Calendar Of Events

EduTECH Australia 2018

7 – 8 June
International Convention Centre, Sydney

EduTECH is Australasia’s largest annual education technology conference and exhibition. In 2018, EduTECH will host a multitude of conferences and masterclasses attended by over 8,000+ educators, as well as hosting an official event dinner for 800 guests, 250+ exhibitors and free seminars for exhibition visitors.

EduTECH is the onlyevent that brings together the entireeducation and training sector (primary, secondary, tertiary and workplace learning) pluslibraries, government, suppliers and world-renowned speakers all under one roof.

As a delegate, you can choose from a wide variety of conference streams designed for your role, ensuring you get the most out of your professional development investment. Furthermore, EduTECH works with industry to subsidise registration coststo make the conference an affordable and accessible investment in your learning.

• Access the very bestspeakersfrom Australia and around the world.
• Shareideas, successes and challenges.
• Discuss, debate and take away implementable outcomes.
• This is a second-to-none networking opportunity.
• Tailor-make your own experience and choose from eight large congresses, with multiple streams, plus focused breakout sessions, masterclasses and interactive exhibition seminars and displays (not to mention hours of networking functions).
• See what is on offer and save timeby meeting with suppliers in one place, at one time.

Visit www.edutech.net.aufor more information.

ISTE 2018

Chicago, USA

JUNE 24-27, 2018

Where Inspired Learning Begins

Unbelievable things happen at the ISTE Conference & Expo. Groundbreaking ideas are shared, new learning technologies are unveiled and collaborations form that will impact classrooms everywhere. Claim your seat at the table among education’s most innovative change agents. You’ll have more than 1,000 opportunities to create the learning path that works best for you and covers what’s important to you. Immerse yourself in powerful ideas and inspirational speakers, while connecting with innovative educators who share your passion for transformative learning. Save the date for ISTE 2018!

For more information visit https://conference.iste.org/2018/

2018 Leading a Digital School Conference

August 16-18 2018

Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast QLD

Are you a digital leader in your school interested in all forms of digital leadership?

We are very interested in you presenting at our 2018 Leading a Digital School Conference to share your work and achievements with the delegates. The conference will be held at the Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast QLD on Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 August 2018.

Conference Overview

The conference is focused on school leaders and leading teachers striving to offer the highest quality programs in:

Mentoring and coaching in a leading digital school

Digital technology and literacy in a leading digital school

Digital technology and numeracy in a leading digital school

Digital technology assisting students with disabilities in a leading digital school

Developing the themes:

The conference is structured around 4 perspectives on leadership:

Mentoring and Coaching

Digital technology and literacy

Digital technology and numeracy

Digital technology, literacy and numeracy and students with disabilities

 Calling Presenters:

If you would like to know more about presenting at the 2018 Leading a Digital School Conference, please e-mail to team@iwb.net.au for more information.

The K-12 Digital Classroom Practice Conference

Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

Friday 31 August 2018.

The K-12 Digital Classroom Practice Conference is one of the parallel conferences being run under the National Education Summit banner.

The Education Show will be co-located at the venue and is the exhibition component of the event.

The conference theme for this year’s conference is Teaching literacy | Teaching numeracy – with the support of digital technology

This conference has selected as its keynote speaker and presenters a group of teachers highly skilled and experienced in using digital technology to support literacy and numeracy teaching programs.

The conference program offers skills-based sessions, so come prepared to roll your sleeves up to learn new transferable skills that will lift your literacy and numeracy teaching to even greater heights.

Sessions will be presented by:

• Anthony Speranza
• Aimee Shackleton
• Grant Jones
• Aaron Davis
• Lisa Connell and Chris Drake

For more information visit www.iwb.net.au/classroompractice

FlipCon Australia 2018

Monash College (Monash University), Collins Street Centre, Melbourne

14 – 15 September 2018.

In 2018 we will “Flip FlipCon”

Prior to attending FlipCon delegates will have access to a 10-hour online training and certification course – Flipped Learning Certification Level 1. This will provide you with fantastic learning, ideas and practical advice before attending the face-to-face conference. (If you have already completed the online course please contact us for a special offer)

On Day One of the conference delegates will delve deeply into practical, hands-on workshops we are calling Cohorts (The Individual Space).

In each Cohort you will work with a Flipped Learning certified trainer across a number of session times (4 hours in total) to create hands-on, practical resources to take back to school with you and use immediately.

The Cohort sessions to choose from are:

• Cohort 1: Masterclass for Leadership & Professional Developers, with Jon Bergmann
• Cohort 2: First-year Flippers, with Aimee Shackleton
• Cohort 3: Flipped Mastery in Maths and Science, with Steve Griffiths and Stephen Crapnell
• Cohort 4: Flipping Humanities, with Ryan Gill
• Cohort 5: Flipping the Primary Classroom, with Matt Burns
• Cohort 6: Are you ready? Preparing our students for learning, with Kirsten Schliephake and Barbara Macfarlan
• Cohort 7: But do I really need to know this?, with Sophie Karanicolas
• Cohort 8: Gamification in the flipped classroom – Making mastery learning explicit and effective, with Pete Whiting

On Day Two you will select from sessions that will focus on the Group Space (The Extra Time in Class).

Some topics will include; Mastery, Active Learning, New Flippers, Science/Maths, English/Art/Language, Primary, Tech Tools, In-Flipping, Gamification, PBL, Inquiry Learning with Jon Bergmann.

The Keynote speakers at this conference will include:

• Jon Bergmann
• Peter Wagstaff
• Errol St.Clair Smith

For more information visit www.iwb.net.au/flipcon/au

SMART Technologies Two-Day Professional Learning

Oct 11^th and 12^th

Abbotsleigh: Private Girls School Sydney

Join SMART Technologies for a FREE two-day professional learning event demonstrating how the latest education technology gives your students the tools they need to thrive in a digital future. Hear from educational thought leaders and academics including Dr Phil Lambert, Dr Kristy Goodwin, Professor Kelvin Gregory and Dr Bron Stuckey as they discuss the academic research behind effective use of technologies across a range of educational settings.

visit http://www.smarttechanz.com for more information