[Design and Technology] Professional Learning Term 3

[DATTA Vic Professional Learning]

RE: Professional Learning Term 3

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please see below the workshops taking place during term 3 - new workshops
added!:

 

 <http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/crazy-robot-pl13017> Crazy Robot
PL13017

Design Brief for the Crazy Robot Workshop

Stage 1 - Participants will construct, test and then program their own
Picaxe 8M2 Motor Driver Microcontroller.

Stage 2 - Participants will build their own Robot base.

Stage 3 - Participants will attach their Picaxe 8M2 Motor Driver
Microcontroller onto the Robot base and watch it run around.

Time permitting if interested, participants as an extension/enrichment
activity, can add some front and back lights.

Presenter:

Pat McMahon

When:

9.00am - 3.00pm

Saturday 3rd August 2013

Where:

Diamond Valley College

165-179 Main Hurstbridge Road

Diamond Creek 3089

Cost:

$180.00 Members

$280.00 Non Members

 

To book go to
http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/professional-learning-student-activity-r
egistration-form#overlay-context=content/professional-learning-student-activ
ity-registration-form 

 

 

Systems Engineering Exam Preparation PL13018

The Systems Engineering exam preparation workshop is a 4 hour activity
giving teachers the tools to teach exam prep across the necessary unit 3 and
4 outcomes.

Review and refresh your knowledge and gather tips in assisting students in
revising for the exam.

The workshop includes:

 

.         Preparing to be examined on Unit 3 and 4 

.         Important information from the examiner's report 

.         The marking process and what examiners look for in an exam
response 

.         Where students have gone wrong in the past 

.         Sharing ideas and tips so as to gain the best results for your
students and the subject.

 

This exam preparation workshop will be presented by the VCAA Systems
Engineering State Reviewer and exam assessor who has had close to 20 years'
experience in exam assessing. 

The workshop will be aimed at both new and experienced Systems Engineering
teachers. If time allows, some discussion of the new study design to be
implemented 2013 will be discussed.

Presenter:

Bruce Eager

When:

Wednesday 7th August 2013
10.00am - 3.00pm

Where:

Statewide Resources Centre
150 Palmerston Street, Carlton

Cost:

$160.00 for Members

$260.00 for Non Members

 

To book go to
http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/professional-learning-student-activity-r
egistration-form#overlay-context=content/professional-learning-student-activ
ity-registration-form 

 

 

VCE PD&T Exam Preparation PL13019 - places filling up quickly for this
event!

Back by popular demand! This workshop will assist you to prepare your
students for the end of year exam. This workshop will focus on:

 

.         Review and refreshment of Unit 3 and 4 outcomes 

.         Ideas and strategies to assist 

.         Relevant information from the examiner's report on previous exams 

.         Activities that are suitable for students 

.         Sharing ideas and tips to gain the best results.

 

Presenter: 

Faye Moriarty

When:

10.00am - 3.00pm

Monday 12th August 2013

Where:

Statewide Resource Centre

150 Palmerston Street

Carlton

VIC 3053

Cost:

$160.00 for Members

$260.00 for Non Members

 

To book go to
http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/professional-learning-student-activity-r
egistration-form#overlay-context=content/professional-learning-student-activ
ity-registration-form 

 

CREO 2 (formerly Pro Engineer) PL13020

This workshop will provide you with 12 hours of training, in which you will
complete a task and receive a DVD with a license for 100 students AND, the
students can take the software home to use and practice. 

With no other administration fees The software is FREE! There is a huge
range of on line resources. A DVD of video tutorials of all processes,
lesson plans and work units is included.

 

Take this opportunity to mix with your colleagues, share resources and ideas
and develop strategies for implementation of Australian Curriculum in
Victoria. See www.ptcschools.com www.ptc.com/for/education/gallery/index.htm
and check out YouTube search for Creo2. 

PTC Creo formerly called Pro/ENGINEER). You can create 2D sketches, 3D
models, assemblies, drawings, rendering and more. Schools across the globe
have been using this tool for more than 10 years. 

Parametric is state-of-the-art 3D CAD software, Creo is a state-of-the-art
design software. You can transform product ideas into detailed virtual
models using 2D and 3D tools, and perform powerful scientific and mathematic
analyses.

 

Benefits of PTC Creo 2:

 

.         Engage student interest with cutting edge graphics and interactive
virtual models. 

.         Foster student creativity with limitless design opportunities. 

.         Explore the science and maths behind product development. 

.         Produce detailed designs for manufacturing and communications. 

.         Export designs for CNC Milling and 3-D Printing 

.         Free student and teacher licenses for in school and home use. 

.         PTC Creo offers the best preparation to become an Engineer of the
Future, by putting design, analysis, and simulation tools directly in the
hands of students.

 

Presenters:

David Fletcher & Keith Hoy

When:

9.00 am - 3.30 pm

Saturdays August 17 and 24, 2013.

Where:

Huntingtower School, Mt Waverley.

Cost: 

$286 for Members

$310 Non Members

 

To book go to
http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/professional-learning-student-activity-r
egistration-form#overlay-context=content/professional-learning-student-activ
ity-registration-form 

 

 

VCE PD&T Exam Preparation PL13022

This workshop will assist you to prepare your students for the end of year
exam. This workshop will focus on:

 

.         Review and refreshment of Unit 3 and 4 outcomes 

.         Ideas and strategies to assist 

.         Relevant information from the examiner's report on previous exams 

.         Activities that are suitable for students 

.         Sharing ideas and tips to gain the best results.

 

Presenter: 

Jacinta O'Leary

When:

10.00am - 3.00pm

Tuesday 3rd September 2013

Where:

Statewide Resource Centre

150 Palmerston Street

Carlton

VIC 3053

Cost:

$160.00 for Members

$260.00 for Non Members

 

To book go to
http://www.datta.vic.edu.au/content/professional-learning-student-activity-r
egistration-form#overlay-context=content/professional-learning-student-activ
ity-registration-form 

 

 

VCE PD&T Exam Preparation PL13023 For Regional Schools through Polycom

This workshop will assist you to prepare your students for the end of year
exam. This workshop will focus on:

 

.         Review and refreshment of Unit 3 and 4 outcomes 

.         Ideas and strategies to assist 

.         Relevant information from the examiner's report on previous exams 

.         Activities that are suitable for students 

.         Sharing ideas and tips to gain the best results.

 

Presenter: 

Joanne Heide

When:

9.30am - 12.30pm

Friday 23rd August 2013

Where:

This workshop is available through Polycom. If your school has a polycom
unit you will be able to attend this workshop.

If your school does not have a polycom unit, Amy Stewart will be able to
advise on where the nearest Polycom unit for you.

Please contact Amy on (03) 9349 1538 or  <mailto:pl at datta.vic.edu.au>
pl at datta.vic.edu.au.

Cost:

$85.00 including GST

 

 

Modern Love: Professional Learning Day for Teachers

More than thirty of the world's most influential designers from the past 40
years will feature in Modern Love. This full day Professional Development
day gives teachers a chance to view the exhibition, learn about the
designers and participate in a practical workshop.

Modern Love focuses on approximately 60 works from the post-punk period from
the 1980s to the present day. It reflects fashion in our contemporary lives
with works ranging from haute couture designs such as museum commission
Alexander McQueen gowns to t-shirts, Adidas high top runners to shoes worn
by Samantha Jones in Sex in the City.

The day focuses on:

.         Exhibition visit - view fashion by designers such as: Vivienne
Westwood, Issey Miyake, Carolina Herrera, Marc Bohan for Christian Dior,
Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Gianni Versace, Alexander
McQueen, Thierry Mugler, and more 

.         Workshop with artist Linda Jackson, renowned textile artist and
fashion designer - Participants will design a scarf, collage a colourful
artwork and create a fashion drawing inspired by the landscape, a favourite
flower or combination of colours.

Suitable for all Art or Design and Technology fashion/ textile teachers

When:

10am-4pm

Friday 1st November 2013

Where:

Bendigo Art Gallery, 42 View Street, Bendigo

Cost:

Bendigo Art Gallery and DATTA members: $60/non-members $65/students or
unwaged $50

 

To book go to:
http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Education/Teachers/Modern_Love_Professio
nal_Learning_Day_for_Teachers 

 

Warm Wishes,

 

Amy

Amy Lilley-Stewart 

PL Program Manager

DATTA Vic

150 Palmerston St

Carlton VIC 3053

Tel:  0393491538

www.datta.vic.edu.au

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