[Yr7-10it] PD opportunity

[Christy Kosch]

Hi Diane

Fantastic.  I am not actually running the event so please email
acraig at deakin.edu.au with your details to register.

Many thanks
Christy

On 29/07/13 12:47 PM, "Diane Peat" <dpeat at firbank.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>Hello Christy
>Thanks for advising of this PD opportunity. I would like to attend the
>residential workshop.
>
>Diane Peat
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>On 29/07/13 8:31 AM, "Christy Kosch" <ckosch at swin.edu.au> wrote:
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>>Dear IT Teacher
>>
>>
>>Deakin University and Swinburne University of Technology are pleased to
>>offer you the opportunity to send one of your teachers to a fully funded
>>residential workshop geared towards broadening participation in ICT by
>>building teachers' technical capacity. This opportunity is possible
>>through the generous sponsorship provided by Google through their CS4HS
>>(Computer Science for High Schools) program.
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>>Participants in the workshop, through hands-on experience, will be
>>exposed to a student-led 4 week AppInventor module of work. This module
>>has been successfully trialled in two metropolitan  schools with the
>>support of a small grant from the Australian Council of Deans of ICT
>>(ACDICT). The lesson plans are flexible and teachers have the ability to
>>adjust them for middle school or senior students.
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>>Additionally teachers will be provided with an overview of  materials
>>(lesson plans, student work examples and teaching instructions) created
>>through an Australian Research Council Grant ³Digital Divas Club
>>(2009-2011)² which focused on increasing gender diversity in ICT.
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>>We invite you to nominate one teacher to attend this residential workshop
>>that will be held at Deakin Management Centre, Deakin University, Geelong
>>3217 (http://www.managementcentre.com.au/) on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th
>>September . The teacher who would gain the most from this workshop would
>>most likely be teaching ICT to a year 7,8, 9 or 10 class, not necessarily
>>have a background method in ICT but is enthusiastic about its
>>possibilities.
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>>Teachers will be required to bring their own laptops. We will supply
>>Android phones for instructional purposes. All meals and accommodation
>>costs are covered in the grant, as well as  teaching support materials
>>that the participants can take home.
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>>To minimise disruption to your timetable, we will begin the workshop at
>>4pm on Friday 6th of September and continue through to 5pm on Saturday
>>7th September.
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>>Places are capped at 20, so please respond with the teacher's details
>>(name and email) as soon as possible and no later than 12 August, via
>>email to:  acraig at deakin.edu.au<mailto:acraig at deakin.edu.au>.
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>>Successful participants will be notified by 16 August. We will then
>>finalise the communication and planning with the individual nominated
>>teachers.
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>>Many thanks
>>
>>Christy Kosch
>>Manager, Marketing and Communications
>>Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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>>Swinburne University of Technology
>>PO Box 218 Hawthorn VIC 3122
>>e: ckosch at swin.edu.au<mailto:ckosch at swin.edu.au>
>>p: (03) 9214 4750
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>Diane Peat
>Head of ICT Curriculum<br>Teacher of Religious Education and Personal
>Development
>Firbank Grammar School
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