Training Events

• Professional Learning Network Meeting - Horsham
  22 Mar 2010
  

  Do you want to find out more about eLearning, digital literacy, online learning environments such as the Ultranet and how you can use it to enhance your teaching? VITTA PLNs are regional professional learning networks to support the teaching and learning of ICT K-12 throughout Victoria and beyond. These learning communities encourage sharing of skills and ideas about ICT and education. Learn how to grow your PLN so that you can get the PD you want, when you want it, in your local area. Come to this first meeting of the Horsham PLN for 2010.

• Games4Learning
  24 Mar 2010
  

  Do you want to explore how video games and social media are positively transforming learning?

  Then don’t miss this exciting conference! This conference is for all teachers both Primary and Secondary and of all subjects. It examines the impact of games and game culture on learning and society and gives ideas and resources on how to make the most of this impact. Games help students learn and encourage them to think, focus, challenge and change. Games allow a number of interconnected disciplines to interact with each other - from story writing to art to programming to design. Computer games can build students' story telling skills, encourage cooperative learning, engage students in problem solving and higher order thinking, encourage planning and reflection and can be a multi-disciplinary exercise, as developing a good game can involve composing music, script writing, story development, physics, visual arts, spatial arts and much, much more. Games also introduce students to programming, a key skill necessary for the 21st century.

• PHP and MySQL Holiday program
  29 Mar 2010
  

  This is a one day version of Kevork's popular PHP and MySQL module. It is designed for those who can't get to Forest Hill after school during the term. It has been specifically designed particularly for teachers in rural and regional areas. The main reason for learning a scripting language like PHP is because of the interaction with databases it can offer. It is surprising how useful a database can be when used with a website. There is a huge variety of things you can do when you interact the two. PHP combined with MySQL can be used for years 8 to 12 VCE and VET teachers. PHP can also be used to program mobile devices.

• ActionScript for Teachers (5 part module)
  13 Apr 2010
  

  Programming from the ground up leading to games creation in Intermediate ActionScript 3.0. ActionScript is a programming language. Why do you need to learn Actionscript? Originally developed as a way for developers to program interactivity, ActionScript enables efficient programming of Adobe Flash Platform applications for everything from simple animations to complex, data-rich, interactive application interfaces.

• XBOX programming workshop series (in 5 parts)
  22 Apr 2010
  

  Want to do something fun and rewarding? Want to get impressive levels of engagment and interest from students in class? Find out about a course that has teachers and students alike buzzing. Learn how to teach your students to program in a language that they know is used in the industry. Come to Programming for the XBOX360!

• Challenge Based Learning Series
  13 May 2010
  

  How do teachers of today incorporate ideas on anytime, anywhere education into what they teach?
  How will teachers continue to make the transition from a traditional teacher to one that embraces incorporating emerging technologies into changing classroom practice?

  In six sessions gain an understanding of Challenge Based Learning and how we can plan, teach, assess and evaluate it in your classroom
  In six sessions also learn how we can use the iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 applications and some Web 2.0 tools to enhance our classroom practice