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Sydney, 11 - 12 June 2025
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Official Opening, Acknowledgement of Country and Ministerial Address
Revolutionising education with AI & mastery learning
In Conversation - Leadership, Inclusion & Empowering the Next Generation
PANEL - Defending Childhood in the Digital Age: Australia's Social Media Age Restriction Strategy
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
Leadership for differentiation in inclusive Schools
Lenovo Presentation
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.
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
Beyond the vapor: Evidence-based approaches to teaching about e-cigarettes in today's classroom
Reframing equity: Leading adaptive & inclusive school cultures
The power of an Integrated Vendor Ecosystem in enabling transformative learning experiences - SA DfE & Wonde
PANEL - The impact of AI and the development of future skills in our schools
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
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?
Canvas by Instructure Presentation
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
AI as a pedagogical thought partner
Aruba Presentation
Capabilities of AI in the context of contemporary learning, teaching and assessment
When the two AI's collide
PANEL - AI not for language
PANEL - Managing operational costs while enhancing student outcomes
Sun & UV Safety - Teacher & student
AI for the inclusive classroom
PANEL - Reimagining assessment in the age of AI: Are we future-ready?
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.
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
Building a marketing strategy - Identify your school's points of difference
PANEL - Consent and respectful relationships
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
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."
Best practice for delivering training to Aboriginal communities
Workshop - Connecting to country
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
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.
Fireside Chat with Arctic Wolf
Demystifying the collection and interpretation of data for non mathematics teachers
Levelling the STEM playing field: AI solutions for ESL and low-SES students
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.
PANEL - VET reform - the importance of not changing for sake of change
Effective board reporting for strategic decisions
Unlocking potential: A case study of assistive technology
Fostering inclusive and effective teaching practices & integrating First Nations culture and perspectives
Using AI to support teaching and learning
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
Navigating risk in education: Proactive strategies for safe and secure schools
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.
Individulaised learning for neurodiverse students
PANEL - Security vs Functionality - Finding the balance
Alternative assessment within the era of AI
Comparative judgment is a promising alternative assessment method for evaluating competencies and performances, leveraging an iterative process to achieve high reliability and foster collaborative, reflective practices. Enhanced by digital tools, this approach offers significant potential to transform assessment methods and improve learning outcomes, especially important within the GenAI era where the focus on process needs to be emphasized.
This presentation draws on STEM education research to showcase practical applications of comparative judgment, including its use in peer assessment for students and teachers. Examples highlight how this method supports formative assessment, critical thinking, and professional learning communities within the era of AI.
Providing an international perspective, this session offers insights from Sweden, where comparative judgment is being explored within European educational practices. Participants will learn how to adapt these methods to diverse educational contexts and enhance assessment frameworks to improve teaching and learning globally.
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Day 2 Opening Remarks
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.
Designing Futures: Harnessing hope, creativity, and adaptation to inspire courageous thinking, doing, and being
The secret history of education technology
Metacognition and self-regulated learning
PANEL - The importance of international education to Australia’s economy
Wingaru Kids in the classroom
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
Caring for teachers
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.
Generative AI - Understanding bias and student perception
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.
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.
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
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
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
PANEL - Supporting neurodivergent educators and employees
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
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
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 – an integrated project approach
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
Working in partnership with parents, community and the school to build positive and sustained transitions leading to student engagement in learning
Innovative approaches to student engagement in the arts: Building programs that inspire and transform
Reframing equity: Leading adaptive & inclusive school cultures
One device, many uses: Using micro:bits to link computer science and science
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
From gatekeeping to partnership: Reimagining IT's role in academic AI implementation
Connecting with First Nation’s learning and the positive impact it’s had on the whole school community
Creative beginnings: Inspiring young minds through visual and media arts in the primary classroom
Operational efficiencies - Low code tools beyond the chatbot
Systematic methods improving student outcomes
Granville's robotics journey & Operation Humanoid
Transforming student engagement and success: The role of AI in personalised learning support
Emerging technologies reshaping teaching pedagogies
- How VR/AR infrastructure is reshaping training delivery
- Technology enabling centres of excellence
- Future opportunities
Understanding the place and the people - the importance of place-based partnerships in brokering education and training solutions for NSW Aboriginal communities
Enhancing air quality in schools: Lessons from Claremont College and Clean Air Schools UNSW
Developing a school production policy
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
Connecting classrooms across borders: How Australian teachers use global virtual projects to build skills for today’s world
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.
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.
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.
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.
Share the love: Creating a whole-school professional development model
Weaving compassionate connections: empowering educators to inspire change
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.
Am I Too old for this? Bridging the tech divide: Using adult learning principles to transform academic resistance into innovation
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.
Using AI to support teacherinf and learning - the onward journey
Measuring and managing student wellbeing in schools – How to decide upon the best approaches, resources and technologies for your school context
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