The NCSS Challenge is an online programming competition for school students aged 10-18. Run over five weeks from 31 July, students learn to code as they compete. Students solve fun problems with code on topics from medicine to movies, sport Read More …
In this workshop, Dr Anne Gardner, UTS, OLT National Teaching & Learning Fellow 2016, will introduce participants to a learning framework used in the OLT National T&L Fellowship. Participants will take part in a typical learning activity using resources developed Read More …
The ACS Foundation and University of Canberra invite teachers and students along to the BiG Day In IT Careers Conference in the Boiler House Auditorium at UC on Thursday 25 May 2017. Join us to hear leading speakers from companies Read More …
In schools where students are learning on iPads, Apple is supporting teachers in schools through their Everyone can Code program. They have recently released a suite of free resources designed to support students and teachers to engage with coding in Read More …
The 2017 Bebras computational thinking challenge runs from 6-17 March, and computational thinking is an important part of the new Digital Technologies curriculum. The challenge is open to all schools, conducted online, appropriate for years 3 -12, and is great fun Read More …
Free Unity Education licenses for all Since March of 2015, the Unity Education team has granted nearly 77k licenses in support of primary and secondary institutions, to help teach digital literacy and valuable skills such as programming through the creation Read More …
The Cisco High Schools Conference will be held on Thursday 1st December at CIT Reid, starting at 1:30pm. The conference is hosted by Canberra Institute of Technology in partnership with The Cisco Networking Academy. Canberra Institute of Technology is one Read More …
In partnership with Refraction Media, Google is helping to provide inspiration to students across Australia through the Careers with Code guide to show them what’s next in the future of work + study and how to get there. Throughout this guide Read More …
Earlier this year, nearly 500 tech girls set out in 124 teams in 6 states to compete in the 2016 Search for the Next Tech Girl Superhero. The program offers girls the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to become Read More …
Over the last three years the Hour of Code has reached more than 100 million students in over 180 countries. Last year, teachers across the ACT helped make this the largest learning event in history, with record participation from girls and Read More …