[Yr7-10it] Informatics Day at Swinburne University - 11 November 2013

[Ferrier, Gavin R]

HI Mandy, do you think that this is worth going to?

Gavin

On 7/10/13 11:33 AM, "Li Sim Mueller-Loh" <lloh at swin.edu.au> wrote:

>(apologies for the cross-posting)
>
>Event: Informatics Day
>Date: 11 November 2013
>Time/Duration: Whole Day
>Venue: Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus
>
>Thanks to sponsorship from Google, Swinburne University and University of
>Queensland are providing professional development on informatics to
>teachers on the 11th of November in Melbourne. You may have seen recently
>in The Age, an excellent article about the International Olympiad of
>Informatics (IOI) which was hosted in Brisbane in July
>(http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/numbers-game-20130805
>-2r9yi.html).
>
>This one-day program aims to encourage and highlight the importance of
>including informatics in classroom teaching by providing high-quality
>resources and materials that can be brought back to the classroom. We
>hope to help teachers engage with their students so that they can benefit
>from learning Informatics during their primary and high school years. The
>keynote will feature Dr Roslyn Prinsley "National Science & Mathematics
>Education & Industry Adviser" from the Office of the Chief Scientist and
>various speakers and practical sessions focusing on problem solving.
>
>There is no charge but numbers are limited to 40. For more information
>and registration please see:
>https://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/events/informatics/
>
>Kind regards
>
>Dr Therese Keane
>Lecturer - Educational Technologies
>Faculty of ICT, Swinburne University of Technology
>
>Phone: (+613) 9214 8579
>www.ict.swin.edu.au/ictstaff/tkeane<http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/ictstaff/tk
>eane>
>Twitter: #SwinEdTech
>
>
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