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PD and ConferencesDTECC - Diocesan Technology and E-Learning Curriculum conference - Cairns 23rd August 2014.
Topic: Building teachers ICT capacity and capabilities to engage, collaborate and create. For further details and registration access the website here The What and How of Teaching Writing Presented by Robyn Wild When: Tuesday, 2 September, 4-6.30pm Where: Cairns West State School Mayer St, Manunda Robyn is often asked "What do I need to teach my students about writing?" This question is usually closely followed by "So, how do I do it?" The answers to these questions will be addressed in this session. For more information click here QSITE Webinars Google Drive for Education - Cohesion, Communication, Collaboration Date: Tuesday, 9 September 2014 Time: 8.00pm to 9.00pm Google Drive is a powerful application that will help you facilitate collaboration and communication in your classroom. It has added benefits of keeping you organised, and providing a backup in the cloud. Learn how to use Google Drive effectively, and some tips and tricks on how to improve use in your classroom practice. At this webinar you will learn how to use Google Drive: · for group work in their classroom; · to create student portfolios for their classes; and · to facilitate collaboration in your faculty. QSITE members can register here Non members here Evernote in Education: Organisation is Key! Date: Tuesday, 16 September 2014 Time: 8.00pm to 9.00pm Evernote is a great tool for teachers to capture notes, organise lesson plans, collaborate on projects, snap photos and more. Everything added to Evernote accounts is synced automatically and made available on all the devices you use, either at home or at school. Evernote helps facilitate organisation, and if used correctly, can be a terrific tool for classroom collaboration and organisation. At this webinar you will learn how to use Evernote:
Members: Purchase your webinar seat for just $33.00 now here Non-members: Purchase your webinar seat for just $55.00 here James Nottingham Seminar - Monday, 15th September 2014 James Nottingham is venturing to Brisbane, Australia to address two questions that ought to drive education: How much progress are your students making and how do you know? We have many ways to report on student achievement whereas progress, more often than not, is talked about purely in anecdotal terms. In this seminar James will explore ways we can redress the balance so that students come to school to improve rather than just prove. He will show you how to refer to specific goals, ensure feedback is credible, teach students and staff how to self -assess and focus on progress rather than ability. A more detailed outline can be found on the invitation here. Date: Monday, 15th September 2014 Venue: Brisbane Technology Park, 1 Clunies Ross Court, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113 Cost: $275 + GST per person. (including morning tea, lunch and seminar notes) Opportunity for Classroom Teachers If you are a classroom teacher of a student with a disability, funds are available for professional learning opportunities. Access Flyer here Access File with further details here Acer Professional Learning ACER draws on its expertise as a leader in educational research, assessment, and data collection and analysis to provide professional learning for educators and system leaders, policy makers, psychologists and human resources professionals, and others to support improved learning. For further details access the website here "Harness your Experience, Skills & Passion for Teaching and Start Your Own Consultancy!" Who: Ralph Pirozzo Where: Fitzy's Loganholme, Cnr Bryants Road & Pacific Highway, Loganholme When: Saturday, August 30, 2014 Time: 9am (sharp) - 3pm Cost $220 per person (GST, Manual, Certificate & catering included). For further details and registration, please see here. MultiLit Professional Development Dates: 4 Sep Positive Teaching, Brisbane 5 Sep Word Attack Skills-Extension, Brisbane For registration details click here Emotion Management, children & teens with ASD Friday 7th November 2014 9.30am - 4.00pm Presented by Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett Venue: Rydges 209-217 Abbott Street, Cairns Q 4870 Fees: Earlybird $175 - Deadline 24th October, 2014 For more information and registration go to www.mindsandheart.net Flying Arts Alliance Inc Creative and Arts Business workshops Education Outlines Primary School Outlines [PDF] NEW Secondary School Outlines [PDF] NEW A Twilight Session with International Education Consultant and QAR author Professor Taffy Raphael Thursday, 16th October, find more details here The National Learning and Teaching Conference Brisbane 6-8 November Access further details here QCAA Subject area Workshops QCAA has scheduled subject area syllabus workshops. Access their Years 11-12 regional professional learning program for Semester 2 and professional development opportunities for teachers covering BonSAI, Business Communication and Technologies, Graphics, and the delivery of quality VET in schools here Access the July newsletter here Learning with the iPad Explore the potential of iPad to help transform teaching and learning in your classroom. Morning and afternoon sessions at St Therese's School, Bentley Park. For more information and to register follow the link here Auditions Aboriginal centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) Are you interested in a career in Acting! Music! or Dance!. 22 to 24 September, 2014 59-69 Shafston Avenue, Kangaroo Point, Queensland [email protected] (07) 3392 4420 Application forms are available on our website here Creating Connections and Growing Understanding 2014 National Conference on Numeracy, Mathematics and Indigenous Learners Adelaide 10-11 November, 2014 The conference will explore the complete learning cycle for mathematics and numeracy: Community, Pre-service teacher education. School practice and Business. Go to the conference website for some more information about these themes and the conference overall. Introducing QCAA - Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Chief Executive Officer Chris Rider introduces the new Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Access the video and website here The PE Geek Cairns WorkshopTHE PE GEEK – One Day Workshop on Integrating Technology into PE Where? St. Andrew’s Catholic College When? Saturday 18 October Cost? $242/$218 Early Bird (limited to first 5) Join world renowned physical educator Jarrod Robinson “The PE Geek” for an action packed one day workshop focused on integrating emerging technologies into PE & Sport Science classrooms and sports teams. Jarrod will explore current technologies and emerging pedagogies which are being used in innovative Physical Education classrooms around world. In particular attendees will focus specifically on mobile devices such as the iPad and iPod and the capacity these have for transformation within the PE classroom. All attendees will be required to bring along a mobile device and will be informed of the necessary apps prior to the workshop commencing. Attendees are guaranteed to walk away with best practice actionable ideas for immediate classroom use. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to put their new skills into action with a complete hands on focus. This workshop series has been conducted in over 20 countries around the world, receiving stellar reviews from all in attendance. Book your spot now to ensure you don't miss out. What attendees have said about the workshops: “Brilliant, highly recommended for any PE Teacher to attend” “The best PD for Technology in PE that I have attended ever in my teaching career. Value for money. Jarrod was extremely knowledgeable” “As someone who already uses a lot of tech in PE – I was very impressed with how much more I learned. Enjoyed this very much!” Access Workshop website here |
Resources
The Great Book Swap About the Great Book Swap... What is It? The Great Book Swap challenge is a fundraising event where students make a gold coin donation and swap books with one another. When is It? You can you Great Book Swap at any time throughout the year or on Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday September 3, 2014 or during Children's Book Week, NAIDOC Week, reconciliation Week, National Literacy and Numeracy Week. For further details click here To register click here Primary Connections Primary Connections now has assessment rubrics available for every unit. They have also have a new website. To ensure you remain on their database and receive access to the members section of the new website follow this link here If you do not wish to become a member but would still like to receive email notification of events and special offers you can update subscription preferences here C2C Curriculum Resources There will a release of a further 41 C2C units in the areas of English, Maths, Science and History. The following units of work have now been uploaded into Scootle and are currently available: • English (Years 1 – 10: Unit 5) • English (Prep: Unit 3) • Mathematics (Years 1 – 10A: Unit 4) • Mathematics (Prep: Unit 3) • Science (Years P – 6: Unit 3) • Science (Years 7 – 10: Unit 5) • History (Years P – 6: Unit 2) The Department of Education, Training and Employment have advised that the next major upload of 29 units National Science Week - 16-24 August 2014 For more details access the website here JCU Events Pecha Kucha Night Cairns Vol.12 Pecha Kucha, an entertaining evening covering a range of topics – 20 images x 20 seconds – dedicated to National Science Week at the Tanks and featuring JCU researchers: Richard Fitzpatrick, Dr David Wilson, AProf Susan Laurance, Dr Michael Smout, Prof Scott Ritchie and Dr Severine Navarro. Date: Wednesday, 20 August Time: 6:30pm for 7:30pm start Venue: Tanks Art Centre (Tank 3), Cairns Cost: $5.00 - tickets will be sold at the door National Literacy and Numeracy Week 25-31 August. We are looking forward to celebrating students' learning, literacy and numeracy skills with schools, teachers, parents and principals across Australia. Access website here Click here to view on-line newsletter G20 Resources from QCAA The Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders Summit will be held in Brisbane, Queensland on 15 and 16 November 2014 and Cairns will host the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors meeting on 20 and 21 September. Access QCAA Resources here Access to virtual field trips Kindy Resources Early years educators are encouraged to register to receive news updates from the QCAA related to implementation of the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline. These updates complement the wide ranging resources for kindergarten teachers on the QCAA website. The QCAA’s videos for kindergarten teachers are also available on our YouTube channel . Revised standards elaborations encourage national approach to assessment The revised standards elaborations (SEs) for P–10 Australian Curriculum English and Mathematics are now available. SEs assist teachers to use achievement standards to make consistent, comparable and defensible A to E judgments about a folio of student work. The revision process included an agreement to strengthen a national approach to assessment and standards by pitching the achievement standard at a ‘C’. Revised SEs for Science, History and Geography are coming soon. Reading Australia Resources Reading Australia is a major funding initiative for Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund, providing online resources for the teaching and learning of Australian literature in Australian schools and universities. For more information follow link here Learning Account Cards for Year 10 and 12 Schools wishing additional Your learning account cards for Year 10 students should email their order to [email protected] . The cards include a pop-out section where students can record their learning account login details. Please remind Year 12 students that by logging into their learning account on the Student Connect website before 31 August they will be automatically entered into the draw to win one of three iPad Airs . Awards, Grants and CompetitionsOpti-MINDS Challenge
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For further information please contact:
Sharon County, Acting Senior Education Officer - Primary Curriculum
Phone 40509760 or email [email protected] |
Danielle Purdy, Senior Education Officer - Secondary Curriculum
Phone 40509728 or email [email protected] |
Information presented in this update is sourced from a variety of organisations including the QCAA and QCEC