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Hopper Down Under - call for presentations
The inaugural Hopper Down Under event takes place on 29 – 31 July 2019 in Brisbane.
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Welcome to our new MOOC Communities site
Our CSER MOOCs Google+ Communities have moved to WordPress! We have over 15,000 members across our four CSER MOOC Google+ Communities and we greatly value your contributions.
Congratulations to Meredith - ICTENSW Leader of the Year
Congratulations to CSER Project Officer, Meridith Ebbs, who has received the 2018 ICTENSW Leader of the Year Award!
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We need your help
We are calling on our CSER MOOC community to help us advocate for continued funding by sharing how our program has had an impact on you or your students’ lives.
Your stories: Pooraka Primary School R-7 SA - code capers
Pooraka students from Ms Peters, Mr Chig and Mr Andrews class have been working on sharpening their coding skills and they have shown they are keen thinkers, tinkerers and computer scientists in the making. A skill set that will be required by many future jobs.
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Resources: Digital Technologies assessment quick-guide
The Digital Technologies Hub has updated their website to include some new assessment advice and resources for teachers to use in the classroom and to support the planning and design of assessments.
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Upcoming professional development workshops
CSER Project Officers are based across the country and are available to run free Digital Technologies workshops for your school.
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Welcome to CSER's newest team member, Helen Karadiasmenos
We are pleased to announce that Helen Kardiasmenos has joined the CSER Digital Technologies Education Team in NSW. Helen will be working closely with Meridith Ebbs (NSW Project Officer) and Toni Falusi (NSW/ACT Project Officer) to support schools in NSW. Helen will be primarily working with schools in Sydney and surrounds.
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Your stories: Flinders Island District High School - a Digital Technologies journey, part 2
It’s been just over a year since we shared the start of our Digital Technologies journey on the CSER MOOC blog and what a year it’s been! Inspired by the energy and excitement of completing the first MOOC, and with the enthusiastic support of our principal, this year Flinders Island DHS introduced Digital Technologies lessons for all grades from Prep (Foundation) through to Grade 10.
Your stories: reflecting on 2018 in NSW
In 2018 there was an amazing demand for workshops from teachers and schools wanting to prepare for the 2019 launch of the NSW digital technologies syllabus. Last year Meridith Ebbs (NSW Project Officer) and Toni (ACT/NSW Project Officer) and #spotbot travelled throughout NSW both physically and virtually to deliver more than 103 events to almost 2000 teachers from 976 schools.