<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hoping that you are all keeping well with your loved ones.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some free resources below from years 3 to 12 from the Australian Computer Academy. The entire GROK collection is now free. Well worth exploring and sharing with students.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards Roland<br class=""><div class="">
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min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="">Dear teaching colleagues,<br class=""><br class="">I’m sure you’re being bombarded with information from suppliers and requests for help from less tech-savvy colleagues, so I’ll be brief.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">What we’re doing right now<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br class="">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=0e10066d2f&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Australian Computing Academy</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and our partner,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Grok Learning</strong>, are taking rapid steps to support you, your students, and their parents by giving<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Australian students free access<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>to:</div><ul class=""><li style="text-align: justify;" class=""><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=c8c992ea9a&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Grok’s courses and competitions</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for Years 3-12;</li><li style="text-align: justify;" class="">ACA’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=4785aeda5c&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">DT Challenges</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for Years 3-12 (extended from Years 3-8); and</li><li style="text-align: justify;" class="">ACA’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=f37c892bf7&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Cyber Security Challenge 1</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for Years 5-12 (<a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=5dc88197ca&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">extended</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from Years 7-12)</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;" class="">This will be available from <strong data-stringify-type="bold" class="">Tuesday 24th March until Sunday 5 July 2020 (covering Australian Term 2)</strong>, and includes <a aria-describedby="slack-kit-tooltip" delay="150" href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=6ef295171b&e=0e7e988971" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Web.Comp (starting 11 Ma</a><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=a7c3be51b1&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">y</a>)<br class=""><br class="">All you need to do is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=7d770b1c69&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">register your students for free</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on the Grok Learning platform</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(if you haven't already).<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">What we’re doing next<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br class="">In Grok, we’ll be developing advanced remote classroom features, including expanding our online tutoring so you can message students directly and get live updates on their progress.<br class=""><br class="">In the ACA and Grok, we’ll be adapting content for remote teaching; running webinars on best practices in distance ed, using our resources, and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=8ef60396c3&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">DT curriculum</a>; and providing relentlessly cheerful and expert support via email, phone, and online if you get stuck or need inspiration.<br class=""><br class="">We won't be leaving kids with limited internet access behind: we’ll be making lots of unplugged activities, especially for primary students and their teachers and carers.<br class=""><br class="">We’ve delivered award-winning online DT education for over 15 years. We have the pedagogical and technology expertise to help your school teach DT remotely.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">And we wrote the curriculum</em>.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">What else do you need?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br class=""><strong class="">Let us help you! Enrol your students now. Got ideas about how we can help? Or need help getting started? Email us at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:help@aca.edu.au" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">help@aca.edu.au</a>, or phone 02 8627 8686.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br class=""><br class="">For live updates and to share ideas with other teachers, join our Facebook group <a href="https://aca.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=016760f9c55456ad0712d53b8&id=0a07cd56d1&e=0e7e988971" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(234, 91, 58); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" class="">here</a> or send us a message/comment in any of our social media channels below.<br class=""><br class="">Stay safe and be kind to yourselves.<br class=""><br class="">thanks,<br class="">James<br class=""><br class="">Associate Professor James Curran<br class=""><br class=""><em class="">CEO and Co-founder, Grok Learning<br class="">Academic Director, Australian Computing Academy<br class="">Author, Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="templateFooter" data-template-container="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>