Presenters and Presentations

ECAWA 2023 State Conference Presenters and Presentations!

The conference team has sourced papers and presentations of interest to educators, educational administrators and support staff concerned with K-12 education, and looking at more effective ways of using information and communication technology in learning and teaching.

We are very grateful to all our Presenters and Speakers for their generousity in giving so freely of their time and talents and sharing their knowledge and experience.

⇒Registration and Conference Tickets

Buy your tickets online at https://ecawa.wa.edu.au/professional_learning/professional-learning-event-tickets/

⇒Presenters and Presentations

Check out the information linked below so that you are ready to make your selections.

The Grok Academy team will be at the ECAWA 2023 State Conference with a wonderful line up of presentations.
Unless otherwise noted, the Grok Academy presentations have been designed to suit the needs of teachers working from Year 4 through to Year 10.

• Hacking the classroom: engaging students with fun and interactive cybersecurity lessons
• From Scratch to Python and Beyond: effective strategies for scaffolding programming instruction
• Design Thinking in Digital Technologies
• “Hello World, Hello Challenges”: the concepts that make learning to code challenging
• Code craft: Pedagogies for teaching programming
• Beyond the Spreadsheet: the why and how of teaching data analysis
• Understanding the Divide: Digital Technologies vs Digital Literacy (Thursday and Friday)
• Teaching Digital Technologies in the age of AI

Other workshops, masterclasses and presentations include:

Andrew Grigg,  Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA (CME) Digital Technologies Learning and Development Lead – The CME Digital Technologies Challenge

Chris Anderson – Building Data Driven Websites with Bottle – a half day Masterclass

Brett Clarke –  “Let’s Get Physical” with Data Communications – a Masterclass in Three Parts (Thursday PM, Parts 1 and 2 and Friday PM,  Part 3)

Michelle Chomiak – Teaching Object Oriented Programming to Secondary Students – It’s not just about pronouncing it correctly!

Donna Buckley and Damon Boniwell – Cyber Taipan

Michael Roche – Study Squads

 

⇒We’d like to draw your attention to:

⇒Opening Presenter – Friday

Andrew Grigg,  Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA (CME) Digital Technologies Learning and Development Lead will open the Friday programme, speaking about a Chamber of Mines and Energy initiative –  The CME Digital Technologies Challenge -and leading a workshop, so bring your device and have a go.

⇒Closing Presenters – Friday

Courtney Weaver and Rob Poulter of Grok Academy    will present a very topical presentation on a subject affecting teachers more and more  Teaching Digital Technologies in the age of AI

⇒The Extended Masterclasses

Chris Anderson – Building Data Driven Websites with Bottle – a half day Masterclass on Thursday, from 9.00am
Brett Clarke –  “Let’s Get Physical” with Data Communications – a Masterclass in Three Parts (Thursday PM,  Parts 1 and 2 and Friday PM,  Part 3)

⇒Timetable and Programme

Download the latest copy of the programme:

Thursday the 5th of October

Friday the 6th of October

 

⇒Just Checking…

⇒Who should come? All teachers from across the sectors, pre-service teachers from every university, educators K-12  and people TAFE, University interested in educational computing, ICT and / or digital technologies.

⇒What’s happening?  Papers and presentations of interest to educators, educational administrators and support staff concerned with K-12 education, and looking at more effective ways of using information and communication technology in learning and teaching. Sharing examples of best practise and celebrating our achievements.

 

Information about the ECAWA 2023 State Conference  is being released progressively, as it becomes available, so watch this space and stay in touch:

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