State Conference ‘08

ICT Connect - connecting the learners of tomorrow

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• When: Thursday July 17 and Friday July 18, 2008

• Where: Canning College

• Costs: $100 - Please see the registration form

 Keynote Speakers

Day 1: Aidan McCarthy - IT Director Scotch CollegeAidan McCarthy was Microsoft’s WW Strategy Director for K-12 and has returned top enjoy the Perth lifestyle and work as IT Director at Scotch College. He was based at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, USA driving Teaching and Learning technologies and programs with 1:1 as a key focus in schools. More….

Day 2: Bronwen Clune CEO: Norg Media & Sue Waters Lecturer: Challenger TAFE

Bronwen Clune runs a Perth-based Web 2.0 startup, and know the trials and tribulations that are associated with trying to run the next generation of online applications and social networking sites.Sue Waters is a TAFE lecturer in Aquaculture. She is also one of the most prolific WA educators writing online and has a professional learning network that spans the globe.More…

So what is on the Conference Programme?

The ECAWA Conference 2008 programme for Thursday can be seen by clicking here and for Friday can be seen by clicking here.Presenter information can be seen by clicking here.

Your Invitation

We invite you to join us at the ECAWA 2008 State Conference for two days of exciting professional learning and professional development opportunities, networking and sharing of information about ICT in education in a relaxed and friendly environment at Canning College.The programme will incorporate a number of keynote addresses as well as concurrent presentations. While a significant part of the programme will explore some of the opportunities that Web2+ technologies offer educators and students, there will be plenty more as well.

Speakers 2008

Day 1: Aidan McCarthy - IT Director Scotch College

Aidan McCarthy was Microsoft’s WW Strategy Director for K-12 and has returned top enjoy the Perth lifestyle and work as IT Director at Scotch College. He was based at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, USA driving Teaching and Learning technologies and programs with 1:1 as a key focus in schools. Aidan worked closely with product teams, solutions development and with companies specialising in education products and services.

Aidan has assisted in creating education policy directions for Governments and Ministries of Education. He is a recognised speaker and well known for the work he had done in helping schools and teachers effectively integrate Learning technologies into the curriculum.

Abstract

Imagine a school where you have the best learning environment? What does it look like? Why is it different? Does every student and every teacher have unlimited access to a learning device that is wirelessly connected to any resource and offers individualised learning anywhere anytime?Imagine …………You had this learning environment but students were still bored, disconnected, and academic achievement was only slightly improving.Did you think Big enough? Find out during this session if you have considered all of the key areas to create a 21st Century Learning Environment.

Day 2:

Bronwen Clune CEO: Norg Media

Founder of Norg Media, bad typist, mother of 4, media junkie, Australian Web Industry Association committee member, blogger and new media evangelist. In a former incarnation she wrote stories for a dead tree news organisation - The West!A norg is about people powered news organisations. Anyone can join and contribute to the news as a Cit J (citizen journalist). Add your comments, share your stories, post your pics, submit links to interesting stories, upload your YouTube clips and vote for the stories you feel are important. PerthNorg is a place for you to stay connected to what people are talking about.

Sue Waters -Lecturer Challenger TAFE

Sue Waters is a TAFE lecturer in Aquaculture. She is also one of the most prolific WA educators writing online and has a professional learning network that spans the globe.  Sue is an enthusiastic teacher of e-learning and a great blogger. Sue provides a range of useful and practical e-learning “how-tos”.  See Sue’s wikispace,  her mobile technology blog and her tips, tricks and help with using Web 2.0 on the Edublogger site. This intro “Online social networks for professional development” will give us a brief overview of the ways educators can use use online tools to forge professional networks related to our areas of interest.  Sue will help us separate tweets from blogs, wikis from wookies, Skypes from Gtalks and uStreams from Lifestreams.

ECAWA Conference Presenters 2008

The Conference Committee is keen to offer the very best in professional development opportunities at this year’s Conference.  The running programme can be accessed here.  If you have a specific question for presenters or a question about the the programme contact us here.  Further presentation information to follow as details from presenters arrives.

Conference presenter abstracts

To see the presenter abstracts, click here or here Presenter Abstracts  (PDF)(Thank you Google docs).

ECAWA Conference Programme 2008

The Conference Committee is keen to offer the very best in professional development opportunities at this year’s Conference.  The running programme can be accessed below.  If you have a specific question for presenters or about the the programme contact us here.

Programme as at July 9, 2008:

ECAWA Conference Programme Thursday 17th 2008 Click Here or here Thursday Program (PDF)ECAWA Conference Programme Friday18th 2008  Click Here or here Friday Program  (PDF)  (Thank you Google Docs)

Presenter info:

ECAWA Conference 2008 presenter info here.