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Creative coding and the generative art movement is all about using programming concepts and a healthy dose of mathematics to create weird, wonderful and sometimes beautiful things.
This hands on workshop will work through how to create interesting and extensible artwork in Blockly, Python, or JavaScript.
Managing data is an important aspect of Computer Science and understanding how to creates a database is a useful skill for students to learn.
In this session we will explore how to use the SQLite database engine to query existing databases and create our own new databases.
The Micro:bit is a very affordable and accessible and hugely versatile microprocessor which can be used to for everything from basic coding to optimisation and networking.
This hands on workshop is about how you can use the Micro:bit together with the UN Global Goals for Sustainability to allow students to design and create robotics projects to solve authentic problems.
As part of his university teaching, Hannes has collected a range of resources that are also appropriate for learners in primary and secondary stages.
In this presentation he will share them and discuss some ways to use them with different levels of students.
The author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the World, Linda McIver is an inspiring keynote speaker who has appeared on the ABC’s panel program Q&A, and regularly delivers engaging Professional Development for Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Educators across all disciplines.
Are you looking for a practical way to explore networking without having to invest in high end equipment?
This presentation will introduce the concept of exploring network simulations using free software – Cisco Packet Tracer. This software allows students and teachers the ability to quickly and easily setup a network structure and configure the network to allow connectivity between devices.
Join us at the ECAWA 2021 State Conference – #ECAWA2021 – on Saturday the 4th of December, 2021, at Christ Church Grammar School.
The Conference is being held on the first Saturday of December – just before the school holidays begin for most schools, and we’d to be able to send everyone off with lots of fresh ideas to mull over and develop.
Make a Presentation at the ECAWA 2021 State Conference – #ECAWA2021 – on Saturday the 4th of December, 2021, at Christ Church Grammar School.
The Conference is being held on the first Saturday of December – just before the school holidays begin for most schools, and we’d love everyone to be able to send you off with lots of fresh ideas to mull over and develop.
AI in the classroom – Teaching about artificial intelligence with online strands for Primary teachers and Secondary teachers, running from the 3rd of August through to the 8th of September with access to recordings, presentation slides and all relevant resources afterward.
The ECAWA Annual General Meeting has been adjourned to Wednesday the 23rd of June, 2021.
Members are asked to arrive ONLINE or at the Trinity College Board Room (by prior arrangement) on Wednesday the 23rd of June, from 4.45pm, so that the ECAWA 2021 Annual General Meeting can start at 5.00pm sharp.
