Digital Technologies workshop

ACARA

Coordinated by Deanne Poole, ACARA Curriculum Officer, Digital Technologies in focus 
This one-day workshop is designed for school leaders, teachers, teacher aides and student teachers to explore the Digital Technologies curriculum. This workshop includes a variety of Digital Technologies, ICT Capability and STEM presenters who will be of great value for educators K-10.
The day will begin and end with some keynote presentations. There will be two workshop sessions of 90 minutes duration. There will be a variety of workshops available for attendees to select from. 
In addition, a school in the wheatbelt, Dowerin District High School, will be hosting a FIRST LEGO Robotics League Tournament this year. We have included speakers and workshops that will assist schools who may be considering entering this robotics competition or may be interested in project-basedl learning (PBL) or this aspect of the competition. 
The workshop line up includes sessions on:
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<LI>SeeSaw – An amazing SeeSaw ambassador will be running a session</LI>
<LI>Adelaide University CSER – Running a hands Digital Technologies workshop</LI>
<LI>Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture elaborations - integrated with Digital Technologies</LI>
<LI>FIRST LEGO League – Coaches talking about their experiences and best practice</LI>
<LI>LEGO EV3 – Hands on play session </LI>
<LI>Augmented Reality (AR)  & Virtual Reality (VR) – Session exploring this</LI>
<LI>Project Based Learning (PBL) – Session exploring this with tips and strategies</LI>
<LI>ECU – Running a hands on micro:bit hacking session</LI>
<LI>LEGO – Project Based Learning (PBL) via the Hero’s Journey, using LEGO Serious Play</LI>
<LI>The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) – presenting a workshop on a variety of their resources including ‘buildable computers’ & Cosmos Computing</LI>
<LI>Earth Science WA (ESWA) – Presenting a workshop on their PALMS and WASP resources.</LI>
</UL>
This workshop will assist you to:
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<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">understand the purpose and intent of the Digital Technologies curriculum</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">understand the key concepts of the Digital Technologies curriculum</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">understand the achievement standards and how they relate to the content descriptions</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">identify ways to collect evidence of students’ learning</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">understand computational thinking through hands-on activities</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">become aware of resources to support the Digital Technologies curriculum</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">identify opportunities to integrate Digital Technologies across the curriculum using project-based learning, STEM and inquiry learning.</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">upskill with some ICT applications.Tickets: $35</LI>
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Morning tea and lunch will be provided.
A bus will be available for Perth metropolitan attendees from Curtin University (departing 7.00 am) to Muresk and returning by 6.00 pm. The bus will be picking up outside Curtin building 200A. Best parking will be PI1. If you have not parked at Curtin before you will need to set up the CellOPark app before the event (more details at <A HREF="https://properties.curtin.edu.au/transport/payg.cfm" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://properties.curtin.edu.au/transport/payg.cfm</A>).
We hope you can make it!

Muresk Institute

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