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Events 2013

Thursday May 23 2013Google in Education Workshop hosted by The Hutchins School and The Collegiate Institute.
NOTE: this is not a TASITE event but is of relevance to members.
Tuesday 30 April 2013Scratch Workshop
Wednesday April 17 2013ACARA Technologies Curriculum - consultation and feedback for Digital Technologies strand and subject F-10
Monday April 16 2013Primary teachers and Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies: ACCE_LN Google Hangout
Thursday March 14 2013  TASITE AGM
Tues March 12 2013Apple Learning Tour

Events 2012

Thursday 18 October 2012BYOD strategies
Thurs 11 October 2012TeachMeet - free software
Thursday May 3- Sat May 5 2012 iPad/Iphone programming course (provided by ACS Tasmania and SecretLab)
NOTE - one school student has been funded by TASITE to attend this course
Thursday 17 May 2012 TASITE AGM 2012 (5:30pm)
Thursday 17 May 2012TeachMeet session (6:00pm)

Events 2011

Wednesday May 18 TASITE Annual General Meeting
July 15-17 AADES conference
Wednesday  Aug  17 eBooks for Teaching and Learning: A shared perspective.
Wednesday Oct 5 Scootle (Hobart)
Wednesday Oct 12 Scootle  (Launceston)
Wednesday  Oct 12 Scootle  (Smithton)
Tuesday Oct 18 Scootle  (King Island)
Wednesday Oct 26 Scootle  (Burnie)
Thursday Oct 27 Scootle  (Devonport)
Thursday 24th November Calculus in Primary Schools (Launceston)

Events 2010 

Thursday Feb 18  Stop Motion Animation
Thursday Feb 25 Video for Beginners
Thursday Mar 4  Mobile Devices to Connect the Classroom to Home
Wednesday Mar 10  Google SketchUp for beginners – Maths focus
Wednesday Mar 17  Google SketchUp for beginners – Designing in 3D
Thursday Apr 15
and Apr 22 		 Scratch
Wednesday May 5  Google Docs & other collaboration tools
Thursday May 20 and May 27  GameMaker
Wednesday 28 April Annual General Meeting
 [invitation] [nomination form]
Monday 19th April 2010 (Launceston)
Thursday 13th May  (Hobart)		 eExaminations
Thursday 20th May (Launceston) World Education Forum Tasmania
NOTE: this is not a TASITE event but may be of interest to members
10/11/12 May (Hobart) iPhone programming course  (ACS event, discount for TASITE members)
16 July ICT Education Walk: Sponsor-ed websites - Ogilivie High School's experiences
Wed 11 August  2010 Comparisons, Confluence and Clouds: the ACCE Study Tour and ISTE 2010 Conference
Wed 25 August  2010 Introducing ThinkQuest

Google in Education Workshop - workshop hosted by The Hutchins School and The Collegiate Institute

Date: May 23, 2013
Time: 8.30am – 5.00pm 
Venue: The Hutchins School Global Classroom 71 Nelson Rd., Sandy Bay, Hobart
Format: BYOD

This workshop will focus on the use of technology to support teaching and learning. The sessions will be intended for an audience of educators with varying technology skill levels. The content will focus on the use of free Google tools in education, including: Google Search, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google+. Additional Google tools, including Blogger, Google Maps, YouTube and others will also be included. Inspiring instructional ideas conclude the day before a final reflection activity. This special workshop, hosted by The Hutchins School and The Collegiate Institute will offer something for teachers as both beginners and intermediate users... and there is no better preparation for the next Google Apps for Education Summit in Australia for participants intending to seek the Certified Trainer status.

Workshop Information and Workshop Registration Form.
   
Contact
The Hutchins School
P: 03 62214225 E: jill.abell@hutchins.tas.edu.au

Scratch Workshop

Date: April 30 2013
Time: 10.00-12.00pm
Venue: Dominic College, 204 Tolosa Street, Glenorchy
Cost: Non-Members $50 TASITE Members $25
Presenter: Selina Kinne

Suited to both Primary and Secondary Teachers. No previous experience necessary. This will be a hands-on session!

Scratch is free software that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. As they create Scratch projects, students learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design. These are all key aspects of the new Digital Technologies learning area in the Australian Curriculum.

Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. As young people create and share projects in Scratch, they develop important design and problem-solving skills, learning how to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch is intended especially for 8- to 16-year-olds, but younger children can work on Scratch projects with a little bit of help.

Please send email to Selina Kinne skinne@dominic.tas.edu.au to get a registration form, by Monday 29 April, 2013.

ACARA Technologies Curriculum - consultation and feedback for Digital Technologies strand and subject F-10

Date: April 17, 2013
Time: 4:00 pm – 5.00pm 
Venue: South:    The Hutchins School, Nelson Rd., Sandy Bay, Hobart
             North:    University of Tasmania, Newnham Campus
             NorthWest:   Devonport High School (tbc) Best St Devonport

Some online interaction between these sites may be possible depending on timing and technology availability.

Background:

The final draft curriculum for the Australian Curriculum subject Technologies is open for consultation from 19 February to 10 May 2013.
  
This consultation period also provides an opportunity to give feedback on the overarching aspects of the Technologies learning area (including the learning area Rationale, Aims and Organisation of the Technologies learning area). ACARA encourages participation from all stakeholders with an interest in technologies.
 
Following consultation, the draft Australian Curriculum: Technologies Foundation to Year 10 will be revised. A draft will be available for public viewing from September while the curriculum is finalised for ACARA Board approval. Subject to Ministerial approval the final Technologies curriculum will be published on the Australian Curriculum website in late 2013.

Session:

This session is to gather feedback from TASITE members and others, to represent the views of educators who have interest and experience in teaching within the broad area described as "Digital Technologies".  Participants will be expected to have read the sections of the draft curriculum relevant to their interest and experience. The responses will be collated and submitted as TASITE's response to the consultation process.

The structure of the responses expected by ACARA is given in the consultation survey.

RSVP info@tasite.tas.edu.au

ACARA Technologies: ACCE_LN Google Hangout mainly for Primary Teachers

Date: Monday 15 April
Time: 9:00pm AEST
Venue: online - Google Hangout - see event info or watch recorded session.

Join us for a discussion about the Draft National Curriculum Digital Technologies where the focus will be on the challenges and opportunities faced by primary school educators. We will be joined by our regular panal and some guests who have been working closely with the review of this important document.

TASITE  AGM 2013

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of TASITE for 2013

Date: Thursday, 14 March
Time: 5.:00 - 5:30pm
Venue: Rivulet Room, C3 Convention Centre, 64 Anglesea Street, South Hobart

Nominations for positions of Executive Members and Committee can be submitted via the Nomination Form.

Please RSVP by email to:Selina Kinne, Secretary TASITE info@tasite.tas.edu.au by Tuesday 12 March, 2013

The AGM will be followed by a presentation at 5.30pm by Michelle Williams on 'Changing school culture about ICT'.

Michelle is currently Director at Digital Learning Futures and is self-employed as a consultant. She is involved in ICT and curriculum consultancy in multiple countries, with a Queensland, Australia base. Much of her work focusses on educational reform, pedagogy and assessment. She has experience in improving teacher learning through action learning and mentoring projects.

Michelle has also undertaken research through ICT projects adding to her knowledge base. She also undertakes a considerable amount of work in project management and event management including major conferences.

Michelle is Past President of ACCE and Professional Association advocate at QSITE, ACCE and ISTE. She has been a consultant with Education Queensland and International representative on the ISTE Board.

Refreshments will be provided! Please invite your colleagues!

BYOD (Bring your own devices) strategies

Date: Thursday, 18 October 2012
Time: 1.30 pm - 4.30 p
Venue: Taroona High School, Meath Ave, Taroona
Cost: $10 members, $20 non-members (includes afternoon tea)
Registration for this event closes MONDAY Oct 15 - please RSVP to Mark.Morffew@education.tas.gov.au

This TasITE session will focus on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs where, instead of a school supplying laptops or tablets, students are asked to bring along and use their personally owned technology to support their learning.

Session will include:

Teachmeet - free software -A fun night of sharing and networking

Date: Thursday, 11 October 2012
Time: 5 pm - 6.30 pm
Venue: Meeting Room,  St Aloysius Catholic College, 12 Nautilus Grove, Huntingfield

The HOT TOPIC is: Free Software for the classroom

Can you share something about free software used in your classroom in just 3 mins?

TeachMeets involve teachers sharing quick, easy to create presentations which are sure to inspire other colleagues. There are no demanding preparation requirements or judgmental attitudes. Good sharing and great learning benefits our students - anyone can do it!

Here are some ideas:

See the web site for examples of TeachMeets: www.tasite.tas.edu.au

If you would like to participate in the TeachMeet please register by emailing your name, school, contact details, topic to share and system/hardware requirements for your presentation

Please email skinne@dominic.tas.edu.au to RSVP or if you have any queries.

Bring your friends & colleagues for an afternoon of fun!

TASITE AGM 2012

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of TASITE for 2012

Date: Thursday, 17 May 2012
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Rivulet Room, C3 Convention Centre, 64 Anglesea Street, South Hobart

Nominations for positions of Executive Members and Committee can be submitted via the form .

Please RSVP by email toSelina Kinne, Secretary TASITE  info@tasite.tas.edu.au by Tuesday 15 May, 2012.

TeachMeet

The AGM will be followed by a TeachMeet.

Date: Thursday, 17 May 2012
Date: 6:00pm
Venue: Rivulet Room, C3 Convention Centre, 64 Anglesea Street, South Hobart
A fun night of sharing and networking starting at 6pm
Can you share something about technology and education in just 3 mins?

TeachMeets involve teachers sharing quick, easy to create presentations which are sure to inspire other colleagues. There are no demanding preparation requirements or judgmental attitudes.  Good sharing and great learning benefits our students – anyone can do it!  Here are some ideas:
If you would like to participate in the TeachMeet please register .

If you 'd like to know more about TeachMeets this video of a Melbourne TeachMeet might help.

Please bring your presentation on a USB drive to use on a laptop. No access to the internet available.
Bring your friends & colleagues for an evening of great food, drinks and fun!

 iOS5 Programming course for iPad and iPhone apps (with one student funded by TASITE to attend!)

Date: Thurs 03 to Sat 05 May (NOTE NEW DATES)
Time: 10:30AM - 4.30PM
Venue: API Centre 69 Liverpool Street Hobart		 ACS Secret Lab

TASITE is pleased to offer full payment for one student in a Tasmanian school/college to attend the iPad/iPhone apps programming course run by SecretLab and Australian Computer Society (Tasmania) in Hobart on 03-05 May. This course would normally cost well over $1000! See ACS website for course information..

The successful applicant for this course is Owen Andrews, a student at Taroona High School. Owen was selected from a field of excellent applicants. His application showed that he has successfully furthered his own education, has appropriate background and experience in programming-type activity, but most importantly he has already been using his skill to assist others including younger students in other schools. We wish him great success with this course.

By the end of the course, Owen and other participants will be fully trained in developing advanced applications using iOS 5 technologies, and be ready to apply them to whatever problem they are trying to solve. They will also receive an exclusive copy of the Secret Lab iOS Field Manual, so they  can continue their learning.

What students will learn:

The course still has some places open if any teachers or students are interested.

Australasian Association of Distance Education Schools (AADES) conference on elearning

The biennial AADES National Conference will be held in Hobart on July 15 - 17, 2011. The conference title is Crossing Borders, Shifting Boundaries: designing, delivering and leading effective elearning.

Outstanding speakers from the United States, Finland, Australia and New Zealand will deliver keynote addresses at the conference. The three-day program will also feature presentations by researchers, teacher educators, teachers, students and industry specialists, along with pre-conference and post-conference activities.
http://www.aadesconference2011.net.au/

eBooks for Teaching and Learning: A shared perspective.

A Professional Learning opportunity on behalf of Independent Schools Tasmania and TASITE.

Hear how Jill Abell, Director of Information Services at The Hutchins School is managing the transition to eBooks. Jill will share her experience, the process and strategies used to support the implementation of eBooks for both teachers and students.

Date:Wednesday 17 August 2011
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Venue: The Hutchins School
RSVP: IST member schools to rhawkins@independentschools.tas.edu.au  , TASITE members / potential members to info@tasite.tas.edu.au

The publishing industry has undergone a major transformation from print to digital.

This  phenomenal transition has revolutionised the format of the traditional book and as a consequence will have a profoundimpact on the way teachers teach and students learn.

eBooks have become the single bestselling category in American publishing for the first time, according to new data released recently. The latest report from the Association of American Publishers, compiling sales data from US publishing houses, shows that total ebook sales in February were $90.3m (£55.2m). This makes digital books the largest single format in the US for the first time ever, the AAP said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/15/ebook-sales-milestone

Librarians are leading the way. Hear how Jill Abell, Director of Information Services at The Hutchins School is managing the transition to eBooks. Jill will share her experience, the process and strategies used to support the implementation of eBooks for both teachers and students.

A Professional Learning opportunity on behalf of Independent Schools Tasmania and TASITE. Supported and hosted at The Hutchins School


Scootle for teachers, home educators and parents

(a session run jointly by the Tasmanian eSchool and TASITE)

Find out how students can access and use digital content from a national collection, aligned to the Australian Curriculum, to help enhance their learning.

This free session is aimed at members of THEAC, and teachers in both the government and non-government sectors. (Other parents are welcome but will not be able to use Scootle directly.)

Hobart
Date: Wednesday 5 October 2011
Time: 3:00- 4:00
Venue: Tasmanian eSchool Southern Campus, 223 Clarence St Howrah.

Launceston
Date: Wednesday 12 October 2011
Time: 3:00- 4:00
Venue: Tasmanian eSchool Northern Campus, 15A Mitchell Street Mayfield.

Smithton
Date: Wednesday October 12th 2011
Time: 3.45 to 4.45pm.
Venue: Smithton High School

King Island
Date: Tuesday October 18th 2011
Time: 3.45 to 4.45pm.
Venue: King Island District High

Burnie
Date: Wednesday October 26th 2011
Time: 3.45 to 4.45pm.
Venue: Burnie High

Devonport
Date: Thursday October 27th 2011
Time: 3.45 to 4.45pm.
Venue: Devonport High

Registration is essential: please email info@tasite.tas.edu.au by Friday 30 September.


Calculus in Primary

A UTAS project has shown primary school students can use ICT to score well on university integral calculus exam questions. This session will describe how it was done, discuss the implications for the future and give participants hands-on experiences of the software involved

Date: Thursday 24th November 2011
Time: 4-5:30pm
Venue: Mayfield Primary School, Hargrave Crescent, Mayfield, Launceston

Lauren Shepherd from Mayfield Primary will share her experiences as the local facilitator.
Background reading is available at: http://www.editlib.org/f/36810  or http://www.education.tas.gov.au/dept/news/education-news/mayfield-primary-tops-the-nation-in-integral-calculus

Registration:

Your RSVP to Andrew.Fluck@utas.edu.au<mailto:Andrew.Fluck@utas.edu.au> would be appreciated.

Teachers and Principals in Primary schools, parents and others interested in ICT are most welcome.


2010

Stop Motion Animation

Single session. Suitable for grades 4 to adult. Participants do not require any previous experience.

Learn how to create simple stop motion animations using plasticine, paper cutouts, toys and more.  The software is free and easy to use, and it can lead to much greater student engagement in learning.

Besides being very creative and loads of fun, by designing animations around a theme or with a message, this activity can be used to support a range of Tasmanian Curriculum Learning Outcomes across all levels.

Video for Beginners

Single session. Suited to all grades. Participants do not require any previous experience

Do you struggle to manage video in the classroom?  Do you need help to understand all the different video formats? This session will look at working with basic video from the popular Flip and similar USB based cameras. The workshop will cover downloading, basic editing, video formats, compressing video and loading video onto class SharePoint workspaces.

Mobile Devices to Connect the Classroom to Home

Single session. Suited to all grades. Participants do not require any previous experience

Why not take advantage of the technology that most students have in their pockets?  Student mobile phones can be used for learning, while incurring no phone charges. There is enormous value in students creating their own learning content, that can then be taken home and shared immediately with family and friends via a mobile device.  This session will look at creating content for mobile devices, file formats and conversion tools, how to transfer video from PC to mobile phones and how to share with friends.  All software required is free.

Google SketchUp for Beginners - Maths Focus

Single session. Suited to grade 4 upward. Participants do not require any previous experience

Google SketchUp is free 3D modelling software.  It has a range of curriculum applications, but is particularly relevant for Maths at both primary and secondary level.  In this workshop participants will learn some of the basic functions of SketchUp, and how to use it for pattern, space and measurement applications.  We will be particularly focussing on basic geometry, creating tesselations and Escher designs.

Google SketchUp for Beginners - General Focus

Single session. Suited to grade 4 upward across all learning areas. Participants do not require any previous experience.

Google SketchUp is free 3D modelling software.  Using it students can express their ideas by creating their own 3D models of buildings, parks, playgrounds, furniture, spaceships, household items etc.    In this workshop participants will learn how to construct 3D models using SketchUp, and its application in the classroom.

Google Docs & Other Collaboration Tools

Single session.  Suited to grade 5 upward, across all learning areas.  Participants do not require any previous experience.

Google has developed a range of free tools that have strong applications in learning.  A common problem in schools, where students are working on collaborative projects, is finding a suitable place where all participants have access to work on a document together.  Through its suite of collaborative tools Google has overcome most of these issues and students can all work on and have access to the same document.

In this workshop participants will learn how to create word processed documents and spreadsheets online  and share them with others, so they can be accessed anytime from anywhere by the people that you choose.

Scratch

2 Sessions - participants should attend both sessions.
Suited to grades 5-8, with an emphasis on learning in Maths, Science and ICT. No previous experience necessary.

Scratch is free software that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is designed to help students develop the skills they will need for 21st century learning. As they create Scratch projects, students learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

Game Maker

2 Sessions - participants should attend both sessions.
Suited to for grades 5-10.  Participants do not require any previous experience.

In this workshop we will be looking at how students can learn to make their own computer games and thus address a wide range of curriculum outcomes, including literacy, numeracy and thinking skills, in all learning areas. We will be using Game Maker, which is free software that enables students to easily design and create their own computer games. Using Game Maker's drag and drop interface you can quickly program your own game without writing a line of code.

TASITE Annual General Meeting

Guest Speaker: Lyn Dunn

Lyn is Principal of Distance Education and a 2008 Hardie Fellowship recipient. This Fellowship enabled her to study Technology, Innovation and Education through a Masters degree at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

She will lead a presentation and discussion about her key learnings and the way they have translated into the project management of Flexible Learning Tasmania within which the Tasmanian Virtual School will be established in 2011. This will result in the merging of Distance Education Tasmania, Online Learning Network and CELO online to continue existing services and provide new ones that expand flexible learning options statewide.

Please RSVP to info@tasite.tas.edu.au by Monday 26 April, for catering purposes.
Consider nominating for the TASITE committee:
There are many reasons why you might want to be a part of the TASITE committee.
•    As well as taking an active interest in the way ICT in Education develops across the State, you can also have involvement in national issues through our membership of ACCE (Australian Council for Computers in Education).
•    The Australian Curriculum includes an ICT competency area. This is being developed over the next months and professional associations have an involvement in this process. You may wish to become involved in helping develop this competency area or the support materials and processes that accompany it.
•    This year TASITE will be rebuilding our web presence and introducing some online technologies to support some special-interest groups within the organisation. This will be a good opportunity to gain hands-on knowledge of these web technologies and how to manage them.

The committee has executive positions of President, Treasurer, Secretary and general committee members. Please give some thought to becoming a TASITE committee member! Requests for info or to nominate please email info@tasite.tas.edu.au

eExaminations

Examinations are often a part of formal student assessment.

But learning is going online, at school, in Years 11 & 12 and at tertiary levels. Therefore Norway is moving to computer-based examinations (the Knowledge Promotion) in schools; eAssessment standards have been adopted across sectors in England; and the University of Tasmania has been using eExams since 2007.

This session is for educators to share perspectives, see a short demonstration eExamination, and discuss where students in Tasmania might use them.

More details: www.eExams.org

Launceston
Hobart
RSVP to Andrew.Fluck@utas.edu.au

ICT Education Walk - Sponsor-ed websites - Ogilivie High School's experiences

The first of our Education Walks for the term is hosted by Ogilivie High School at 4 pm on Wednesday 14th July. Joe Meale is sharing ideas and experiences on Ogilvie's use of the "sponsor-ed" school website service.

Sponsor-ed (http://www.sponsor-ed.com.au/) is an innovative web based fundraising concept that allows schools to earn income from ethical sponsorship of their website. The website is provided by sponsor-ed at no cost to the school. Over 330 schools are on the program with up to 50 climbing onboard each month. There are sponsor-ed websites in 4 states
(Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania & South Australia).

Anyone is welcome to this event. Contact info@tasite.tas.edu.au to register.

Want to host an ICT Education Walk at your school?

If your school is doing something unusual or interesting in the use of ICT,
we'd love you to offer to share your experiences with others. Contact
info@tasite.tas.edu.au to find out more.

Comparisons, Confluence and Clouds:  the ACCE Study Tour and ISTE 2010 Conference

Duncan Gillespie will lead an exploration of themes emerging from participation in the Australian Council for Computing in Education Study Tour.
The tour consisted of
A laptop that can connect to a wireless network will enable full participation in the session.
RSVP: by Monday 9 August by email to info@tasite.tas.edu.au for catering. Light afternoon tea will be provided

Introducing ThinkQuest

.On behalf of the Network of Educational Associations of Tasmania (NEAT), TASITE is pleased to offer this workshop, which will introduce the wonderful world of ThinkQuest.

The ThinkQuest competition has been running for over ten years and is highly respected internationally for its promotion of project based learning for teams of students supported by a mentor. In recent years, TASITE’s national body (ACCE) has run an Australian version of the competition. The 2010 competition is open and entries close in October.

The ThinkQuest learning platform is where teachers and students create learning projects.  Create your own projects or join in existing projects with other schools locally, nationally or internationally.

Find out about the competitions, the past winners and the free learning platform to engage students in project based learning

Workshop presenters      
Julie Fielding,   Janine Bowes,
           
 ThinkQuest is sponsored by Oracle Education Foundation
www.thinkquest.org 

RSVP: by Monday 23 August info@tasite.tas.edu.au    




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