NCSS Challenge 2018: All new format. Starts Mon 30 July.

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The University of Sydney’s National Computer Science School and Grok Learning have announced the 2018 NCSS Challenge, to be held for five weeks starting Monday 30th July. Unlike other programming competitions, the NCSS Challenge requires no prior programming experience – Read More …

Draft Shape : Technologies Feedback by May 18

From: http://www.bsss.act.edu.au/curriculum/bsss_curriculum_development_consultation Consultation The draft document is available for viewing along with an online questionnaire. Feedback, including ratings and detailed comments on key elements of the paper, can be provided directly via the online questionnaire. Draft Shape of the ACT Read More …

Australian Council for Computers in Education 2018 Early Bird Registration is Now Available

Early Bird Registration for ACCE2018 is now open at: http://acce2018.com.au/registration/ Member Rates The member registration rate is applicable to the following associations: Auckland Computers in Education Society (ACES) Australian Computer Society Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTVic) EdTechSA Educational Computing Read More …

Spotlight ACCE 2018: Post Conference Masterclass: Computer Science Project

Facilitator: Australian Computing Academy Location: School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney – Building J12, 1 Cleveland Street, Darlington NSW 2008 Computing projects are very rarely individual undertakings. It can be a challenge to design authentic collaborative projects for your Read More …

Google for Education Summit Canberra- April 16 & 17, 2018. Presentations by Google Certified Teachers / Trainers.

Connect with world class presentations by the passionate and FUN Spotlight and General speakers – most of them being Google Certified Teachers, Google Education Trainers, and Google Innovators. Best of all, you’ll add each of these speakers to your Personal Read More …

iPad K-6 Education Event Canberra May 16, 2018. Explore the transformative power of iPad in the primary school environment.

iPad in the K-6 Classroom More than ever, educators are using iPad to create interactive, purposeful and engaging experiences in K-6 classrooms. iPad inspires creativity, encourages collaboration and empowers students to to solve problems and tell their own stories of learning. Together we will explore the Read More …

Spotlight: ACCE 2018 Pre-conference Workshop: Computational Thinking and Music Education

Facilitator: Judith Bell Computational thinking (CT) applies to subjects outside computer science, and music is no exception. CT ideas such as decomposition, patterns, abstraction and algorithms can all be exercised in a meaningful way while at the same time engaging Read More …

April 16-17 EdTechTeam Canberra Summit: Call for Presenters

The fourth Canberra Summit featuring Google for Education will be held April 16-17, 2018 at Gungahlin College. Over the two days, enjoy inspiring keynote speaker presentations, empowering hands-on breakout sessions and fun activities including a high-energy demo slam (ten hours Read More …