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 Smart Classrooms: Learning productivity
David O'Hagan, ADG Strategic Information and Technologies
As we continue to embrace the digital age, our communities are increasingly demanding an education that incorporates ICT. Find out how and why Queensland’s Smart Classrooms strategy is accelerating teaching and learning by embedding ICT in all areas of the classroom.
Length: 36:15 minutes
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 Ten things to do with a laptop: Learning and powerful ideas
Gary Stager PhD, Executive Director The Constructivist Consortium
Much of the scepticism about 1:1 computing is based on the meagre or unimaginative objectives of 1:1 schools. The educational case for truly personal computing is in fact made through entertaining vignettes and video-based case studies focussing on best practice collected from schools internationally. This keynote will promote sustainable school innovation through lessons that have been learnt working in ‘laptop schools’ over the past 20 years.
Length: 01:12:23 hours
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 A case study in school transformation and students managing their learning
Marcelle van Maanen, assistant principal at Victoria's Mordialloc College
Mordialloc College is a state high school in Victoria, Australia. This session will highlight the research, design and implementation of innovative, learner directed and wholly integrated learning programs in the junior secondary school. With a whole school focus on continual improvement, strong relationships, effective teaching and enabling students to be active partners in their individual learning journeys; Mordialloc College has transformed both the physical and pedagogical learning environment.
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Length: 58:22 minutes
 uLearning: the impact of ubiquitous, mobile access on teaching and learning in Queensland schools
Jonathan Nalder, accredited facilitator and Shane Roberts, regional facilitator
As digital devices become more widespread and capable, access to teaching and learning extends further beyond the traditional boundaries of classroom walls and designated lesson times. This session will offer an insight into how teachers can harness the accessibility and usability of mobile devices to enhance their pedagogy. Participants will witness and contribute to real-life examples of uLearning in action, and get to see how it fits with the future of education.
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Length: 51:10 minutes
 Students’ perspectives of learning in a virtual world
Students from the Queensland Academy of Health Sciences and teacher Lissa Hodson
Imagine if you were a student aged 10 to 16 years and you had the opportunity to solve real world issues to develop a utopian community. Join four Year 10 student mentors from Queensland Academy for Health Sciences as they showcase this creative challenge through a virtual lens.
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Length: 40:24 minutes
 'That thing you do'
Kristine Kopelke, ICT Learning Innovation Centre
Like many teachers, Kristine has found herself continually confronted by the question ‘so what do you do?’ While it’s a simple enough question, it’s actually a time for reflection about how the prevalence of digital technologies is changing the role of a teacher and where, when and how learning occurs. Come along to this presentation and discover the one thing that teachers who embrace technology do that others don’t.
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Length: 38:07 minutes
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