Educational Innovation Opportunities

Sharing a message from Lyrian McGregor

Office Manager I Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre

 Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre  also have new Master Classes in Robotics and Game Design, developed with experts for those students who already have some experience and want to take their knowledge to the next level. If you could please pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested in our Centre it would be greatly appreciated. Find out more on our blog:http://bit.ly/dVkfs7

We have two very exciting special events coming us at MacICT! One of which is in the first week back next term. We’ve managed to secure two world leaders in Technology and Education – Dr Alec Couros and Barbara Bratzel. If you haven’t already enrolled for these fantastic Professional Learning opportunities then now’s the time as spots are closing fast…

19th July – Dr Alec Couros http://www.scoop.it/t/alec-couros

 Dr. Alec Couros is an Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity. His keynote is entitled “Disrupting Schools: Learning in the 21^st Century”, and he will also be running 3 sessions throughout the day on “Becoming a Networked Learner”, “Understanding Digital Citizenship and Identity” and an “Introduction to Digital Story Telling”.  Enrol via MyPL Course Code DV01799 / Click here for the flyer

15th August – Barbara Bratzel http://bit.ly/LRVf2q

Barbara Bratzel literally wrote the book on the LEGO NXT with “Physics by Design with NXT Mindstorms” now in its 3rd edition, based on the classes she ran as a science teacher for over a decade at Shady Hill School (a preK-8 independent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts). In addition she has also been a consulting teacher at the Center for Engineering Educational Outreach at Tufts University. Barbara explains in the forward of her book: “engineering is a powerful tool in K-12 education, one that teaches critical thinking and a deeper understanding of mathematics and science concepts. More importantly, engineering gets kids excited—about science, about math, and about engineering itself. The first students who took Physics by Design are now in college and beyond. It gives me special pleasure that a number of them have gone on to pursue engineering–and have told me that their LEGO physics class started them down that path.” Enrol via MyPL Course Code DV01799 / Click here for the flyer

To keep up to date with the events and activities at MacICT please follow us on Twitter @macict. Click here to visit our Blog to find out more about what we offer here at MacICT, or visit our YouTube channel here to see some of our work in action. Our email address is macictsupport@det.nsw.edu.au. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions and we hope to see you at the Centre soon!