UNE Creative Enrichment Days

It has long been suggested that the integration of Information Communication and
Technologies (ICTs) gives students the ability to be more proactive in the way they
learn and are more involved in the projects they work on.

Professional Learning at the enrichment days focuses on the study of animation and
supports quality teaching and a comprehensive understanding of creative arts
practices.

Teachers participating in Professional Learning at the UNE Creative Enrichment days on November 2nd will learn about three styles of animation.

These include:

• Stop Motion Animation
  
• Traditional drawn animation
  
• Pixilation 
  

Links to YouTube animation videos

Stop Motion

• Grease Summer Nights lego stop motion animation
  
• Sony Bravia 
  
• Pickle Love
  

Traditional drawn animation

• The whitest boy - Golden Cage!
  
• The dot and the line
  
• Hand drawn animation
  

Pixilation

• A week in the life (not really) pixilation
  
• Hyperactive Lasse Gjertsen 
  
• Ammeter Lasse Gjertsen 
  

Teaching Resources 

• Teaching with Animation 
  
• Vimeo
  
• Creating Movement frame by frame PDF
  
• Humorous Phases Funny Faces (J.Stuard Balckton, 1906) 
  
• Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor Maccay, 1914) 
  

Kids Connect - Brisbane

Brisbane City Hall was a buzzing with activity! We had a ball and so did the kids! See student work at the Brisbane Kids Connect website

Kids Connect - Brisbane

Kids Connect is Brisbane Catholic Education's two day ICLT technology conference organised for kids by kids.  

This year Theresa Sheen and her year 7 class of Our Lady of Dolours, Mitchelton have been working hard to organise this event that would be held at Brisbane City Hall on September 13 and 14. This year there will be approximately 15 breakouts and 150 students!  

MAC1 are major sponsors of this event.  We provide MacBooks for studnets and teachers over the two days to create their projects over the conference. 

Mike Anderson will be facilitating a two day professional learning hands on workshop that encourages teachers to embed ICLT into their teaching and learning.  

Visit the Kids Connect website for more information. 

Term 3 Discussion Groups - Brisbane and Gold Coast

Two great nights of learning! Our ICT discussion groups are growing and continue to provide educators with the opportunity to establish links with other schools and professionals interested in developing their technical literacy and embedding ICT in curriculum. 

Both evenings began with an Apple trivia quiz and a look at the just released iLife '08 Suite with a discussion about the differences between the two. 

Bob Rodgers shared with us stories from his recent trip to the USA where he participated in professional development in Pasco and My Worlds.  He also shared with us some of the ways he uses spread sheets and conditional formatting in his maths classes. 

MOE Myth Buster Forum

MAC1 Institute - Brisbane 

5pm - 8pm October 23, 2007

The MOE Forum is aimed at addressing the concerns of Education Queensland (EQ) schools and debunking myths and rumors regarding the managed operating environment (MOE). 

Representatives from Apple and EQ will attend to address the concerns of educators and schools to provide them with the knowledge to make informed decisions when considering the technology appropriate for their school. 

Contact us to register.  

Term 3 Discussion Groups - Brisbane and Gold Coast

We are holding this term's discussion groups at 5:00pm - 8:00pm on Tuesday August 28th at Mary Immaculate Primary School Thursday August 9, 2007 and 5:00pm - 8:00pm, Surfers Paradise State School - Thursday 9, 2007.  

The ICT discussion groups are a terrific way to interact with peers and discuss the implications of embedding ICT into curriculum.  We invite guest speakers from different areas of education to come share their experiences of using ICTs. 

This is an excellent opportunity for educators to participate in professional learning at no cost.  

Contact us if you would like additional information. Attendance can be confirmed via email.   

ICT Discussion Group Brisbane

Last night we had a ICT Discussion Group here in Brisbane at St Catherine's, Wishart. It was fabulous! The guests at this discussion group were very engaged with the very rich discussion about ICT's in education. I myself learnt a great deal from the other guests.  It's  amazing sometimes how much you can learn from others just through sharing what you're doing in your world!  The Discussion Group was planned to run from 5pm - 8pm but didn't end until after 9 due to the involved nature of the guests. 

Guest speakers at the St Catherine's, Wishart Discussion Group coved a range of topics.  ADE Bob Rodgers discussed his 1 to 1 laptop class  in general and took a specific look at the GIS package and application 'My World'. Denise Marshman from Education Queensland Sunshine Coast South District Office and Learning Engagement Online Teacher spoke about the LEO program and her role as a teacher results of online learning for ‘at risk’ secondary students. 

Elizabeth Pearson from a school of 150 students spoke about the role she has played within the school as a Teacher Librarian over the years. The advancements in Apple technology having implemented Apple in their school since 1983.  Elizabeth also shared some of the schools concerns and how they integrate the use ICT within the curriculum as  a small school with a high refugee population and a small budget.  

I had planned interactive activities for guests to participate in but the discussion was powerful and therefore the activities were not used. 

I called the host school St Catherine's, Wishart this morning to thank them once again for their commitment  to fostering communities of innovative educators and supporting MAC1 Professional Learning through the generous use of their Library and iMac lab. Maria, the ICLT Coordinator of St Catherine's remains enthusiastic and very impressed with the evening and what she had gotten out of the the discussion and eagerly awaits the announcement of next term's discussion group.