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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 JulyICT Education Walk: Sponsor-ed websites - Ogilivie High School's experiences
Wed 11 August  2010Comparisons, Confluence and Clouds: the ACCE Study Tour and ISTE 2010 Conference
Wed 25 August  2010Introducing ThinkQuest

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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