DAY 2 WORKSHOP OPTIONS 30TH APRIL 2019 Crowne Plaza … · a Raspberry Pi to intercept Bluetooth data coming from Anki cars and use this data to code the cars behaviours. This unit

http://stem-nsw.com.au/conference-2019

DAY 2 WORKSHOP OPTIONS

30TH APRIL 2019

Crowne Plaza

Hunter Valley




DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #1 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL A) SCRATCH MATHS – INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL THINKING & MATHS

B) REIMAGINING MATHEMATICS

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP PART A: 9:00am – 12:00pm The aim of this

workshop is to give participants an insight into the possibilities for integrating

mathematics with coding and computational thinking. The workshop will review

existing materials and walk through examples of classroom practice. I will also

have some time for questions, reflection and feedback.

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP PART B: 1:00pm – 3:30pm What is mathematics all

about? The most common answer is that it’s about numbers and formulas. These

form the centre of mathematics, but to say that they’re everything is like saying that

Beethoven is the only kind of music that matters. There’s much more to

mathematics than symbols and equations, and this workshop will explore some of

the attitudes and ways of thinking that make mathematics a powerful skill in today’s

world.


PRESENTERS

Part A) Elena Prieto

Part B) Eddie Woo

DATE | TIME

Day 2: Tuesday 30th April

9:00am – 3:30pm

Registrations from 8:30am

VENUE

2019 Regional Future Focused

Learning (STEM) Conference

Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley

430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Primary 5-6,

Secondary 7-8

COST

Day 2 Conference $250 + gst

REGISTER https://www.regodirect.com.au/fut

urefocusedlearningconference/

Not Registered


DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP:

Are you interested in a new way of framing secondary education? At Kurri Kurri High

School we use a framework of REAL Projects to create new knowledge for learners.

We make learners and teacher co-creators of programs and assessment.

We do this through:

• changing the paradigm of teaching and learning

• transdisciplinary learning in Stage 4

• HUBS, pods and huddles, new learning for a new century

• 60 students in a HUB with a fresh look at pedagogy and the 4C's

In this workshop Tracey Breese, disruptive educator and Principal at Kurri Kurri High

School will work with the delegates to demonstrate how these innovative teaching

and learning paradigms could be applied in your school. She will provide practical

advice and experience from her year’s investigating and establishing a Big Picture

model of education at the Cooks Hill Campus of Newcastle High School.

PRESENTER

Tracey Breese Kurri Kurri HS

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Secondary 7-12

COST




6 Hours APST TBA

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #2 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL

SHIFT HAPPENS



DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: The workshop will take you step by step through the

process of designing a project that aligns with syllabus outcomes and teacher

professional development.

SPEAKER BIO: Cessnock East Public School has been implementing REAL projects

since 2014. Kim Sweeny as Principal has led this team and completed extensive

training herself as well as trained many others in the process of implementing

REAL projects into Primary schools.

The team will work through a step by step process to ensure you have the skills to:

• develop student led rubric designs

• effectively use feedback

• ensure students have the skills to critique their own work and that of their

peers through a critique wall

• use quality exemplars

• enhance projects with technology

PRESENTER

Kim Sweeny

Joanne Bradley

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Primary K-6

COST




6 Hours APST TBA

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #3 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL HOW TO PLAN FOR PROJECT BASED LEARNING



DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: This workshop is designed for 7-12 teachers to

develop STEM units of work that incorporate new and existing STEM projects as

well as K-6 cross-curriculum links. Participants will:

• review the reports that guide the direction of STEM in New South Wales

schools

• explore different models of STEM programs

• review of examples of practise and resources available for STEM curriculum

implementation

• collaborate in school groups to plan and develop a STEM unit of work to

meet the needs of their students and school community.

Support will be available from peers, department 7–12 STEM, Science, and

Mathematics curriculum advisors.

The resulting STEM project plans will be pitched to the group for critical feedback

and support. On-going professional STEM networks will be created to support

curriculum development in schools following this event.

Schools are strongly encouraged to send curriculum teams to develop working

STEM teaching and learning programs for 7-10. They will be supported by the

current NSW Department of Education Curriculum Advisors from Secondary

Education.


PRESENTERS

STEM Curriculum Advisor 7-12,

Learning and Teaching

Directorate;

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Secondary 7-10

COST




6 Hours APST TBA

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #4 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL STEM CURRICULUM WRITING WORKSHOP - SECONDARY



This course is intended for technology teachers with little or no coding experience.

The workshop supports teachers implementing the Crack the Code unit of work in

Technology Mandatory Years 7-8. It focuses on developing the knowledge and skills

of the participants in coding for the use of Arduino and the MAAS Thinker Shield in

the classroom. Participants will receive a kit with the equipment they need to

complete the activities.

A laptop will be provided for the workshop. If you wish to bring a device, please

ensure the latest Arduino software is installed (Available free from this site

https://www.arduino.cc/).

Please be prepared to use the provided laptop if you have difficulties with your

personal device, as there is limited time in the workshop to troubleshoot problems.

Note: This is the first time this workshop has been available to all school sectors.

Previously, it has only been available to NSW Department of Education Schools.


PRESENTERS

Dan Rytmeister & Rod Cheal

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

COST


FOCUS: Secondary 7 & 8



6 Hours APST 3.4.2, 6.2.2

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #5 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL CRACK THE CODE

https://www.arduino.cc/



Fast and Curious is an engaging and hands on unit of work that develops knowledge,

skills and understanding of data, digital systems and IoT (Internet of Things). This

project has been developed in partnership with Oracle developers. They have used

a Raspberry Pi to intercept Bluetooth data coming from Anki cars and use this data

to code the cars behaviours.

This unit demonstrates data in action and fits within the Digital Technologies

context of the new Technology Mandatory syllabus that is to be implemented from

2019.

While it has been designed to address the Digital Technologies context in the new

Technology Mandatory syllabus, this workshop will showcase the potential of this

technology for use in many different STEM based curriculum. It is recommended to

STEM teachers who wish to engage their students in fun and engaging teaching and

learning experiences.

Note: This is the first time this workshop has been available to all school sectors.

Previously, it has only been available to NSW Department of Education Schools.


PRESENTERS

Peter Davis, Brad Wilson &

Carmine Albanese

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

COST





6 Hours APST 2.6.2, 3.2.2,

4.5.2, 6.2.2 and 7.4.2

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #6 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL FAST & CURIOUS



PART A: Immersive Maker Mindset

Play is an essential aspect of learning in all stages. Join STEM Project Officers, Hope

and Peggy, of the Cessnock Academy of STEM Excellence in this fun and engaging

workshop, where you will tinker with and evaluate a variety of tools to suit a wide

range of learning levels. Teacher Tinker Time (T3) will be followed by collaborative

ideation designed to reveal the potential STEAM connections in your existing units of

work, embed emerging technologies and conceptualise new integrated learning

opportunities. Develop a Maker mindset before diving into the iSTEM+ Process.

PART B: iSTEM ideation

Highlight your 4C (Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical Thinking)

skills in this hands on session using the innovative programming practices used at the

Cessnock Academy of STEM Excellence. You will build successful, engaging and

integrated STEM units within the context of any KLA!

Leave this deep dive session with a framework to build a truly integrated unit and

begin mapping curriculum opportunities that solve real world problems. Help build

empathy and ignite passion in your students and school community. Unleash the

power of iSTEM+ through real world learning experiences!

NOTE: bring an existing unit (digital or hard copy) plus a willingness to play and

tinker!

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #7 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL MAKER MINDSET & iSTEM+ IDEATION

PRESENTERS

Hope Quartly and Peggy

Mangovski (CHSLC)

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

COST


FOCUS: K - 10



TBA




TBA

PRESENTERS

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

COST





Not Registered

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #8 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL CYBER SECURITY



DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: Biotechnology is key to innovation in human health

and the environment. It is also key to understanding the NSW Year 12 curriculum.

This workshop is all about bringing you a range of practical experiments across

heredity, genetic change, infectious disease, non-infectious disease and biomedical

iSTEM.

Techniques will include: - DNA gel electrophoresis: This nuts and bolts session will show you how to use this equipment to present engaging authentic DNA analysis - Microscopy: Use microscopes to present a varied range of practical classes, including pre-prepared slides and making your own samples - Modelling DNA, protein and disease - Microbiology: Using microorganisms offers a rich array of explorations into biological sciences with cost-effective, fast results The workshop is structured to allow continuous opportunities for discussion, to

enable participants to explore the options that best address their needs.

Participants will leave the session with the knowledge, practical skills and

confidence to enable them to manage their students use of the technology in

routine experimental investigations.

PRESENTER

Jeannette Tran STEM Reactor

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Secondary 9 - 12

COST




DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #9 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL

Introduction to Biotechnology in the Classroom




GPS Cows is a 10-week (25 hour) unit of work. Students collect their own GPS data

and analyse existing livestock tracking data sets. The material is aligned to two

contexts (Agriculture and Food Technologies and Digital Technologies) in the Stage

4 Technology Mandatory syllabus however, could be used in a variety of Stage 4 &

5 syllabus.

In the GPS Cows workshop, teachers will develop the knowledge and skills to

implement the unit of work with students by:

• Learning about the history of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and how to use a phone app to collect data

• Gaining an understanding of the science and mathematics used to make GPS work

• Learning how livestock tracking data can be used in agriculture to improve management decisions on farms

• Examining a case study from a farm currently trialling GPS tracking devices with livestock and using a dataset from this property

• Utilising Excel and ArcGIS online to visualise and analyse livestock tracking data

This workshop is suitable for TAS, Science, Mathematics, Agriculture and iSTEM

teachers.


PRESENTERS

Dr. Amy Cosby, Dr. Jaime

Manning and Andrew Murray

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

COST


FOCUS: Secondary



6 Hours APST 2.2.2, 2.6.2,

3.2.2, 4.5.2, 6.2.2 and 7.4.2

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #10 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL GPS COWS



This workshop is designed to support TETRIX® ‘Competition in a Box’ and the SISP programs Mining Bot and AgriTech project. The SISP program has been working with mining companies, environmental scientists, and AgriTech organisations to develop an integrated STEM unit. The unit development has been supported by Pitsco Education (based in the US Pitsco is one of the largest STEM Education companies in the world) and their TETRIX® platform.

This workshop has been designed to primarily to support the SISP equipment packs that are being distributed to SISP program schools across NSW. However, it is also suitable for those who are interested in learning more about robotics and the TETRIX® platform.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• how to build a robot using TETREX MAX® and TETRIX PRIME®

• how to setup the competition in a box

• how the AgriTech and Mining bot games work

• how to use EV3 Technologies to program TETRIX PRIME®


PRESENTERS

Kookaburra Educational

Resources

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Primary K-6

COST




Not Registered

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #11 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL TETRIX ROBOTIX


DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: This workshop is designed for K-6 teachers to develop STEM units of work that incorporate new and existing STEM projects as well as K-6 cross-curriculum links. Participants will:

• review reports that guide the direction of STEM in New South Wales schools

• explore different implementation models of STEM programs

• review examples of pedagogy and resources available for STEM curriculum implementation

• collaborate in school groups to plan and develop a STEM unit of work to

meet the needs of their students and school community

Support will be available from peers, K-6 STEM and K-6 Science and Technology and

K-6 Mathematics Curriculum Advisors, as well as K-6 NESA inspector.

The resulting STEM project plan projects will be pitched to the group for critical

feedback and support. On-going professional STEM networks will be created to

support curriculum development in schools following this event.

Schools are strongly encouraged to send curriculum teams to develop working

STEM teaching and learning programs for K-6. They will be supported by the

current NSW Department of Education Curriculum Advisors from Primary

Education and NESA.

PRESENTERS

K-6 STEM Curriculum Project

Advisor, Learning and Teaching

Directorate; Inspector, Primary

Education Curriculum

Standards

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Primary K-6

COST




6 Hours APST TBA

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #12 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL K-6 STEM CURRICULUM WRITING WORKSHOP - PRIMARY




Enjoy a deep dive into the BBC Microbit in which we demonstrate how to code, design and utilise not only the Microbit itself, but also the Grove Inventor kit and tie the technology with educational pedagogy.

This workshop will

• explore the STEMShare Community Learning Library and a number of learning challenges for Microbits

• review how the Microbit can be integrated across the curriculum in a variety of subject areas

• learn about the available support that accompanies STEMShare community kits

• understand how the Microbit develops future focused skills in coding,

computational thinking and hands on problem solving by providing real

and authentic learning experiences with digital technologies

Microbits are the easiest and most effective learning tool for digital skills and

creativity. Perfect for hands-on practicing and recommended by many teachers as

well as schools, Microbits help students transcend into the digital world. With the

flexibility to access thousands of projects online, and the power to build up a

variety of skills. Bring a device and follow the tutorials throughout the day.


PRESENTERS

Andrew Balzer, Geoffrey

Childs & Kath Lollback

DATE | TIME


9:00am – 3:30pm


VENUE




430 Wine Country Dr

Lovedale NSW 2325

FOCUS: Primary K-6

COST




6 Hours APST TBA

DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP #13 – DAY 2 TUESDAY 30TH APRIL MICROBIT WORKSHOP


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