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1. REGISTRATION
PROCESS
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Confirmation details will be sent within 7 days to the email
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2014 itc publications conference
for teachers & school leaders
Registration fees (per delegate, including GST)
Two Day
Earlybird Registration
$595
$330
Standard Registration
$695
18 & 19 July 2014
One Day
$385
Mercure Gold Coast Resort
Discounts apply for bookings of 10 or more. Contact us
for details.
Each registration includes:
Each of the following per registration (one delegate):
• Entry to conference sessions and trade
exhibitions
• Arrival tea/coffee, morning tea, lunch &
afternoon tea
• Conference handbook & conference satchel,
including all PowerPoints/handouts
• Entry to the Welcome Drinks on Friday at 4:10 pm
Conditions of registration
Payment
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Payment can be made by Electronic Funds Transfer
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Registration attendance guidelines
Cancellation and refunds
Accommodation
Cancellations must be made in writing to, and
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received before 30 May, 2014 will be entitled to
a full refund, less an administration fee of $110
(including GST).
Details of discounted accommodation at the
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conference program will run as advertised, however
itc publications reserves the right to alter the
program without further notice.
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Creating the effective classroom. Reinforcing
the importance of explicit teaching in developing
the deeper thinking capabilities of all students
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are booking any travel arrangements, you organise
a personal travel insurance policy. itc publications
takes no responsibility for any loss or damage
sustained by delegates in connection with this
conference.
EARLYBIRD closing date – 14 February, 2014
STANDARD closing date – 11 July, 2014
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2. 2014 itc publications national conference | ‘Simply Teaching – Deeply Thinking’
2014 itc publications national conference | ‘Simply Teaching – Deeply Thinking’
Day 1 – Friday 18 July 2014
Day 2 – Saturday 19 July 2014
ROOM E
ROOM A
REGI ST RAT I ON
8.00 – 8.45 am
REGI ST RAT I O N
8.45 – 9.00 am
Official Opening of the 2014 itc publications national conference
8.50 – 9.00 am
Housekeeping
9.00 – 10.00 am
Keynote Presentation – Dr Chris Sarra – ‘Rising to the Stronger Smarter Challenge: is our profession up to it?’
9.00 – 10.00 am
Keynote Presentation – Ian Mackie – ‘Creating a positive compliance architecture – the use of Nudge Theory in Schools’
10.05 – 10.20 am
Global Experience – Indonesia
10.05 – 10.20 am
Global Experience – USA
10.20 – 11.00 am
MO RNI N G T E A , T RA D E E XHI B I T I ON & N E T W O R K IN G
10.20 – 11.00 am
M O RN I N G T EA, T RADE EXH I BI T I O N & N ET WO RKI NG
11.00 – 12.00 pm
Session 1A
Session 1B
Session 1C
Session 1D
Session 1E
11.00 – 12.00 pm
Session 1A
Session 1B
Session 1C
Session 1D
Session 1E
‘7 secrets to
engaging and
motivating
students’
‘Australian schools
should teach
Atomic Theory in
Kindergarten’
‘How to manage
your classroom with
confidence and
success’
‘Tackling
Assignment Tasks
successfully - from
start to finish!’
‘Beyond a culture of
copy and paste’
‘Two quick steps to
writing success’
‘Augmented reality
in education. Apps
for EYoL’
‘Teaching lessons
from NY’
‘Using student
blogging to
implement the ICT
general capabilities’
Steve Francis
Ian Stuart
Megan Dredge
Gerard Alford
‘The Creative
Curriculum –
exploring different
ways to teach
familiar concepts’
ROOM A
7.30 – 8.40 am
SESSION 1
ROOM B
ROOM C
ROOM D
ICT STRAND
SESSION 1
Jen McVeity
Adrian Bruce
ROOM B
ROOM C
Shane Purse
Paul Hamilton
ROOM D
ROOM E
TIMING
TIMING
ICT STRAND
Sasha Ristic
Jonathan Sims
K-12
SESSION 2
K-12
K-12
Session 2A
Session 2B
Session 2C
Session 2D
Session 2E
‘Higher Order
Thinking - more
than just thinking!’
‘Using Bloom’s
Taxonomy to
design and critique
assessment’
‘Stronger Smarter:
converting high
expectations
rhetoric to reality’
‘Investigations
and predictions
on simple laws of
physics’
‘Introduction to
Scratch Workshop’
Dr Chris Sarra
Primary/Lower
Secondary
K-12
Lyn Carter
12.10 – 1.10 pm
K-12
Malcolm Carter
Pat Hipwell
Middle/Upper
Secondary
K-12
K-12
Upper Primary/
Lower Secondary
12.10 – 1.10 pm
SESSION 2
Dr Damien Key
Session 3B
Session 3C
Session 3D
Session 3E
‘7 secrets to
engaging and
motivating
students’
‘Australian schools
should teach
Atomic Theory in
Kindergarten’
‘How to manage
your classroom with
confidence and
success’
‘Brilliant
brainstorming,
powerful planning’
‘Interactive Scratch
Project’
Steve Francis
Ian Stuart
Megan Dredge
3.10 – 4.10 pm
Primary/Secondary
K-12
Session 4D
‘The power of
OneNote’
Natasha Pizzica
Ian Mackie
Warren McMahon
Early Years/Primary
K-12
Upper Primary/
Middle Years
K-12
LU NC H , T RADE EXH I BI T I O N & N ET WO RKI NG
2.00 – 3.00 pm
Session 3A
Session 3B
Session 3C
Session 3D
Session 3E
‘Two quick steps to
writing success’
‘Bringing out their
best’
Kylie Wells
‘Explicit teaching of
the Common Core
Elements (CCE)’
‘Tackling
assignment tasks
successfully - from
start to finish!’
‘Augmented reality
in the palm of your
hands – dynamic
educational tools on
the horizon’
Lisa MacDermott
‘Higher Order
Thinking - more
than just thinking!’
‘Using Blooms
Taxonomy to
design and critique
assessment’
‘Stronger Smarter:
converting high
expectations
rhetoric to reality’
‘Simply teaching –
deeply learning
– intentionally’
Dr Chris Sarra
‘Blended Learning
– what is it and how
can an everyday
teacher flip the
classroom?’
Gerard Alford
Matthew Jorgensen
Session 4E
Ngaire Tagney
Matthew Jorgensen
4.10 – 5.10pm
Session 2E
‘Lessons from a
language teacher4 ways to promote
good pedagogy
and principles
for dynamic
classrooms’
Secondary/
Intermediate Users
Session 4C
K-12
Session 2D
‘Master Class
- Unpacking
Nudge Theory and
adopting practical
steps to improve
student compliance’
Jen McVeity
Upper Primary/Lower
Secondary
Session 4B
Middle/Upper
Secondary
Session 2C
‘Classroom
Puppetry – no
strings attached’
1.10 – 2.00 pm
SESSION 3
Lindsay Williams
Session 4A
Pat Hipwell
Session 2B
Primary/Lower
Secondary
Dr Damien Key
Lyn Carter
SESSION 4
Upper Primary to
Senior Secondary
Kerstin LiebchenMeades
LUNCH , T RA D E E XHI B I T I ON & N E T W ORKI NG
Session 3A
Early Years
‘Entertaining
practical workshop
ideas on word
origins, history and
spelling’
K-12/Beginning Users
2.00 – 3.00 pm
K-12
K-12
Session 2A
Dr Ursula
Dubosarsky
1.10 – 2.00 pm
SESSION 3
Primary
K-12
WE LCOM E D R I N K S & STEV E F R A N C IS ‘ W RAP U P ’
K-12
Upper Primary to
Senior Secondary
P-Lower Secondary
3.10 – 4.10 pm
SESSION 4
Early Years
Middle/Secondary
K-12
All Teachers
Session 4A
Session 4B
Session 4C
Session 4D
Session 4E
‘Practical ideas for
making grammar
active and
meaningful’
‘Teaching our kids
to code using the
iPad’
‘Master Class
- Unpacking
Nudge Theory and
adopting practical
steps to improve
student compliance’
‘The Getting of ING’
‘iPads, Bloom’s
Taxonomy
(Bloomin’ Apps) and
the SAMR Model’
Paul Hamilton
Dr Ursula
Dubosarsky
Paul Herbert
Jenni Fewtrell (TBC)
Ian Mackie
Primary/Lower
Secondary
Primary
K-12
K-12
K-12