blyth Street, Brunswick

Register https://dltv.vic.edu.au/event-2662178

Join DLTV for a special workshop exploring the elements of game design. Aimed at teachers of Years 4-8, this workshop will highlight how game design can relate to the Digital Technologies curriculum and other curriculum areas.

Come along to the workshop to learn about design thinking, systems thinking, and assessment of game design projects in school. Places are limited so don’t miss out.

Come to one of the webinars to find out how to better manage your learning and professional development using the Lynda.com resources and features.

Session information
Wednesday 15^th November at 3.45pm to 4.30pm, Adobe Connect Webinar:
To register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lyndacom-overview-november-session-tickets-39236760206

Monday 4^th December at 3.45pm to 4.30pm, Adobe Connect Webinar:
To register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lyndacom-overview-december-session-tickets-39237263712

All Victorian government secondary students, all Department teachers and corporate staff have access to this online learning platform that provides anytime, anywhere access to a library of over 209,200 unique videos to develop skills to use software including Office, Adobe, Google, Sibelius, SketchUp, Java, Python, Evernote, WordPress and many more. Lynda.com also provides 5,700 professional learning courses and twelve Learning Paths to support students and teachers to develop their knowledge and skills.

Webinar sessions will cover:

• 3 tips for success
• Tips on how to use Lynda.com effectively
• Keep up to date with technology
• Build career-boosting business know-how
• Get immediate, just-in-time answers to questions
• Mobile access!

The webinars will be hosted on Adobe Connect by Jan Bayliss, who is part of the LinkedIn Lynda.com Customer Success Team. She has supported many Schools, Universities, Corporates, and Government Agencies in their learning growth.

For further information please contact Brooke McNamara: mcnamara.brooke.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

Webinar Session information:

• Wednesday 8^th November at 3.45pm to 4.30pm, Adobe Connect Webinar
  To register: https://blog.stileeducation.com/vic-ed-training-signup
• Wednesday 6^th December at 3.45pm to 4.30pm, Adobe Connect Webinar:
  To register: https://blog.stileeducation.com/vic-ed-training-signup

Stile is being provided to Years 7 and 8 students and their Science teachers in Victorian government schools as part of the Secondary School Software Suite. Stile provides over 70 Science units, each containing a mixture of content delivery, formative assessment, summative assessment, experiments, projects, classroom activities, and STEM career profiles.

This webinar will provide teachers with an overview of what Stile is, how it’s interactive and relevant content can be used to better engage students, and why its platform helps support teachers.

These sessions will be presented by Katrina Don Paul and Andrew Nicholls. Together they have over 15 years of Government school teaching experience and ten years working in the digital education sector. They currently work to support the Stile community of Victorian schools.

For further information contact Brooke McNamara: mcnamara.brooke.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

Pam Hook is Back!

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/solo-taxonomy-in-the-classroom-october-30th-november-1st-2017-tickets-38069151858

Monday 30 October: Grovedale West Primary School, 85 Heyers Rd, Grovedale

Tuesday 31 October: Pakenham Hills Primary School, 15 Kennedy Rd Pakenham

Wednesday 1 November: Windsor Hotel, Spring St Melbourne

SOLO Taxonomy

The SOLO Taxomomy (Biggs & Collis 1982) has provided a valuable vehicle to identify and support deep learning opportunities in many NPDL schools. It has shown the relationship between surface and deep learning and the importance of scaffolding learning for both.

This workshop aims to provide schools with further tools, ideas and practical strategies to help teachers plan and implement the SOLO taxonomy in their classrooms.

Pam Hook is one of the leading advocates for the SOLO taxonomy and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to share.

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/solo-taxonomy-in-the-classroom-october-30th-november-1st-2017-tickets-38069151858

About Pam Hook

Pam Hook is an experienced consultant in learning and teaching. She uses an innovative classroom based approach to SOLO Taxonomy to help schools in New Zealand, Australia and the UK introduce a common language of learning, and design thinking curricula, to help students learn to learn. Over the past 12 years she has built and supported an extensive global community of educational practitioners using SOLO Taxonomy with their students.

An educational writer and edublogger, Pam has written many publications. She also writes curriculum resources for business and government departments, and advises on the pedagogical design of curriculum materials, interactive games and other (e) learning initiatives. She is well known for her blog Artichoke where she has been reflecting on teaching and learning since 2004, and for her ability to build collaborative online networks with educators using wikis, and other social media such as Twitter .

Between 2003 and 2012 Pam directed and facilitated six different Ministry of Education ICT Professional Development cluster contracts working with over 30 primary and secondary schools implementing the classroom based use of SOLO Taxonomy in (e) learning. She was Programme Director and facilitator for the Ministry of Education Talent Development Initiative The Gifted Edge providing professional development in gifted and talented education to schools across New Zealand.

An engaging and verve filled presenter, Pam is regularly invited to speak at national conferences. Her innovative yet highly practical presentations provoke a rethinking of the conditions of value in teaching and learning.

Critical and Creative Thinking – a unique opportunity

Date: Wednesday 1 November
Venue: The Windsor Hotel, Spring Street, Melbourne
Register online for morning session: (8.30am registration) 9.00am–12.00pm
Register online for afternoon session: (12.30pm registration) 1.00–4.00pm

Before registering, you are encouraged to read the Collection Notice.

Are you interested in being challenged by an international expert and specialist classroom teachers in an interactive Critical and Creative Thinking workshop?

The VCAA brings together Professor Bill Lucas from the University of Winchester and the Critical and Creative Thinking Specialist Teachers to offer a challenging interactive workshop. In this unique three-hour session you will traverse the research evidence, the Victorian Curriculum F–10: Critical and Creative Thinking and classroom practices. This workshop is free to attend, and available to all sectors.

The workshop will be offered twice on Wednesday 1 November, so pick the time that suits you best and register online. This workshop is for teachers only, and is suitable for primary and secondary teachers.

Now online – professional learning sessions

Term 4 sessions now available

A new series of professional learning sessions are now available. Starting 24 October, they will cover a wide range of topics for primary and secondary teachers, including curriculum planning and indicative progress.

Language teachers will be interested in the sessions on Wednesday 25 October and Thursday 26 October on assessment practices and new resources for Victorian Curriculum Languages.

You can find the complete series of sessions on the VCAA’s professional learning page.

Before registering, you are encouraged to read the Collection Notice.

Accessing curriculum resources

The VCAA is progressively releasing a range of new resources to support teachers with implementing the Victorian Curriculum.

These resources include curriculum planning templates, example units of work, a sample program, assessment strategies and new indicative progress examples.

New resources in Digital Technologies, Civics and Citizenship, Respectful Relationships, Mathematics, and Languages are now available.

Before registering, you are encouraged to read the Collection Notice.

Specialist Teachers to facilitate an extensive range of workshops in Term 4

The VCAA is offering an extensive program of professional learning workshops for teachers using the Victorian Curriculum F–10 to develop teaching and learning programs. These sessions are facilitated by VCAA Specialist Teachers who focus on the Victorian Curriculum F–10, providing teachers with peer-to-peer learning experiences.

Sessions can be accessed by teachers as:

• online professional learning workshops
• face-to-face professional learning workshops (half and full days)
• face-to-face or online learning organised in response to support from networks and clusters of schools.

For more information, including session dates and times, details of how to register, and how networks and clusters of schools can request support, please visit the Statewide Professional Learning Sessions webpage.