EdTechSA Conference at Immanuel College, Adelaide
Two full days of learning at Immanuel College. In Australia, the term "college" refers to a secondary education setting. University or "Uni" is the higher education setting.
I met some great people: experts, colleagues, friends. It was an amazing learning opportunity. Looking forward to personal learning networks, future meetings, collaboration, and global learning projects. Thank you, Fund for Teachers. I am just going to enter brief notes and take aways from all my experiences at EdTechSA, mostly as a reference for myself. Feel free to utilize any of the information or resources.
Day 1 Keynote 1
Dan Haesler "Engaging Kids Today"
What is the positive sense of belonging at my school? How do I know? What am I going to do about it?
Take Away: And if it is 99% positive...what am I going to do to rectify the 1%?
Depression: School connectedness is a better predictor of wellbeing and depression than parental attachment
Does the student feel able to be him/herself? Is there an adult they can go to with a serious issue?
EngagementKnow what you're doing (SLO)
How to get there (Learning Scale)
Most important: WHY are you doing it?
Need to shift the thinking from "on task" behavior to "in task"
"In task" Creativity. Fun. Groups. Example: Mindcraft
No Game Over. Just Try again.
Take Away: in gaming, students try and try again. They are less likely to give up.
Book: School of Thought - downloaded to Kindle
Day 1 Workshop 1
DIY Personalized Treasure Hunts with Google Forms and QR Codes
Presenter: Chantelle Morrison, Immanuel Primary School
Blog: guerillalearning.com
Activity: QR Code Treasure Hunt with Pokemon characters
Take Away: a fun way to set up a review of content prior to an assessment
Like students, teachers grow best when they are moderately challenged...
Google Form for presentation and template of activity: https://goo.gl/79MXXu
Day 1 Workshop 2Resources for the new Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum
Unpack the Digital Technologies curriculum, one step at a time
Presenters: Leanne Robertson and Jill Wilson
Education Services Australia (ESA)
Twitter: @DigiTechHub
groups/DTHub
Amazing resource: CSUnplugged download resources
Integrate unplugged activities into curriculum for coding lessons
***Also have available for technology and power failures!!!
knowledge and understanding/process and production
A comprehensive resource developed for integration of coding into the curriculum
It is a work in progress -
Go to the website above:
Choose the Primary Teachers tab
Video 1
Ten key concepts
Digital Technologies: about understanding how these are created and used
Computational Thinking
- find patterns
- collect find and use data
- only part of the story
Take Away: Coding is an important element, but the focus is on active problem solvers, creating, computational thinking…
Katrina Faulkner "Digital Technologies from the Classroom"
Katrina is unavailable: presentation by Jill Wilson and Leanne Robertson
This presentation has similar content from the workshop that I just attended
More information about the resources available at the website above
Day 1 Workshop 3
Hands on the Digital Technologies Australian Curriculum
Presenter: Gawain Duncan
hands on activities using
integrate into the bigger picture
presentation available at http://bit.ly/EDTECHSA16GD
Network Traffic Game (unplugged)
Scratch type coding (SNAP) with Arduino Boards
I went through the motions and participated in this workshop, but I do not think that I will be utilizing much of the information.
All in all this was a full day of learning! I loved all the take-aways! I have an overwhelming amount of connections and information. What an amazing opportunity to participate in this event. #FFTFellow2016
I also made an early connection with two of the presenters, Kate Besson and Vanessa Allen. I am thankful to have met these new friends. They were helpful and both a great source of information.
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