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Sydney, 11 - 12 June 2025
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Official Opening, Welcome to Country and Ministerial Address
Revolutionising education with AI & mastery learning
NSWEduChat
Get hands on with NSW DoE’s very own AI tool – NSW EduChat. In this session, learn the key functions and how to’s of the tool, and how it can best support productivity for staff.
In Conversation - Leadership, Inclusion & Empowering the Next Generation
School Story Learning in Nature @ Brewongle
Hear about the technology-rich learning experience Brewongle EEC teaching staff provide learners with as they are immersed in nature, whilst learning about local habitats.
AI in Assessment
Explore the transformative role of AI in assessment, from personalised feedback to predictive analytics. Learn how AI can enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and fairness of student evaluations by adapting to individual learning styles and needs. Discover how AI-driven tools can provide real-time insights, reduce bias, and help educators make data-driven decisions. Join us to explore the future of assessments in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and how it can support better learning outcomes for all students.
PANEL - Defending Childhood in the Digital Age: Australia's Social Media Age Restriction Strategy
School Story - Robotics @ Ingleburn PS
Learn more about the robotics program at Ingleburn Public School, that led to them winning a bronze medal at the Universal Robotics Challenge finals in Japan last year. Afterwards, the team will walk you through some creative ways to bring more robotics into the classroom and beyond.
Student Showcase - Rutherford Technology HS
Hear directly from the students and teachers at Rutherford Technology High School about their Women in STEM programs, including some demonstrations from some phenomenal builds by the students.
Building safe digital spaces: Empowering educators to protect students in an evolving online world
Designing Future-Ready Classrooms: Integrating eLearning and Technology for Meaningful Student Engagement
PANEL - Cyber security & data privacy with AI on the rise in schools
Understanding authentic assessment and how it applies to digital learning
PANEL - Beyond theory: Practical solutions to Australia's skills gap through education, industry, and technology
Using the FIRST Framework to build local First Nations community Knowledges in your STEM Program.
PANEL - Aligning business & ICT leadership strategy
Beyond the vapor: Evidence-based approaches to teaching about e-cigarettes in today's classroom
Leadership for differentiation in inclusive Schools
PANEL - The impact of AI and the development of future skills in our schools
Teaching problem solving in an AI world
In an AI-driven world, problem-solving skills must evolve. This session explores how educators can integrate AI tools while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and ethical decision-making. Learn strategies to enhance adaptability, reasoning, and collaboration, ensuring students are prepared to navigate and innovate in an AI-powered future.
Cybersecurity microskills with introduction to fundamentals of cloud computing
Institute of Applied Technology Digital (IATD), where we empower individuals with cutting-edge skills through microskills and microcredentials. Microskills are targeted bite-size learning to introduce new topic that enhances your professional development, while microcredentials validate these skills. Our cybersecurity microskills program equips you with introductory skills to protect information systems and respond to cyber threats. Additionally, we'll introduce you to the fundamentals of cloud computing, highlighting its transformative impact on data management and industries worldwide.
T4L Magazine walk through
This session will be a walk through of T4L magazine that provides on demand professional learning with a new technology theme each term. You will also learn about T4L.kids magazine, which is a self-paced learning experience from students from Year 3 – Year 8.
Belonging, being and becoming: A pedagogy for character through relationship
- A succinct analysis of our global educational research program's findings on the value of relationships to learners
- A cognitive model for designing relationships for character apprenticeship
- A framework for locating teacher pedagogy within the situation of the learner
How robots see the world: Introducing young learners to AI
How do you teach AI to students who haven’t yet learned to code? Start by tapping into what they already know—their senses. In this session, we’ll explore how to introduce artificial intelligence to elementary and middle school students using the “Big Ideas” framework from AI4K12. You’ll see how students can learn to distinguish between human perception and machine perception through VEX STEM Labs. These low-threshold, high-ceiling activities are co-designed with classroom teachers and aligned with UDL principles. Learn how students build critical thinking and computational thinking skills as they investigate how a robot “sees” color, classifies objects, and navigates a world it doesn’t understand. You’ll leave with free, classroom-tested resources and a clear sense of how to make AI literacy developmentally appropriate, deeply engaging, and cross-curricular for even your youngest learners.
When the two AI's collide
Connected beginnings
The top 5 features of an HR System for an Independent Australian School
The CEO of Martian Logic HRIS, the fastest-growing HR software provider for independent schools with a client base of over 80 schools, moderates a panel featuring Business Managers and HR leaders from four independent schools. They engage in a dynamic discussion about the essential features of a modern HR system for schools and what these features should achieve to meet the unique needs of independent Australian schools.
- Recruitment & Onboarding
- Compliance
- Org Char & Employee DB
- Performance Reviews / Employee Surveys
- Integration with Synergetic, TASS & Payroll systems
Sun & UV Safety - Teacher & student
Reframing equity: Leading adaptive & inclusive school cultures
The power of an Integrated Vendor Ecosystem in enabling transformative learning experiences - SA DfE & Wonde
Lenovo Presentation
School Story - Assistive Tech @ Sir Eric Woodward School
Hear from the staff at Sir Eric Woodward SSP about how they are utilising new technologies to provide high quality learning experiences for their students. Following this will be a hands-on PL session on how to utilise some assistive technologies in your classroom for specialised settings, and for mainstream learners.
Oracy: Unlocking the power of “Talk” (Foundation – Year 12)
- What is oracy and the oracy framework
- Top 10 Practical Tips for ‘talk’ inspiration and curriculum activities
- The collaboration of talk between home and school
Are your students marvellous online?
Mona will share her insights and strategies for fostering a culture of digital responsibility and resilience in educational settings. Attendees can expect to gain valuable knowledge and practical tips for promoting cyber security awareness and creating a safer online environment for students and educators alike.
They who sacrifice security for usability ends up with neither
Creating a more digitally enabled University
MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard
Cultural intelligence meets innovation: Embedding first nations perspectives with Balaa
- Understand how Balaa respects Cultural Protocols, protects Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), and honours the impact of community perspectives in education.
- Explore how First Nations ways of knowing, being, and doing can transform teaching practices, fostering deeper societal understanding and reconciliation.
- Learn how Balaa bridges ancient wisdom and modern AI to embed cultural knowledge systems into classrooms authentically and respectfully.
- Gain insights into the societal importance of embedding First Nations perspectives to create inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe learning environments.
- Discover how Balaa empowers educators to confidently integrate cultural knowledge while adhering to First Nations protocols and ethical practices.
Elevating excellence framework - Empowering your non-teaching staff in an educational setting
Whole-school road safety education
Reasonable adjustments. But what does that mean?
Fireside Chat - Mastering mastery learning: How one school reimagined engagement, assessment & pathways
What if every student could clearly track their progress and earn recognition for real learning, not just grades? In this lively interview,Professor Martin Bean CBE - CEO, Martin Bean dives into Hunter School of Performing Arts’s journey with Deputy Principal Darren Ponman, revealing howCanvas LMS powered between 2 and 3 million+ monthly views, dynamic digital credentials, and a groundbreaking university pathway—all through a pedagogy-first lens.
Teaching entrepreneurial thinking
Explore strategies for cultivating entrepreneurial thinking in the classroom. Learn how to inspire students to think critically, solve real-world problems, and approach challenges with creativity and resilience. Discover practical activities and frameworks that encourage risk-taking, innovation, and a growth mindset. Whether in business or beyond, teaching entrepreneurial thinking equips students with valuable skills for success in the modern world. Join us to explore how to nurture the next generation of problem-solvers and innovators.
Tackling cybersecurity in the Australian Curriculum
This session will help teachers unpack the new Privacy and Security strand in the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum (primary and secondary). Teachers will gain practical ideas, resources, and classroom strategies to help teach these concepts. Participants will be introduced a new ACS microcredential designed to support teachers in this space (secondary only).
The new species among us: Can AI help our students learn and thrive?
AI as a pedagogical thought partner
Aruba Presentation
Capabilities of AI in the context of contemporary learning, teaching and assessment
Best practice for delivering training to Aboriginal communities
PANEL - AI not for language
PANEL - Managing operational costs while enhancing student outcomes
PANEL - Consent and respectful relationships
AI for the inclusive classroom
PANEL - Reimagining assessment in the age of AI: Are we future-ready?
School Story - Podcasting @ Kirrawee PS
Podcasting has quickly become one of the most powerful mediums of communication and engagement across schools in NSW. Learn how Kirrawee PS have created a project based learning task that not only enhances student skills, but a deep and meaningful connection with their local elderly residents within their community.
Future-ready and timeless: Addressing the digital tension in the classroom
As artificial intelligence reshapes the education landscape, schools face a growing imperative: to equip students—and staff—not only with digital and AI fluency, but also with the enduring foundational skills that empower critical thinking, ethical judgment, and deep learning. This session explores how educators can navigate the intersection of traditional and emerging literacies, starting in the classroom and scaling across whole-school strategy. We’ll examine how to build teacher capacity through targeted professional development, align digital tools with pedagogical purpose, and create leadership structures that embed AI-readiness into the fabric of the school. Grounded in real-world examples and practical frameworks, this session empowers educators and leaders to move from tech-as-tool to tech-as-strategy—ensuring schools are not only keeping up with change, but shaping it.
Building a hands-on STEAM program: Creativity, curiosity & innovation
Discover how hands-on learning, design thinking, and computational thinking have shaped an engaging and sustainable STEAM program within aninquiry framework. This session will explore the journey of building and expanding STEAM initiatives, from LEGO Education to constructing with recycled materials and engineering real-world solutions. I’ll share successes, challenges, and memorable student experiences that showcase the power of inquiry-based learning, creativity, and problem-solvingin an IB PYP framework. Whether you're starting fresh or looking to refine your program, you’ll walk away with practical ideas to inspire curiosity, collaboration, and innovation in your students.
Strategic technology planning and advisory for the evolving education landscape
Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education
Hybrid learning - rules and tools of engagement
Connecting cultures: Empowering First Nations learning through technology and engagement NSW DoE schools
- Learn how digital tools have played an impactful role in projects centred around Aboriginal culture and community.
- Discover how technology can play an important role in connecting and engaging Aboriginal students to their learning.
- Explore how technology can connect schools to sustainable, authentic and meaningful learnings about Aboriginal cultures, languages and communities.
Building a marketing strategy - Identify your school's points of difference
PANEL - Building resilience and self-worth in young people
Scratching that coding itch
From promise to practice: Integrated AI for all your teaching needs
AI holds the promise of revolutionizing teaching, but only if it’s seamlessly woven into a teacher’s daily workflows. It must understand your context, leverage your data, adapt to your preferences, and improve with every interaction. In this session, we’ll explore how Toddle—an AI-first LMS created by teachers, for teachers—harnesses AI to simplify every aspect of teaching. From lesson planning and assessment to feedback and report cards, Toddle streamlines your tasks and elevates your practice, all without the hassle of complex steps or switching between tools. You’ll leave with a clear vision of how AI can transform not just individual tasks, but the entire teaching experience.
Measure what matters - Using the digital transformation tool to create digitally capable schools
- The Digital Transformation Tool has been developed to help schools more confidently measure the digital capabilities of their students and staff, and identify specific areas for improvement.
- By engaging with the DTT, schools are better positioned to make decisions that can strengthen their digital culture, streamline processes through innovative practices and achieve improved teaching and learning outcomes, particularly in the areas of implementing the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and the Digital Literacy capability.
- With the assistance of AI, the DTT provides advice tailored to individual school contexts, and ultimately helps schools transition to higher levels , with respect to teaching, learning, managing and leading
Join Anna Kinnane and Paula Christophersen co-authors of the Australian Digital Technologies curriculum as they share this innovative tool.
PANEL - The dangers of deepfake AI & why schools need policies now
Design thinking in action: A strategic approach to cultivating innovation
How to build safe and secure AI assistants for education
Our 60-minute Tech User Workshop
- Concepts of AI Agents and Assistants in Education for Teachers and Students
- Hands on workshop showing how to create and build Agentic AI Agents with tools and datasources
- AI Security Guardrails for safe usage in the Education space for students and teachers
Grounding AI in learning theory
Challenges and opportunities for implementing gamification into vocational education
Amplifying indigenous knowledge in STEM: Bridging cultures for future innovation
Smarter payments for Schools
60-minute Tech User Workshop -
What to Expect:
- Simplifying complex integration processes
- Streamlining reconciliation
- Bank grade security and strong resiliency
- White-glove onboarding with payment experts that know your business
Getting ready to teach online safety to K-10 in 2027
Beyond one-size-fits-all - Humanising neurodivergence
Leading data-informed schools
- Building a Data-Literate staff
- Creating Psychological Safety Around Data
- Bias and Ethical Considerations in Data Use
School Story - STEM @ Lugarno PS
Learn how Lugarno Public School have used stem.T4L kits to drive innovation, creativity, and increase student engagement. Take the opportunity to then discover how you can best integrate the stem.T4L kits at your school.
Think deeply, create boldly: AI as a partner in student achievement
Our 60-minute Tech User Workshop
What to Expect:
This session explores how educators can leverage AI to deepen student engagement and cultivate higher-order thinking. Participants will discover practical strategies for using AI as a partner in achieving meaningful student outcomes. We will examine how AI can foster critical thinking and bold creativity within the classroom, providing educators with tools to transform learning experiences and cultivate a generation of innovative thinkers
Fostering creativity through coding with VEX GO
Our 60-minute Tech User Workshop
In this hands-on workshop, participants will dive into the engineering design process using VEX GO to solve a unique coding challenge.Attendees will act as float designers andprogrammers for a VEX GO Parade, crafting a moving floatfor parade marshall Colonel Jo.
Through this creative exercise, educators will experience how VEX GO and the engineering design process foster students’ creative problem-solving abilities. The workshop will emphasise iterative thinking, balancing original ideas with real-world constraints,and collaborative learning. Attendees will leave with insightsinto integrating coding and creativity into their curriculum in impactful ways."
PANEL - VET reform - the importance of not changing for sake of change
Workshop - Connecting to country
Early primary school physical literacy and growth mindset development
- How a focus on physical literacy can enhance all educational outcomes, especially student wellbeing.
- How most of the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration is failing to be measured by policy makers.
- What this means for educators.
STEM champions: An aspect STEM Extension Program
Decoding young people: How Generative AI has changed the game for digital safety
Emojois, acronyms, memes and deep fakes. What are your students saying to each other and how can you help identify harmful behaviours in the classroom before they head to contagion? With 46% of young people not knowing how to protect themselves from cyberbullying, and 44% unable to recognise Gen AI created content, this panel brings together leading digital safety experts to discuss Gen AI and the digital lexicon of Gen Alpa.
Security and privacy: Students' digital footprint
With increasing technology use in education, safeguarding children's data is crucial. This session explores data privacy laws, cybersecurity risks, and ethical considerations in school settings. Learn best practices for securing student information, ensuring compliance, and fostering a culture of digital responsibility, all while balancing educational innovation with strong data protection measures to create a safe and secure learning environment for all students.
Fireside Chat with Arctic Wolf
Effective board reporting for strategic decisions
Demystifying the collection and interpretation of data for non mathematics teachers
Empowering digital accessibility
Every student can be empowered to learn with a huge range of assistive and inclusive tools that are available across devices and platforms. Learn more about selecting the right tools to support students with their additional learning needs.
Q&A / Tips and tricks
Drop in to learn some tips and tricks to improve your workflows with technology to save you time.
Future ready teacher preparing for a future made classroom
- How a classroom teacher may navigate themselves in the uncertainty of AI (AI Literacy and AI competencies).
- Insights from her 5-week scholarship journey as the 2025 NSW Premier’s Hickson Lawyer STEM Scholar.
- Implications (opportunities and challenges) to support students learning - humanising the learning progression
- Opportunities for cross-collaboration and partnerships with the wider school community and industry.
- Emphasis on teacher professional development (understanding the AI curve of expertise).
The declaration of the “Future Made in Australia” Bill in April 2024 commits to investing $22.7 billion in order to secure Australia’s place in a changing global environment. What might this mean for Australian schools and its students?
The purpose of this session grasps on insights of how a classroom teacher navigates around the rapidity of our evolving global environment. In reference to the Future Made in Australia Bill 2024 and insights to a recent global scholarship journey, Krissa strives to prepare her students with real-world experiences and skills that link to STEM and emerging technologies like AI in order to meet societal demands and economic prosperity. More importantly, Krissa witnessed how the rise of the age of AI opens opportunities for educators to deeply humanise the learning progression and initiate cross-collaboration amongst the wider school community and industry.
A new approach to Stage 4 coding using the Arduino Nano
The Queenwood mandatory coding program immerses every Year 8 student in Arduino using a unique, interactive hands-on approach to teaching coding. Students move directly from flowcharts to C++ without block codes such as Scratch. Tried and tested for over 7 years in year 8 classes, this system has proven to be a robust, achievable, and fun way of teaching students real world coding using a control systems project.
Lesson plans, teaching resources and sample code will be for free download to EDUtech attendees.
Know IT, Love IT, Spark IT and Lead IT
The future of teaching: Integrating AI to enhance and personalize learning
- Understand AI’s Role in Education: Gain clarity on how generative AI can be integrated into teaching and learning, enhancing educational outcomes.
- Practical AI Applications: Discover real-world examples of AI applications in various subjects, particularly mathematics, to implement in your curriculum.
- Adaptable Assessment Methods: Explore how AI can help create fair and flexible assessment strategies that cater to diverse student needs.
- Personalized Learning Support: Learn how AI can act as a personal tutor, addressing Bloom’s two-sigma problem by providing individualized support to each learner.
- Enhancing Equity and Access: Understand how AI can level the playing field by providing all learners equitable access to high-quality educational resources and personalized experiences.
Emerging technologies reshaping teaching pedagogies
- How VR/AR infrastructure is reshaping training delivery
- Technology enabling centres of excellence
- Future opportunities
Navigating risk in education: Proactive strategies for safe and secure schools
Bullyproof Learning Lab
Bullyproof Australia is on a mission to make a difference to every student, every teacher, every school, everywhere!
Bullyproof Australia focuses on a proactive approach and teaches practical solutions for a wide range of bullying situations.
Unlocking potential: A case study of assistive technology
Working collaboratively in the Cloud
Working in the Cloud has become one of the most important tools across the school landscape, ensuring that files can be accessed anywhere, anytime. This session will teach you the best ways to operate in the Cloud environment.
Fostering inclusive and effective teaching practices & integrating First Nations culture and perspectives
Generative AI in schools: from guidance to practice
Explore Queensland’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) guidance for schools, focusing on key foundational content that promotes the safe, ethical, and responsible use of generative AI in teaching and learning.
Participants will examine the core messages of the guidance, applicable to all teachers and school leaders, and explore practical use cases that highlight how generative AI can enhance teaching and learning in a future-focused world, while also assisting with teacher workload management.
The session is designed to be informative and practical, allowing teachers to walk away with new ideas to enact in their school.
Beyond the screen: Embedding digital literacy for future-ready learners
Takeaways:
- The evolving role of digital literacy in a technology-driven world.
- Strategies to teach students to evaluate, create, and communicate effectively using digital tools.
- Balancing screen time with meaningful, hands-on learning experiences.
- How digital literacy supports collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity.
- Practical, age-appropriate strategies to integrate digital literacy across different subjects.
- How to develop students' critical thinking and online safety awareness.
- Ways to foster responsible digital citizens in the primary classroom.
PANEL - Collaboration is the winning move - Remain globally competitive by leveraging collective strength
Adapting teaching through learner feedback
- Introduction to the Institute of Applied Technology: A new tertiary institution pilot
- Empowering Staff to find areas to improve our customer experience
- Big Data at the Institute of Applied Technology and implementing changes
- Shaping the Path Forward in the Remainder of the Pilot
Individulaised learning for neurodiverse students
PANEL - Security vs Functionality - Finding the balance
Tools for design
Do you spend a lot of your time picking fonts or colours to enhance your creations? This session is for every teacher who wants to learn more about how to empower design tools to create engaging resources and materials for the classroom and beyond.
Maximising device productivity
Develop some new tools for your teaching or administration toolkit by learning about productivity tools within your device and how they can work best for you.
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Day 2 Opening Remarks
Q&A / Tips and tricks
Drop in to learn some tips and tricks to improve your workflows with technology to save you time.
How our brains construct reality in the age of modern technology
AI: Learn fast, act more slowly
Evidence for educators: Equipping teachers for a changing world. How can educators prepare students to think critically about the most pressing security challenges of our time?
In today’s rapidly evolving world, misinformation, online extremism, and emerging technologies are influencing young Australians in new and complex ways. This session will provide a sneak peek into how E4E supports educators in navigating these topics with confidence.
What to expect:
- AI & Misinformation: Understand how artificial intelligence can manipulate trust through bias and disinformation.
- Australia & Space: Uncover the latest developments in space exploration and how they impact Australia’s role in the global landscape.
- Online Extremism: Examine the growing threat of radicalisation among teenagers and how educators can play a role in prevention.
- Radicalisation: Exploring practice-based responses implemented by the Youth Justice NSW CVE Unit in responding to at-risk and radicalised youth. This includes identifying early warning signs, multi-disciplinary and multi-systemic interventions needs, and opportunities in practice.
Whether you're a humanities teacher addressing global issues, a STEM educator discussing emerging technologies, or a school leader shaping digital literacy programs, this session will offer practical insights and resources to enhance classroom discussions on national security.
Join this engaging panel discussion to explore Evidence for Educators (E4E), a free professional learning initiative from the National Security College (ANU), designed to equip teachers with accurate, up-to-date insights on strategic issues shaping Australia’s future.
Be part of the conversation and discover how E4E can support you in fostering informed, critical-thinking students.
EduGrowth Opening Remarks
NSWEduChat
Get hands on with NSW DoE’s very own AI tool – NSW EduChat. In this session, learn the key functions and how to’s of the tool, and how it can best support productivity for staff.
Teacher AI showcase
Explore how educators are harnessing AI to enhance teaching and learning. This session showcases real-world examples of teachers using AI-driven tools to personalise instruction, streamline administrative tasks, and boost student engagement. Discover practical applications, best practices, and insights from educators leveraging AI to transform their classrooms. Whether you're new to AI or already integrating it into your practice, this session offers inspiration and strategies to maximise its impact in education.
Designing Futures: Harnessing hope, creativity, and adaptation to inspire courageous thinking, doing, and being
School Story Learning in Nature @ Brewongle
Hear about the technology-rich learning experience Brewongle EEC teaching staff provide learners with as they are immersed in nature, whilst learning about local habitats.
Add the Egg: The Leadership Challenge of AI in Education
Betty Crocker’s original cake mix failed because it was too easy — people didn’t feel like they were really baking. Only when the recipe asked them to add an egg did it finally succeed. Why? Because humans want to be part of the process.
In this provocative session, Brett Salakas uses that simple lesson to explore one of education’s biggest questions: where do humans fit in the AI revolution? As classrooms adopt everything from AI marking tools to personalised learning platforms, the real challenge isn’t just the tech — it’s making sure teachers and students stay at the heart of the process.
Expect to be challenged, inspired, and equipped with practical strategies you can trial right away in your school. You’ll leave with a clearer vision for leading AI adoption that is ethical, human-centred, and impactful.
Metacognition and self-regulated learning
PANEL - The importance of international education to Australia’s economy
Wingaru Kids in the classroom
Caring for teachers
Cybersecurity microskills with introduction to artificial Intelligence
Institute of Applied Technology Digital (IATD), where we empower individuals with cutting-edge skills through microskills and microcredentials. Microskills are targeted bite-size learning to introduce new topic that enhances your professional development, while microcredentials validate these skills. Our cybersecurity microskills program equips you with introductory skills to protect information systems and respond to cyber threats. Additionally, we will introduce to Artificial Intelligence, highlighting its transformative impact on education.
School Story - Robotics @ Ingleburn PS
Learn more about the robotics program at Ingleburn Public School, that led to them winning a bronze medal at the Universal Robotics Challenge finals in Japan last year. Afterwards, the team will walk you through some creative ways to bring more robotics into the classroom and beyond.
PANEL -The future direction of the HSC and its assessment methods
Empowering educators with EdChat apps
We will demonstrate the ease of creating your own app and showcase the LEAP App developed in collaboration with educators to streamline the assessment of Standard Australian English (SAE) proficiency, savings educators significant time and effort.
EdChat is the award winning safe and secure Generative AI chat bot from the Department for Education SA, this presentation will provide an overview of the new EdChat App Library feature, empowering educators to create and share their own AI apps.
Takeaways:
Understand and see the benefits of using Gen AI to solve real world use cases from the classroom.
Best practice in STEM education
AI-powered pedagogical transformation
Creating our digital future workforce
Empowering Higher Education: Strategic ICT Management in the Age of AI
- Leveraging AI for Enhanced Learning Experiences: Integrating AI technologies in education and research can personalise learning, provide efficiencies and change outcomes in research This strategic use of AI can empower institutions to deliver more effective, change research outcomes and deliver engaging educational experiences.
- Digital Transformation as the New Norm: In the current landscape, digital transformation is no longer optional but a necessity. Higher education institutions are adopting comprehensive ICT strategies to stay competitive and relevant. This includes embracing cloud computing, big data analytics, and AI-driven tools to streamline operations, enhance research capabilities, address security and support remote learning environments.
Improving education outcomes for Aboriginal students and Torres Strait Islander students
The importance of air quality: Reducing illness-related costs and enhancing educational outcomes
Measuring and managing student wellbeing in schools – How to decide upon the best approaches, resources and technologies for your school context
In the last 5 years, the range of apps, platforms and companies that focus upon student wellbeing has grown enormously. It’s fair to say that, whether we like it or not, Wellbeing has become big business. It has become a huge challenge for anyone to sift through the plethora of available technology, in order to decide what is best for your school.
In this presentation, Sean Inman discusses the range of options available for Wellbeing Measurement, and using his own experience as a case study, suggests some criteria that might help guide schools in the right direction.
Creativity in music education through educative evidence-based practice
- The latest research evidence on how to engage young people in learning in and through music
- Musical cultures that have technology at their heart
- Simple approaches for music and non-music teachers to use music technology in fun ways
- The Educative Evidence-Based Practice model and how teachers can use it to develop their own activities
Tes Presentation
From data to decisions: Unlocking AI with VEX AIM
What if your students could use a robot to experience how AI makes decisions—without writing a single line of ML training code? In this session, we’ll explore how students can use the VEX AIM robot to interact with a pretrained classification model that mimics real-world AI applications. You’ll see how students engage in authentic STEM challenges while interpreting sensor data, configuring color codes, and making decisions based on AI-driven outputs. This isn't theoretical AI; it’s applied, observable, and safe—no student data is collected, and all processing is local. Whether you're teaching Python or integrating AI into a CTE pathway, this session will show you how to unlock AI for your students. Walk away with strategies, classroom examples, and a practical framework for introducing advanced AI concepts through robotics.
Granville's robotics journey & Operation Humanoid
Generative AI - Understanding bias and student perception
Tertiary education - strengthening and expansion through harmonisation
From gatekeeping to partnership: Reimagining IT's role in academic AI implementation
Gamechangers: Empowering First Nations with 21st century skills
A high performance school ecosystem
Bridging arts & tech: Engaging students in performing arts
- Integrate the Arts Seamlessly – Discover practical ways to embed music, dance, drama, and digital arts into everyday teaching.
- Enhance Engagement with Technology – Use digital tools and multimedia to make performing arts more interactive and exciting.
- Foster Creativity & Inclusivity – Blend traditional and digital techniques to support diverse learners and creative expression.
- Take Away Ready-to-Use Resources – Gain practical ideas and a resource bank of digital tools to implement immediately in your classroom.
Student Showcase - Rutherford Technology HS
Hear directly from the students and teachers at Rutherford Technology High School about their Women in STEM programs, including some demonstrations from some phenomenal builds by the students.
Mastering AI to boost your career
This session explores how AI and emerging technologies are transforming industries, and how mastering these tools can prepare today’s generation to lead this change and boost their careers in a rapidly evolving, tech-driven world.
Invisible corpus - the ghost in the machine
Students today rely on AI powered by unseen data, often controlled by media conglomerates, shaping their worldview with unverifiable “facts.” Traditional checks—like reviewing textbooks - no longer apply, making it harder to spot errors or biases. This hidden corpus can embed race, gender, and cultural prejudices, silently reinforcing harmful stereotypes.
As corporate-owned AI systems grow, they increasingly act as arbiters of truth, prompting urgent calls for transparency, accountability, and collaboration among educators, developers, and IT teams. Together, they must explore the implications of this invisible corpus and propose practical strategies for teaching students to navigate an educational landscape where truth is increasingly mediated by proprietary AI systems.
Igniting positive change in schools through sustainable connection
How video game development can build community, teacher confidence and student engagement at your school
PANEL - Balancing scalability with student-centered approaches
Innovative approaches to elevate customer experience
- Introduction to the Institute of Applied Technology: Defining Our Difference in Innovation and Excellence
- Empowering Staff Growth: Onboarding, Upskilling, and Cultivating a Growth Mindset for Future Success
- Innovative Technology: What Sets Us Apart and Drives Our Success
- Shaping the Path Forward in the Remainder of the Pilot
MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard
Partnerships: Protecting and promoting Aboriginal knowledge systems in educational technology
Sustainability & deep learning - the Futures Studio learning centre journey
PANEL - Reset Reclaim Restoring
New creative horizons: Integrating digital pedagogy in the arts
T4L Magazine walk through
This session will be a walk through of T4L magazine that provides on demand professional learning with a new technology theme each term. You will also learn about T4L.kids magazine, which is a self-paced learning experience from students from Year 3 – Year 8.
PANEL - Supporting neurodivergent educators and employees
Podcasting in the classroom
Measure what matters - Using the digital transformation tool to create digitally capable schools
- The Digital Transformation Tool has been developed to help schools more confidently measure the digital capabilities of their students and staff, and identify specific areas for improvement.
- By engaging with the DTT, schools are better positioned to make decisions that can strengthen their digital culture, streamline processes through innovative practices and achieve improved teaching and learning outcomes, particularly in the areas of implementing the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and the Digital Literacy capability.
- With the assistance of AI, the DTT provides advice tailored to individual school contexts, and ultimately helps schools transition to higher levels , with respect to teaching, learning, managing and leading
Join Anna Kinnane and Paula Christophersen co-authors of the Australian Digital Technologies curriculum as they share this innovative tool.
AI Changed My Assessments—Here’s What I Learned
EdTech for all: Bridging the divide between digital natives & experienced educators
This talk we explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating EdTech in diverse academic environments. We'll discuss how to effectively support both tech-savvy educators and those less comfortable with technology in 2025 and beyond.
Key Takeaways for Key Audience:
1. Understanding the EdTech Divide: Supporting the audience to recognize the diverse needs and challenges of educators with varying levels of technological experience.
2. Cultivating a Culture of Innovation: Fostering a supportive environment that encourages experimentation and innovation with EdTech, while valuing the experience of all educators.
3. Bridging the Gap with Practical Strategies: Sharing actionable strategies to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing between tech-savvy and less tech-savvy educators.
4. Informing EdTech Development: Providing insights on how EdTech companies can leverage educators' perspectives to develop more effective and user-friendly solutions.
5. Improving Student Learning Outcomes: Explaining how collaborative technology integration can lead to more engaging and relevant learning experiences that benefit students.
Chaos and capability in cybersecurity: achieving secure AI and protecting the new frontier
PANEL - Culturally confident classrooms: Aboriginal perspectives for educators
Case Study - Prototype classrooms (Helping to create truly usable, dynamic and lasting learning environment.)
Restoring joy: Strategies for sustainable teaching practices
Mastering media language: Bridging comprehension gaps in Neurodiverse art classrooms
AI for understanding learning
Explore how artificial intelligence can enhance our understanding of learning processes. This session delves into AI-driven insights on student behavior, personalised learning, and cognitive development, offering educators and researchers powerful tools to improve outcomes and tailor instruction. Discover cutting-edge applications transforming how we analyse, support, and optimise learning experiences.
School Story - Assistive Tech @ Sir Eric Woodward School
Hear from the staff at Sir Eric Woodward SSP about how they are utilising new technologies to provide high quality learning experiences for their students. Following this will be a hands-on PL session on how to utilise some assistive technologies in your classroom for specialised settings, and for mainstream learners.
Adding SPICE to learning
ASI Presentation
Building a STEM curriculum to engage middle school students
- engaging curriculum can be constructed utilising the latest technologies
- engage girls in STEM / Technology pathways
- strategies for staff and deliver a broad and challenging curriculum
Beyond engagement: Student-informed approaches to AI-enabled learning
As Generative AI continues to shape higher education, institutions must move beyond traditional models of student engagement to embrace authentic partnership approaches. This session explores how educators and students can co-design learning experiences that harness AI’s potential while fostering trust, agency, and ethical responsibility. Drawing from leading research, policy development, and real-world case studies, this presentation highlights innovative strategies that embed student voice into AI-enhanced learning. Key discussion points include:
- Trust and Transparency: building AI literacy through student-staff collaboration.
- Pedagogical Transformation: rethinking assessments, feedback, and academic integrity in an AI-driven world.
- Communities of Practice & Open Educational Resources: supporting sustainable AI integration through collaboration.
By shifting from passive engagement to student-informed, collaborative learning, universities can ensure AI is not merely a tool for efficiency but a catalyst for critical thinking, creativity, and deeper educational impact. This session will explore how thoughtful integration of AI informed by student insights can enhance learning experiences, uphold academic integrity, and foster a culture of trust and innovation in higher education
Understanding the place and the people - the importance of place-based partnerships in brokering education and training solutions for NSW Aboriginal communities
AI in Education: Enhancing Learning, Preserving Integrity
Our 60-minute Tech User Workshop -
What to Expect:
AI is reshaping education—personalising learning, automating tasks, and enhancing engagement. From AI tutors to adaptive learning tools, technology is making education more accessible and efficient. But with generative AI producing essays and solving problems, how do we uphold academic integrity? Schools are rethinking assessments, using AI detection, and teaching responsible AI use. The key isn’t to resist AI but to integrate it wisely. Clear policies, ethical guidelines, and a focus on originality will help us harness AI’s potential while maintaining educational standards. So, how do we prepare students for an AI-driven future?
Enhancing Indigenous education: Immersive learning in the metaverse
- Enhanced Engagement: Students exhibited increased motivation and participation when interacting with immersive, relevant virtual environments.
- Improved Educational Outcomes: The experiential nature of Virtual classroom learning contributed to better comprehension and retention of educational material.
- Community Involvement: The platform facilitated greater involvement from families and community members, enriching the educational experience. A flipped classroom model, allows students access to virtual classrooms, when unable to attend school due to sickness or 'Sorry Business'.
- Development of Digital Skills: Students developed essential digital literacy skills, preparing them for future technological landscapes. A key concept for a future job market.
- Improved Retention Through Active Participation: Active involvement in immersive learning environments promotes better knowledge retention, as students are more likely to remember and apply what they've learned.
Modernizing school communication: The pros and cons of analogue vs digital PA, bell, and evacuation systems
Our 60-minute Tech User Workshop -
BEYOND NETWORK SOLUTIONS
Analogue vs Digital Systems: Exploring the advantages and limitations of traditional analogue systems versus the flexibility, scalability, and integration capabilities of modern digital solutions.
Base Bell and Evacuation Systems: A detailed analysis of the essential components of bell and evacuation systems, including reliability, compliance, and ease of maintenance.
Converged PA, Bell, and Evacuation Systems: How integrating PA, bell, and evacuation functions into a unified digital system enhances communication, reduces costs, and improves safety and efficiency in modern classrooms and educational environments.
Placing students at the heart wellbeing
Our presentation will highlight how we have transformed a low socio-economic school to become a model of Inclusion and wellbeing excellence.
- Using Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Framework and leading change in inclusive education, we have successfully embedded wellbeing at the core of our approach, ensuring that all stakeholders - students, staff and families are engaged in the journey in creating an inclusive, supportive environment for all.
- Attendees will gain insight into how MTSS Framework serves as the foundation for inclusion of all students and families. We highlight the importance of staff development both education support staff/teacher assistants and teachers if pivotal in gaining an understanding of the complex needs of students in their care.
- Using evidence-based research and practices, we have been able to effectively manage challenging student behaviours, while fostering a culture of respect, compassion and personal growth.
- Participants will leave with practical tools and a deeper understanding of how wellbeing, positive behavior supports and inclusive leadership, can create an environment where all students thrive.
Innovative pathways: Merging visual arts and STEM to foster creativity and critical thinking
Civica Presentation
Design, Build, Race: The Greenpower formula for STEM education
The science of design – a Stage 5 engineering and extension science course
This presentation will outline the course, explain the projects, and allow you to meet the authors. Full teaching programs, worksheets, lesson outlines and other resources for the course will be available for free download to EduTech attendees.
The Science of Design is a Stage 5 course, leveraging the NSW Technology syllabus to produce a modular Engineering course suitable for students interested in this field or in extending the Stage 5 Science outcomes. Written by Engineers for high schools, this award-winning program encompasses a range of Engineering disciplines and incorporates project-based learning with extension Science topics.
Crafting the future of higher education: Transforming the digital student experience amid university mergers
The University of Adelaide is merging with the University of South Australia to create the new Adelaide University:
- With 67% of students expecting digital experiences as good as Netflix, learn how we are defining a new student digital experience that is both intuitive and engaging
- What is the tech stack being utilised and how is that empowering our capabilities
- How are we managing immense change while keeping a focus on the student experience
Proof of progress: Unlocking potential with digital evidence
- The Role of Digital Evidence: Understand how digital credentials provide verifiable, portable proof of skills, enhancing employability in rapidly evolving industries.
- Building Flexible Learning Pathways: Learn how microcredentials can create personalised, stackable pathways that align education with career progression.
- Bridging Education and Industry: Explore how evidence-based recognition ensures alignment between workforce demands and learning outcomes.
- Driving Equity and Inclusion: Discover how recognising prior and informal learning can expand access and opportunities for diverse learners.
Working in partnership with parents, community and the school to build positive and sustained transitions leading to student engagement in learning
Share the love: Creating a whole-school professional development model
Innovative approaches to student engagement in the arts: Building programs that inspire and transform
School Story - Podcasting @ Kirrawee PS
Podcasting has quickly become one of the most powerful mediums of communication and engagement across schools in NSW. Learn how Kirrawee PS have created a project based learning task that not only enhances student skills, but a deep and meaningful connection with their local elderly residents within their community.
Practical entrepreneurship: Empowering school students with real-world digital business skills
5 Key Takeaways for the Audience:
- Technology-Enabled Entrepreneurship in Schools – Discover how students are leveraging platforms like Amazon KDP, Print on Demand, and Headless YouTube to build real businesses.
- Hands-On, Future-Ready Learning – See how experiential learning fosters creativity, problem-solving, and digital literacy in young entrepreneurs.
- Low-Cost, High-Impact Business Models – Learn how students can start and scale digital businesses with minimal investment using accessible online tools.
- Bridging Classroom & Industry – Explore how Practical Entrepreneurship aligns with curriculum priorities while equipping students with essential 21st-century skills.
- How to Implement in Your School – Get actionable insights on how educators can introduce, adapt, and integrate entrepreneurial learning into their own classrooms.
Supporting teachers teaching the digi tech curriculum
One device, many uses: Using micro:bits to link computer science and science
Transforming student engagement and success: The role of AI in personalised learning support
Bridging silos by storing smarter: a modern approach to institutional data strategy
Cloud 2.0 is transforming how educational institutions manage data, enabling better research, access, and resilience. With data volumes and compliance demands surging, traditional cloud is becoming a barrier to student success and outcomes. Universities must rethink how they store, manage, and secure petabytes of data, without compromising access or exceeding budget. Join our expert panel to uncover hidden storage costs and learn how to future-proof your infrastructure without breaking the budget.
Connecting with First Nation’s learning and the positive impact it’s had on the whole school community
Enhancing air quality in schools: Lessons from Claremont College and Clean Air Schools UNSW
Creative beginnings: Inspiring young minds through visual and media arts in the primary classroom
Shark Tank Final
Reframing equity: Leading adaptive & inclusive school cultures
Systematic methods improving student outcomes
Culture of excellence and community within Scholastic Esports
- Practical Implementation Strategies: Learn actionable steps to introduce or expand an esports program in your school, including securing resources, building community support, and aligning with educational goals.
- Student Engagement Insights: Understand how esports can foster teamwork, leadership, and personal growth, using real-world examples to demonstrate its impact on students' academic and social development.
- Wellbeing and Balance: Discover methods to integrate esports into the school environment while promoting healthy gaming habits and maintaining a focus on student wellbeing.
- Pathways Beyond Gaming: Explore how esports can open doors to career opportunities and further education in a rapidly growing industry, with insights into program integration with mentorships and professional networks.
- Case Study Reflection: Gain inspiration and guidance from a real-world example of how one school navigated challenges and celebrated successes to build a thriving, student-driven esports community.
Generative AI that gets it: Building pedagogically-sound AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are designed to be helpful assistants, and their capabilities are rapidly improving
- There is huge potential for using LLMs in education, but current models often help too much and don’t align with effective teaching practices.
- Just as we have shaped current LLMs to be helpful, we can shape LLMs to behave as effective educational agents.
- We will discuss what properties make a "good" pedagogical LLM, such as: Self-efficacy facilitation, reducing over-helpfulness, and Socratic Guidance.
- Participants will see a live demo of a real pedagogical LLM (used over 500,000 times) and compare its behaviour to standard models like ChatGPT. These models can also run locally on institutional premises, addressing privacy concerns.
Developing a school production policy
School Story - STEM @ Lugarno PS
Learn how Lugarno Public School have used stem.T4L kits to drive innovation, creativity, and increase student engagement. Take the opportunity to then discover how you can best integrate the stem.T4L kits at your school.
Operational efficiencies - Low code tools beyond the chatbot
Connecting classrooms across borders: How Australian teachers use global virtual projects to build skills for today’s world
Am I Too old for this? Bridging the tech divide: Using adult learning principles to transform academic resistance into innovation
Understanding the place and the people - the importance of place-based partnerships in brokering education and training solutions for NSW Aboriginal communities
Participants can expect to take away:
- Gaining a foundational understanding of the importance of Country to NSW Aboriginal people, and how that can dictate policy success
- Learning the importance of appropriate and culturally aware Aboriginal community engagement
- Being able to reflect on the central roles Aboriginal community organisations have in delivering positive outcomes
- Understanding that importance of education and training as a holistic enabler.
WORKSHOP - Voices of country: The role of schools in First Nations language revitalisation
40min workshop
Educators will gain a deeper understanding of how embedding First Nations languages can enhance cultural connection and improve outcomes for First Nations students. The session will also cover key protocols for respectful language inclusion and provide practical strategies for integrating language into classroom programs.
Join Dharug language teachers Corina Norman and Jasmine Seymour as they explore the powerful role schools can play in revitalising First Nations languages. Drawing on their deep community connections and work through the Bayala language program, Corina and Jasmine will share real-world outcomes, insights, and reflections on the positive impact of language inclusion in educational settings.
Weaving compassionate connections: empowering educators to inspire change
The art of skimming stones: Leading sustained improvement in schools
- The Power of 'Self' in Leadership – How self-awareness shapes our ability to lead others effectively.
- We Are All Hard to Lead – Understanding human complexity and its impact on driving improvement.
- Leading Through Your Story – Leveraging personal experiences to strengthen leadership impact
Using AI to support teacherinf and learning - the onward journey
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