Program Schedule
The Google Educator Conference will focus on the interests of Primary school teachers on the first day (July 14th) and the interests of Secondary teachers on the second day (July 15th). However, we encourage teachers to attend on both days, as many of the presentations and materials will be useful for all participants.
The conference aims for minimal presentation format and maximum hands-on activities to allow participants to manipulate the materials themselves and put together their own teaching plans.
All events will take place in the EZONE, (Fairway Entrance 2), at The University of Western Australia. Directions to the venue is available from here.
Thursday, July 14th:
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:15am-8:45am | Registration | Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 8:45am-8:50am | Welcome and Introduction Nasrin Moradmand |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 8:50am-9:00am | Welcome from UWA Associate Professor Grace Oakley |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 9:00am-9:45am | Talk and interactive session on "Unplugged Digital Citizenship Activities for the Primary School Classroom" Kim Maslin About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 9:45am-10:20am | Talk and interactive session on "Effective assessment and Unpacking the Primary Digital Technologies Exemplars" David Donnelly and Petra Trinke About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 10:20am -10:50am | Morning tea | Business Incubator, room 1.13 EZONE, UWA |
| 10:50am -11:30am | Talk and Interactive Session on "Engaging Students and the Community in Outdoor Learning using Digital Technologies, Locally and Globally" Franca Dillon About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 11:30am -1:10pm | Talk and Interactive Session on Examples of Integrating Digital Technology into Classroom Teaching and Learning Programs" Jacob French, Renae Guelfi,Neeshia Delaporte, Andrea Doherty, Veronica Marley and Tegan Marley About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 1:10pm -1:50pm | Lunch and Break | Business Incubator, room 1.13EZONE, UWA |
| 1:50pm-3:05pm | Talk and Interactive Session on " ICT General Capabilities Playground" Sarah Hil and Lou Cimetta About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 3:05pm-4:00pm | Talk and Interactive Session on "Experiential learning through Minecraft Education Edition" Michelle Pestel About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Afternoon tea, Discussion and Feedback, Group photo | Business Incubator, room 1.13EZONE, UWA |
Friday, July 15th:
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:15am-8:45am | Registration | Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 8:45am-8:50am | Greeting and Introduction Nasrin Moradmand |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 8:50am-9:00am | Welcome from UWA Professor Amitava Datta |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 9:00am-9:15am | Meeting the Google Engineer Mark MᶜDonald |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 9:15am-10:00am | Talk and Interactive Session on "New Computer Science Curriculum and Unpacking the 7-10 Digital Technologies Exemplars" David Donnelly and Petra Trinke About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 10:00am -10:45am | Talk and Interactive Session on "Escape room using computational thinking skills" Christine Koopman About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 10:45am -11:15am | Morning tea | Business Incubator, room 1.13 EZONE, UWA |
| 11:15am -12:00pm | Talk and Interactive Session on "Where are the girls?' - What do we need to do to fill the STEM gap" Michelle Ellis About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Talk and Interactive Session on "Cyber Security is not Cyber Safety - so how do we become cyber secure? Essential 8 cyber strategies" Soumita Kale About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA | 1:00pm -1:45pm | Lunch and Break | Business Incubator, room 1.13 EZONE, UWA |
| 1:45pm- 3:00pm | Talk and Interactive Session on "Mechatronics in Secondary Schools – Teaching 21st Century Skills and STEAM Knowledge Simultaneously Alex Coulter and student assistants: Thomas Salter, Tyler Sprunt, Joshua Nowrojee, Harry Della-Vedova About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 3:00pm-3:45pm | Talk and Interactive Session on "Flipped Learning and leveraging the power of digital tools" Zac Matthews About this session |
Learning Studio 1.11 EZONE, UWA |
| 3:45pm- 4:15pm | Afternoon tea, Discussion and Feedback, Group photo | Business Incubator, room 1.13 EZONE, UWA |