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Category: Your Stories
Updates and reports on your experiences with the CSER Digital Technologies education program.
Your Stories: Cindy Thornton, Flinders Island District High School, Tasmania
Unique challenges come with teaching Digital Technologies at a remote island school in the middle of Bass Strait. With an unpredictable internet connectivity varying ranging from ‘zilch’ to ‘a carrier pigeon could convey data faster than this’, staff at Flinders Island District High School were not overly confident in their ability to deliver the new […]
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Orchard Grove Primary School: Leading school professional development with ‘PL-in-a-Box’
Leeanne King, Assistant Principal, Orchard Grove Primary School in Blackburn South, Victoria, has been passionate about using technology in schools for many years. The arrival of the Digital Technologies curriculum was an exciting opportunity to build their staff capacity and their confidence in implementing the new curriculum. After participating in the Foundations – Year 6 […]
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Your Stories: Tim Collins – Industry to Digital Technologies Educator
We recently received a wonderful email from a Western Australian teacher, Tim Collins, who shared his experience so far in our Digital Technologies course. He has kindly agreed for us to share his story with you. We feel Tim’s story might encourage and inspire others who share a similar experience! Tim Collins, Maylands Peninsula Primary School. My name is […]
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PL-in-a-Box for Demystifying Digital Technologies – Linda McIver
Linda McIver, a Computer Scientist and Educator at the John Monash Science School, shared how she used our PL-in-a-Box materials and content from the CSER F-6 MOOCs to run a professional learning session recently. I ran a PD recently for a Primary School whose staff were trying to wrap their heads around the new Digital Technologies Curriculum […]
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Digital Technologies Professional Learning: Humpty Doo Primary
Sue Carter, Northern Territory Digital Technologies Project Officer, is conducting a range of professional learning opportunities for teachers to assist with their knowledge and understanding of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. In this article she shares her experience of running a full day professional learning event with staff at Humpty Doo Primary School. Planning Digital […]
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Digital Technologies Professional Learning: The Tasmanian Experience
Peter Lelong, Tasmanian Catholic Education Officer, shares his experience of using the CSER Digital Technologies MOOC resources to drive teacher professional learning and implementation across Tasmania for Catholic Education Office teachers. As an education officer responsible for the professional learning program for Technologies in Tasmanian Catholic schools, I first came across the CSER MOOC in […]
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Velma Engages Regional South Australian Teachers in F-6 Digital Technologies
Dr Velma Beaglehole is currently a Primary Learners Project Officer in the Department of Education and Training, South Australia. Prior, Velma was an Australian Curriculum Implementation Officer. Velma was one of the first educators to share her inspiring story of using the MOOCs to support state-wide professional learning activities in regional areas across South Australia. Thank you […]
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3-Day Digital Technologies professional learning tour around Tasmania
A/Professor Katrina Falkner and I have just returned from a road trip tour around Tasmania! Peter Lelong from the Tasmanian Catholic Education Office (CEO) invited us at the Computer Science Education Research (CSER) group to present and run a workshop at their state Professional Learning event. The event was repeated in the South, North and […]
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