ECAWA#2025 State Conference Workshop:
Introduction to Robotics – LEGO Spike
Presented by
Dr Damien Kee
Independent Technology Expert
Find out how to excite and inspire your students and discover how to integrate robotics into your curriculum.
Learn practical ideas and activities to run in your classroom using the latest LEGO MINDSTORMS system and discover why robotics is fast becoming a major tool in the teaching of the Technology, Maths and Science. Curriculum.
**No prior experience necessary!**
About the Presenter:
Dr Damien Kee is an independent technology education expert, who specialises in bringing technology concepts to teachers and educators around the world.
With a focus on Digital Technologies such as Robotics, Programming and Electronics, he works to educate teachers on the benefits and relative
ease with which technology can be embedded into their daily classroom activities.
Damien can be found anywhere from sitting on the floor of a classroom, working with young students first learning the intricacies of programming, through to presenting at conferences to some of the most skilled educators in the field.
Damien has run his popular workshops for teachers and students around the world including:
EduTech (Australia)
QSITE (Australia)
Google Apps for Education Summit (Australia)
RoboCup Junior (China / Australia)
Tufts University (USA)
International Robotics Academy (Jordan)
King Hussein Jubilee Institute (Jordan)
ATLAB (United Arab Emirates and Qatar)
RoboFest (Singapore)
GIFT Education (China)
He is the author of several popular teacher resource books and has been a technical reviewer for several more.
Damien has worked previously with LEGO Education as a trainer of a LEGO Education Distributor in Australia as well as directly with the LEGO Education team in Billund as a member of the software documentation team of the EV3 product line.
Damien received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in 2001 and his PhD (Robotics) in 2007 from the University of Queensland.
He became involved with Educational Robotics in 2000, when the RoboCup Junior competition was established in Queensland. Since then, he has been heavily involved with RoboCup Junior, running the National competition in 2007, serving as Chairman of RCJ Australia in 2010/2011 and being on the committee (RCJ Rescue) for the International competition(2009-2012).
Join Dr Damien Kee for this Keynote Address at the ECAWA 2025 State Conference at Christ Church Grammar School Preparatory School.
In brief:
ECAWA 2025 State Conference
Main page: https://ecawa.wa.edu.au/conferences/2025-state-conference/
Dates: Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of February, 2025
Venue: Christ Church Grammar School Preparatory School Download the map: coming soon
Parking: Plenty of parking available or arrive by train and walk over to the school.
Presenters and Presentations: coming soon
Offers to Present: Submit your offer of a presentation at https://bit.ly/ECAWA2025Presentations
Registration and Conference Tickets: https://ecawa.wa.edu.au/professional_learning/professional-learning-event-tickets/
Record keeping: Certificates recording your participation in this event will be made available at the event
Enquiries: email conference@ecawa.wa.edu.au
ECAWA 2025 State Conference Tickets are available!
ECAWA 2025 State Conference tickets for ECAWA Members and tickets for unwaged Student Members are now available from http://bit.ly/ECAWAPLTickets
Choose from a two day ticket, covering both days of the event, or one day tickets for either Saturday the 22nd of February or Sunday the 23rd of February, as best suits
your needs.
School Members may purchase as many tickets as they require.
Conference tickets for non members will be available soon.
If you have any questions please email secretary@ecawa.wa.edu.au
Join us at the ECAWA 2025 State Conference on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of February
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