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- 1. Contemporary learning CONFERENCE Creating with presenters Steve Collis(SCIL) Karen Starkiss MAC1 Intuyu Consulting paul McLoughlAn program Friday 29 May Catholic Education Catherine McAuley Arts Centre Catholic College Wodonga Registrations through www.stickytickets.com.au/24603 30 sessions to choose from, one transformational day FEATURING 16 leading presenters including Steve collis Director of Innovation, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning. Edu-Innovator, Idea Merchant, Strategist, Facilitator, Speaker, Writer, Mad Inventor, Tech-Whisperer (Aust, International).
- 2. 2 creating contemporary Learning conferenceFriday 29 May This professional development day is for Foundation to Year 12 schools across northern Victoria and southern NSW. Presentations by leading industry professionals will address innovative teaching, ICT, adding value, flexible and contemporary learning spaces. It includes a keynote address by renowned innovative thinker Steve Collis, supported by three timeslots across the day where delegates can attend up to three workshops out of thirty sessions offered. This day can transform your teaching, your classroom and your school. It is for educators looking towards creating a contemporary learning environment WHAT IS THE CREATING CONTEMPORARY LEARNING CONFERENCE? program Sessionthree 1.20pm-2.15pm Sessiontwo 11.30am-12.25pm SessionOne 10.00am-10.55am 8.30am arrival, prayer and introduction Darren Hovey Principal, Catholic College 2.45pm closING THANK YOU Darren Hovey / refreshments 3A Design Thinking Steve Collis 3b ’What’s the solution?’ Karen Starkiss 3c ‘So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level?’ John Eason 3d learning settings (Part b) Ken Woodman 3e ‘Beyond the Structure – Activating the Learning Space’ Cathryn Stephens 1A Design Thinking Steve Collis 1b ‘What’s the problem’ Karen Starkiss 1c ‘So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level?’ John Eason 1d affordances Ken Woodman 1e ‘Developing Purposeful Feedback’ Cathryn Stephens 9.00am Keynote Presentation “Innovating Learning to Engage Every Child” Steve Collis 11.00am MORNING TEA 2A Design Thinking Steve Collis 2b ‘What’s the problem’ Karen Starkiss 2c ‘So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level?’ John Eason 2d learning settings (Part a) Ken Woodman 2e ‘Developing Growth Mindsets’ Cathryn Stephens 12.30pm LUNCH This conference is open to Catholic, independent and public schools. There are two subsidised registration fees available: one for Catholic Education Wodonga staff (St Augustine’s, St Monica’s, Frayne College and Catholic College Wodonga), the other for staff at North East Provision schools (Marian College, Myrtleford, FCJ Benalla, Galen Catholic College and Sacred Heart Yarrawonga). Certificates of attendance are issued to all delegates, meaning that the Creating Contemporary Learning Conference can be credited towards teachers VIT professional development hours.
- 3. 3 30 sessions tochoose from, one transformational day 3f ‘Prezi’ Steve Iuliano 3j ten technology tools for the classroom St Augustine’s Team 3g ‘Student Collaboration with Google Apps’ Shane Piper 3h ‘Self Organised Learning Environment – SOLE’ Kane Mayhew and Kiara McLean 3i student directed learning Catholic College Year 8 Team 1f ‘iBooks Author’ Steve Iuliano 1j ‘Creating Conditions for Learning’’ Brendan Maher 1g ‘Google Apps & SIMON at Marian College’ Paul McLoughlan and Matthew Summers 1h ‘The use of ICT in English and Humanities’ Michael Russell 1i ‘A Day in the Life of the Senior Learning Centre at St Monica’s’ St Monica’s 5/6 Team 2f ‘Game Salad’ Steve Iuliano 2j ‘Creating Conditions for Learning’’ Brendan Maher 2g ‘Google Apps & SIMON at Marian College’ Paul McLoughlan and Matthew Summers 2h towards open learning Catholic College Year 7 Team 2i ‘Our Journey Towards a Contemporary Learning Community’ Sacred Heart Yarrawonga Team Friday 29 May 8.30 Arrival 8.45 Prayer and Welcome Darren Hovey Principal, Catholic College Wodonga twitter.com/@dartahovey 9.00 Opening Keynote: Innovating Learning to Engage Every Child Steve Collis Director of Innovation, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning How can we personalise learning so that all learners thrive? Since 2005, Steve Collis and colleagues at Northern Beaches Christian School in Sydney have explored a range of innovations to address this question. The innovations have involved physical space, technology, project-based learning, and much more. But the glue holding everything together has remained relationship and collaboration. Steve will explore the breakthroughs and successes that have come to characterise how learning looks from K to 12 after a decade-long journey, highlighting “easy wins” that have strong potential to be applied across a range of contexts. He will also show how elements such as technology and space can be harmonised with pedagogy and programming. www.happysteve.com twitter.com/steve_collis Register Now Click here
- 4. 4 creating contemporary Learning conferenceFriday 29 May 1A Design Thinking Steve Collis Director of Innovation, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning Come to this workshop to work hard in a team-based, hands on activity where you experience design thinking first hand. Design thinking is a method for galvanising a team to create innovative solution to a challenge. This could include the challenge of personalising a learning program, but could equally be applied to the creation of a new excursion policy, the launch of a school transformation movement, or the simple planning of a phone call home to a parent. Often called “human centred design”, design thinking anchors solutions in insight and empathy for the people involved in the context. As such it can generate better solutions that are more effective when put into practice. In this whirlwind workshop Steve will facilitate groups through an accelerated design thinking process. www.happysteve.com twitter.com/steve_collis 1B What’s the problem? KAREN STARKISS Director, Dyslexia Assessment and Support Services Introduction to dyslexia, the most common and prevalent learning difficulty. What it’s like to be dyslexic; strengths and weaknesses? How we can confidently predict if a child will have difficulties in reading? Response to Intervention; what is means and why it should be a model all schools are using for all students? How it can prevent problems first and then brings increasingly intense interventions to students who don’t respond? dyslexiasupportservices.com.au 1C So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level? John Eason Secondary Learning and Teaching, CEO Sandhurst VCE teachers often comment on the need for students to take more responsibility for their own learning - due partly to the pressures for delivering content within tight time frames. We also need to devise learning environments that demand hard work from all (without excessive workload) but at the same time avoiding de-motivating regimes based on grind, fear and excessive pressure. As these features are not consistent with the cognitive and motivational evidence for effective teaching, how can we construct our VCE curriculum to at least take some of these issues into account? A key feature of learning is that complex knowledge structures are built up by organising more basic pieces of knowledge in a hierarchical way. If well constructed, such structures provide understanding that can transfer to new situations – a critical competency in the 21st century. This workshop will explore ways of restructuring the current VCE study design to reflect this developmental model of learning. www.ceosand.catholic.edu.au 1D Spaces for learing KEN WOODMAN Director, No. 42 Architects This discussion workshop will explore how spaces afford opportunities for learning. Through critiques of photographs of spaces, the actual physical space, and a group exercise to analyse an imagined school building design, attendees will come to understand how space has agency in learning and that all is not as it seems... www.no42architects.com.au 1E Developing Purposeful Feedback Cathryn Stephens Founder Intuyu Consulting This workshop is designed to provide teachers with a high degree of clarity around how, when and why to create a highly purposeful, formative feedback loop. Teachers will be able to clearly link using Learning Goals (whole group and individual), co-constructing Success Criteria and using these as a sound basis for a rich feedback cycle which enables students to access all sources of feedback in a strategic, practical way. The presentation is based on the research of John Hattie, et.al. www.intuyuconsulting.com.au twitter: @cathrynSTEPHENS 10.00 - 10.55am workshop session one Choose one from the following 10 Workshops on the next two pages. Book one session in each timeslot.
- 5. 5 30 sessions tochoose from, one transformational day 1F iBooks Author Steve Iuilano Education Consultant, Mac1 An introduction to iBooks Author. This software allows teachers and students to create amazing professionally presented eBooks with interactive images, video clips and much more. www.mac1.com.au 1G Case Study… Google Apps and SIMON Paul McLoughlan and matthew Summers Teacher & Senior School Coordinator, Marian College, Ararat This session will demonstrate examples of how staff at Marian College, Ararat use Google Apps for Education, as well as practical tips and advice for each of the apps. The school’s use of SIMON will also be outlined. Participants will need to bring laptop / iPad. www.mcararat.catholic.edu.au twitter: @PAULMCLOUGHLAN 1H Using ICT in English and Humanities Michael Russell English Learning Coach, Catholic College Wodonga Sharing practical ideas with fellow teachers who have similar classes can be the most valuable learning experiences we have. Yet we often sit through slow moving, laborious PD sessions full of information that is great in theory but hard to integrate into our classrooms straight away.This collaborative session is designed for teachers to share lesson ideas with each other regarding the way they have incorporated ICT in the classroom. Let’s face it, the use of ICT in education is not going to decrease in the foreseeable future. It is not enough to know what apps, programs or websites can be used. We need to know how they are being used. If you have a lesson that has incorporated ICT in some way, come prepared to share your experience and demonstrate how you have used it in your classroom. www.ccw.vic.edu.au 1I Case study … A Day in the Life of the Senior Learning Centre (SLC) Year 5/6 Team St Monica’s Primary School This workshop will look at the ‘Re think’ process for bringing about and implementing change in the middle school area. After a brief overview of how the 5/6 SLC team at St Monica’s Primary School Wodonga have brought about change, we will look closely at how some of their teaching strategies and processes work. Examples and resources will be provided to assist in implementing ideas in other schools. www3.smwodonga.catholic.edu.au 1J Creating the Conditions for Learning Brendan Maher Principal This workshop is a conversation about how we best create the conditions in our schools to maximise how engaging, contemporary learning can flourish. Brendan will call on his experience as the founding principal of the first new school in the Ballarat Diocese in over 20 years to enlighten delegates about how they might contend with change, a constant reality of this profession. 11.00 Morning tea Register Now Click here
- 6. 6 creating contemporary Learning conferenceFriday 29 May 11.30 - 12.25pm workshop session two Choose one from the following 10 Workshops on the next two pages. Book one session in each timeslot. 2A Design Thinking Steve Collis, Director of Innovation, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning Come to this workshop to work hard in a team-based, hands on activity where you experience design thinking first hand. Design thinking is a method for galvanising a team to create innovative solution to a challenge. This could include the challenge of personalising a learning program, but could equally be applied to the creation of a new excursion policy, the launch of a school transformation movement, or the simple planning of a phone call home to a parent. Often called “human centred design”, design thinking anchors solutions in insight and empathy for the people involved in the context. As such it can generate better solutions that are more effective when put into practice. In this whirlwind workshop Steve will facilitate groups through an accelerated design thinking process. www.happysteve.com twitter.com/steve_collis 2B What’s the problem? KAREN STARKISS Director, Dyslexia Assessment and Support Services Introduction to dyslexia, the most common and prevalent learning difficulty. What it’s like to be dyslexic; strengths and weaknesses. How we can confidently predict if a child will have difficulties in reading. Response to Intervention; what is means and why it should be a model all schools are using for all students. How it can prevent problems first and then brings increasingly intense interventions to students who don’t respond. dyslexiasupportservices.com.au 2C So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level? John Eason Secondary Learning and Teaching, CEO Sandhurst VCE teachers often comment on the need for students to take more responsibility for their own learning - due partly to the pressures for delivering content within tight time frames. We also need to devise learning environments that demand hard work from all (without excessive workload) but at the same time avoiding de-motivating regimes based on grind, fear and excessive pressure. As these features are not consistent with the cognitive and motivational evidence for effective teaching, how can we construct our VCE curriculum to at least take some of these issues into account? A key feature of learning is that complex knowledge structures are built up by organising more basic pieces of knowledge in a hierarchical way. If well constructed, such structures provide understanding that can transfer to new situations – a critical competency in the 21st century. This workshop will explore ways of restructuring the current VCE study design to reflect this developmental model of learning. www.ceosand.catholic.edu.au 2D Learning Settings (part a) KEN WOODMAN Director, No. 42 Architects In this workshop attendees will undertake a hands-on exercise to explore the relationship between learning and space. Attendees will work in groups and will move from a learning experience to design learning settings that will fully support that experience. The exercise will explores a typical learning activity, through the immediate physical setting, to the wider interconnected surroundings to create built- pedagogy. The collaborative sessions will bring space to the fore and assist attendees in thinking about space as part of their lesson plans…. and you get to use scissors!! Participants will continue this workshop in 3D Learning Settings (Part B) www.no42architects.com.au 2E Developing growth mindsets Cathryn Stephens Founder Intuyu Consulting What does lead to people being able to perform? In this interactive session you will explore what teachers and school leaders can create to structure not only the school environment such that there is an empowering learning centred environment but also the actions and practices teachers can embed to develop a growth mindset to learning www.intuyuconsulting.com.au twitter: @cathrynSTEPHENS
- 7. 7 30 sessions tochoose from, one transformational day 2F game salad... programming for the mac Steve Iuilano Education Consultant, Mac1 Forget complicated logarithms or coding, learn to create a game from scratch using this free program on the Mac. ‘Game Salad’ allows you to learn the fundamental principles of programming without having to know Objective C or other programming languages. A fascinating workshop. Participants will need to bring their laptop / iPad with the app downloaded. www.mac1.com.au 1G Case Study … Google Apps and SIMON Paul McLoughlan and matthew Summers Teacher & Senior School Coordinator, Marian College, Ararat This session will demonstrate examples of how staff at Marian College, Ararat use Google Apps for Education, as well as practical tips and advice for each of the apps. The school’s use of SIMON will also be outlined. Participants will need to bring their laptop / iPad. www.mcararat.catholic.edu.au twitter: @PAULMCLOUGHLAN 2h towards open learning Year 7 learning and teaching team catholic college wodonga A new learning space for the Year 7 community at Catholic College Wodonga has brought about fresh challenges and new experiences for our 2015 teaching staff. A pedagogical shift to open learning has led to increased collaboration, experimentation and a willingness to trial exciting new approaches to teaching. The Year 7 Team continues to explore effective strategies to teach content in a space designed to encourage independent and resourceful students. This workshop provides opportunities for teachers to hear what has worked so far, what is planned for the future and, just as importantly, what has been learnt from our not so successful experiences! Ideal for teachers who are interested in sharing ideas about utilising such a space and hearing from those staff at Catholic College who are ‘on the ground’ in 2015. sam.benstead@ccw.vic.edu.au 2I Case Study … Our Journey Towards a Contemporary Learning Community Sacred Heart Yarrawonga PS Leadership Team This workshop will give participants an understanding of the practical, warts and all journey towards contemporary learning at Sacred Heart Primary School, Yarrawonga. Staff recently completed a three year transition that saw them plan and build a completely new school. Throughout the transition they also implemented many changes in curriculum implementation to suit their ‘open plan’ environment. www3.shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au 2J Creating the Conditions for Learning Brendan Maher Principal This workshop is a conversation about how we best create the conditions in our schools to maximise how engaging, contemporary learning can flourish. Brendan will call on his experience as the founding principal of the first new school in the Ballarat Diocese in over 20 years to enlighten delegates about how they might contend with change, a constant reality of this profession. www.coolah-c.schools.nsw.edu.au 12.30pm Lunch Will be served in the Catherine McAuley Arts Centre. Register Now Click here
- 8. 8 creating contemporary Learning conferenceFriday 29 May 1.20 - 2.15pm workshop session three Choose one from the following 10 Workshops on the next two pages. Book one session in each timeslot. 3A Design Thinking Steve Collis, Director of Innovation, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning Come to this workshop to work hard in a team-based, hands on activity where you experience design thinking first hand. Design thinking is a method for galvanising a team to create innovative solution to a challenge. This could include the challenge of personalising a learning program, but could equally be applied to the creation of a new excursion policy, the launch of a school transformation movement, or the simple planning of a phone call home to a parent. Often called “human centred design”, design thinking anchors solutions in insight and empathy for the people involved in the context. As such it can generate better solutions that are more effective when put into practice. In this whirlwind workshop Steve will facilitate groups through an accelerated design thinking process. www.happysteve.com twitter.com/steve_collis 3B What’s the solution? KAREN STARKISS Director, Dyslexia Assessment and Support Services How to create an inclusive learning environment: strategies and approaches to support students with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities and raise the potential for all students. Accommodations, tools and technologies to support students; to allow them to learn and demonstrate what they know and understand. Numerous resources to support teachers and students. Participants must have done 1B or 2B for Session Two (or have completed the Dyslexia Workshop at Catholic College in 2014), as this is a continuation of the areas covered. dyslexiasupportservices.com.au 3C So you want students to take more responsibility for their learning at VCE level? John Eason Secondary Learning and Teaching, CEO Sandhurst VCE teachers often comment on the need for students to take more responsibility for their own learning - due partly to the pressures for delivering content within tight time frames. We also need to devise learning environments that demand hard work from all (without excessive workload) but at the same time avoiding de-motivating regimes based on grind, fear and excessive pressure. As these features are not consistent with the cognitive and motivational evidence for effective teaching, how can we construct our VCE curriculum to at least take some of these issues into account? A key feature of learning is that complex knowledge structures are built up by organising more basic pieces of knowledge in a hierarchical way. If well constructed, such structures provide understanding that can transfer to new situations – a critical competency in the 21st century. This workshop will explore ways of restructuring the current VCE study design to reflect this developmental model of learning. www.ceosand.catholic.edu.au 3D Learning Settings (part b) KEN WOODMAN Director, No. 42 Architects Continuing on from Session Two, attendees will undertake a hands-on exercise to explore the relationship between learning and space. Attendees will work in groups and will move from a learning experience to design learning settings that will fully support that experience. The exercise will explores a typical learning activity, through the immediate physical setting, to the wider interconnected surroundings to create built-pedagogy. The collaborative sessions will bring space to the fore and assist attendees in thinking about space as part of their lesson plans…. and you get to use scissors!! 3E beyond the structure... activating the learning space Cathryn Stephens Founder Intuyu Consulting This workshop will draw on Cathryn’s experiences in a wide range of settings to provide teachers with a checklist of essential attributes for their Effective Learning Space (ELS). It will include looking at creating purposeful spaces for using feedback effectively, making the shift from ‘displays’ to annotated work samples and activating learning goals and success criteria as permanent, but highly dynamic cornerstones of the learning environment. In the resource- rich twenty-first century, pedagogy and space cannot be separated! www.intuyuconsulting.com.au
- 9. 9 30 sessions tochoose from, one transformational day 3F prezi Steve Iuilano Education Consultant, Mac1 Delegates coming to this session will uncover the benefits of using free animated online cloud-based presentations. Prezi works on most platforms, looks great, is easy to learn and typically makes presentations appear more interactive and fantastic! Participants will need to bring their laptop / iPad. Catholic College will provide internet access for this workshop. www.mac1.com.au 3G Case Study? …. Student Collaboration with Google Apps shane piper eLearning Coach, Catholic College Wodonga Much as been written about the need for students to become effective collaborators in order to be successful citizens in the 21st century. In this workshop teachers will be presented with some practical collaborative learning tasks that make use of Google Apps, some of which are in use at Catholic College Wodonga?. This workshop is genuinely targeted for all secondary school teachers, including those who teach Year 12! Participants will need to bring their laptop / iPad. shane.piper@ccw.vic.edu.au 3H Self Organised Learning Environment (SOLE) Kane Mayhew and Kiara McLean st monica’s primary school Child driven learning is curious, engaged, social, collaborative, motivated by peer interest and fuelled by encouragement and admiration. A SOLE lesson attempts to put students in the driver’s seat as they try to find answers to a range of big questions. www3.smwodonga.catholic.edu.au 3I student directed learning Year 8 team catholic college wodonga This workshop will focus on the Year 8 Team’s journey from individual classes to an integrated, student-directed curriculum and the challenges and obstacles we have faced. We will aim to give you some practical ideas to take back to the classroom. With this in mind it would be much appreciated if you could bring in a unit outline that you like to develop into a Bloom’s Taxonomy Grid. logan.hayward@ccw.vic.edu.au 3j ten technology tools for the classroom st augustine’s primary school St Augustine’s teacher will present a variety of tools they use to engage students in learning and teaching. The use of technology from Foundation to Year 6 will enhance your learning environment and assist students to become independant self directed learners. Come along and let us share with you these 10 handy tools. www3.sawodonga.catholic.edu.au 2.25pm closing summary 2.45 Refreshments Register Now Click here
- 10. 10 STEVE COLLIS Director ofInnovation Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning Edu-Innovator, Idea Merchant, Strategist, Facilitator, Speaker, Writer, Mad Inventor, Tech- Whisperer (Linked In page) (Aust, International) Steve Collis is Director of Innovation at Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning (SCIL), an innovation unit embedded in Northern Beaches Christian School in Sydney (NBCS). With the SCIL team, Steve has travelled the world seeking out examples of exemplary learning innovation. The best ideas are tested, embedded, and scaled at NBCS and then offered to educators worldwide through immersion experiences and design programs. Steve facilitates innovation at schools around Australia and beyond. He helps colleagues re-envision virtual and physical spaces to facilitate personalised, purposeful learning and increased student engagement and agency. Steve also works with leadership teams to create strategies that promote a culture of innovation and perpetual transformation. He believes relationship, collaboration, and relevance lie be at the heart of great learning. Steve has been awarded ‘Excellence by a Teacher’ (National Quality Schools Awards) and ‘Microsoft Innovative Teacher of the Year’. CATHRYN STEPHENS Founder Intuyu Consulting (Aust, International) Cathryn is the Lead Educational Designer at Intuyu Consulting. She has taught in secondary schools across all major sectors and at both co-educational and girls’ schools. During her time in the classroom, Cathryn worked on a broad range of both government and independent initiatives focused on Inquiry Based Learning, Thinking Curriculum, student leadership, and student engagement. She has expertise in designing innovative, in-depth inquiries that challenge students to develop the key competencies set out by curriculum authorities and to assess these competencies authentically and explicitly. Cathryn has high-level coaching skills and is experienced in supporting teaching teams – both in the classroom, and in planning and preparing to teach the twenty-first century learner. She is a highly creative personality who is able to assist teams to find solutions that suit their school context – and to reflect purposefully on teaching practice. Cathryn has just completed her Masters of Instructional Leadership led by Professor John Hattie at Melbourne University. Brendan maher Married to Jillian for 31 years, father to Gerard, 27, Damien, 24 and Madi, 22. Teacher and Principal, involved in Catholic education for 36 years, 23 of which as a Principal. Overseeing the development of Emmaus Catholic Primary School, the first new school in the City of Ballarat of any denomination for over twenty years, has undoubtably been a career highpoint. KAREN STARKISS DIRECTOR, Dyslexia Assessment and Support Services Karen Starkiss: brings over 30 years of experience as a teacher of primary & secondary students. In England, she was Principal of one of the top performing primary schools, despite the fact that she had the highest number of students with severe Learning Difficulties in the County. She has also worked in “failing” schools to quickly improve standards of teaching & learning. She is owner of Dyslexia Assessments & Support Services & Director of Learning & Development for Speld Victoria. Karen has wide experience in assessing dyslexic children, teenagers & adults for learning difficulties & provides in-service PD to schools. Karen has been interviewed by the Age & on ABC radio about her expertise in dyslexia & has advised A Government Task Force in Canberra about children with LD. Karen has also worked with the Education Departments in the ACT & Northern Territories, to put together a program to help all schools become inclusive & accessible to all students, providing training for Expert & Lead teachers & professionals. She is currently on the Focus Group for DET Victoria, advising on their new strategy for students with LD including dyslexia. Ken woodman DIRECTOR, No. 42 Architects (Australia, South Africa, USA, UK, Canada) Dr Ken Woodman has practiced architecture around the globe in UK, South Africa, Canada, USA and Australia. For the last two decades he has designed educational buildings in Victoria and New South Wales and is now the sole director of his practice No. 42 Architects in Beechworth. In 2008 he gained a scholarship to complete a PhD at the University of Melbourne with the Smart Green Schools team. The thesis was titled Re-Placing Flexibility: An investigation into flexibility in learning spaces and learning. During this doctorial process Ken studied both architectural and educational philosophers and believes that learning occurs during a transaction between the learner and their learning environment. Ken also lectures at the University of Melbourne in the Masters subject for Educators and Architects Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy. He has presented at conferences, run professional development workshops, and written academic papers and chapters on various aspects of space and learning. Paul McLoughlan Teacher, Marian College, Ararat Paul has 17 years experience teaching in secondary schools and is currently teaching at Marian College in Ararat, Victoria. His main area of teaching is Physical Education, he also teaches Maths, Science and RE. Paul has had many years of experience using Google Apps and enjoys exploring new opportunities to integrate technology in the classroom. Presenters
- 11. 11 Matthew Summers Senior SchoolCoordinator, Marian College, Ararat Matthew has taught in Secondary schools for 25 years. He has held many different leadership positions, most recently the Senior School Coordinator at Marian College. His specialty areas include VCE Legal Studies & Business Management and he is an experienced user of GAFE & SIMON. Steve Iuliano iBooks Author and Education Consultant, Mac1 Steve Iuliano is responsible for MAC1‘s Educational Professional Development and Training and is based out of MAC1’s Sydney location. With many years in the music industry as a signed artist / audio engineer and holding a formal qualification in teaching, with both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications, Steve understands how technology can be integrated into classrooms in order to achieve curriculum based outcomes. He strives to deliver engaging lessons for both teachers and students through relating the material delivered to scenarios that might be encountered in schools on an everyday basis. Running both staff and student PD sessions all around Australia, ranging from small personalised workshops to large seminar deliveries, Steve develops PD sessions to cater for specific needs! Michael Russell English Learning Coach, Catholic College Wodonga Mick Russell is the English Coach at CCW and has taught in Victoria’s Western District as well as the United Kingdom. A self-confessed technological ‘battler’, Mick is determined to break down the apprehension many teachers feel about the ever increasing use of technology in our schools. This session is designed for teachers to share ideas and discuss different ways of incorporating ICT into their own curriculum. Teachers will be exposed to some ideas Mick uses in his own senior English classrooms, and they will be encouraged to think about how this could best be adapted to suit their own classroom needs. Shane Piper Over the past 15 years Shane has taught Mathematics, ICT, Science and PE across Years 7 to 12. Throughout that time Shane has successfully integrated technology into the classroom; including online delivery. He has also held various school leadership positions; for many years now he has focused on eLearning. Shane has nearly completed his Masters in Education. Catholic College Year 7 team From graduates with fresh ideas to staff with 30+ years of experience; the 2015 year 7 team at Catholic College is a combined group of passionate teaching individuals. Eager to utilise a new Open Learning Centre, the 2015 team has had to move swiftly to trial new teaching methods in a new teaching environment. With expertise in Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Humanities and Religious Education the 2015 year 7 team have been quick to explore the ‘brave new world’ of Open Learning. Catholic College Year 8 Team The Year 8 Team at Catholic College has varied experience across all levels of teaching and a broad range of subjects. Our goal is to provide students with a flexible working environment to become passionate, self-motivated learners. We endeavour to try new methods of teaching and aim to adapt our teaching and surroundings to the needs of our students using a model that is based in evidence. sacred heart leadership team Members of this team have worked in partnership and consultation with the entire staff and our school community to create our vibrant learning environment. Our journey is not over its very exciting to reflect on what we have achieved in such a short timeline. Kane Mayhew and Kiara Mc Lean Kane and Kiara both teach at St Monica’s Primary School, Wodonga. They both started using SOLE’s to engage their students last year and have found it a great way for their students to discover and inquire in their classrooms. St Monica’s 5/6 Team In 2012 the Senior Learning Team received the Educate Award for innovation in teaching and they continue to re- think and evolve their learning environment. The 5/6 Team is currently working with a 1 to 1 laptop program and support a self directed learning approach. John Eason Secondary Learning and Teaching, CEO Sandhurst John has held a variety of curriculum roles in schools over 30 years teaching. His experienced has centred on Years 10 – 12 continua in Science and Mathematics but his current role as a Sandhurst Diocese Education Office has enabled a broadening of these roles into other subject areas. John has also been working with Primary Schools on F – 12 developmental sequences. John has a strong commitment to evidence based student learning and has extensive experience in the use of data to analyse specific student areas of need. His recent extra studies have been prioritised around curriculum structures for 21st Century learning and applying these to current VCE Study Designs.
- 12. 12 creating contemporary Learning conferenceFriday 29 May PRE-CONFERENCE OPTION Delegates arriving Thursday 28 May may a join tour of the CEW Schools in Wodonga. FREE bus tours A bus will depart from Catholic College Wodonga at 9.45am. The tour will display a variety of learning spaces, some purpose built for open learning others reconfigured to create contemporary learning spaces. You will be able to see the use of old and new spaces in St Augustine’s, St Monica’s and Catholic College. The tour of Frayne College will show a 5 star sustainable school in action. St Augustine’s 10.00am – 11.00am St Monica’s 11.30am – 12.30pm Frayne College 12.50pm – 1.30pm Catholic College 1.45pm Lunch is included. To join a tour, click here. HOW TO BOOK FOR CREATING CONTEMPORARY LEARNING CONFERENCE Visit www.stickytickets.com.au/24603 to register online. Your school will be invoiced for your registration so no payment is required. You only need to select your school category (eg. either CEW, North East Provision or Other). follow us on twitter @CCWodonga #CEWLEARN ACCOMMODATION Corporate discount rates have been arranged at Quest Serviced Apartments, 46 Reid Street, Wodonga. Click here to go directly to the Quest website. On the right hand side you will find the client profile login (see below circled in yellow). Username: Catholic Education Password: password 1. Select dates 2. Select room type Telephone 02 6043 8300 EMAIL questwodonga@questapartments.com.au TAXI Albury Taxis 02 6025 2255 Amalgamated Taxis Wodonga 02 6024 3444 Contact us For any dietary requirements, mobility access issues, hearing or sight considerations, anything else we should know to make your professional development day more effective? EMAIL professional_learning@ccw.vic.edu.au Catholic Education