Penny Player | Educator
Grok Academy
Penny Player is an Intermediate Educator at Grok Academy. She previously coordinated Zero Robotics (Australia) at the University of Sydney, an international competition giving high school students the chance to program robotics satellites on board the International Space Station. Penny has a Bachelor of Mechatronics (Space) Engineering and Physics and has a passion for exploring the world and learning new things.
Appearances:
Day 1 @ 11:20
Scaffolding Scratch: keeping kids engaged (primary)
One of the strengths of Scratch is that it provides students with a creative outlet to demonstrate their programming knowledge and skills. This also creates a significant challenge – how do you ensure that the projects students build have the complexity necessary to develop and stretch their capability in Digital Technologies? In this talk, we’ll discuss how we use a concept-driven approach to scaffold learning, and design tasks with sufficient complexity to challenge and extend students.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Lower Secondary teachers (3-7) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering using Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking advice on effective pedagogical approaches for teaching programming at their school.
Day 1 @ 11:40
Workshop - Scaffolding Scratch: keeping kids engaged (primary)
Day 1 @ 13:20
Web development and its place in the curriculum (secondary)
Web development has been used to teach Digital Technologies for years, but how well does it meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum? Modern web development tools and techniques provide plenty of opportunities to meet the goals of the curriculum, and in this talk we’ll explain the different ways modern web technologies can be used in the classroom.
Who Should Attend?
- Secondary teachers (7-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 1 @ 13:40
Workshop - Web development and its place in the curriculum (secondary)
Day 1 @ 14:20
Making with micro:bit: programming the real world (primary/secondary)
Are you looking for a cheap, accessible and flexible hardware solution to support the delivery of your Digital Technologies program? In this talk, we’ll demonstrate the power of the BBC micro:bit, show you how this one resource can be used to build a multi-year digital technology program in your school, and showcase some examples of simple projects suitable for all year levels.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Secondary teachers (3-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 1 @ 14:40
Workshop - Making with micro:bit: programming the real world (primary/secondary)
Day 1 @ 15:20
Cyber security in the Australian Curriculum (primary/secondary)
Helping students understand the risks of personal information security and data sharing is vitally important in the digital age. In this workshop, we will look at changes to the Digital Technologies subject and Digital Literacy capability (formerly, the ICT Capability) in the Australian Curriculum.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Secondary teachers (5-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 1 @ 15:40
Workshop - Cyber security in the Australian Curriculum (primary/secondary)
Day 2 @ 09:40
Making with micro:bit: programming the real world (primary/secondary)
Are you looking for a cheap, accessible and flexible hardware solution to support the delivery of your Digital Technologies program? In this talk, we’ll demonstrate the power of the BBC micro:bit, show you how this one resource can be used to build a multi-year digital technology program in your school, and showcase some examples of simple projects suitable for all year levels.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Secondary teachers (3-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 2 @ 10:00
Workshop - Making with micro:bit: programming the real world (primary/secondary)
Day 2 @ 10:40
Scaffolding Scratch: keeping kids engaged (primary)
One of the strengths of Scratch is that it provides students with a creative outlet to demonstrate their programming knowledge and skills. This also creates a significant challenge – how do you ensure that the projects students build have the complexity necessary to develop and stretch their capability in Digital Technologies? In this talk, we’ll discuss how we use a concept-driven approach to scaffold learning, and design tasks with sufficient complexity to challenge and extend students.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Lower Secondary teachers (3-7) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering using Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking advice on effective pedagogical approaches for teaching programming at their school.
Day 2 @ 11:00
Workshop - Scaffolding Scratch: keeping kids engaged (primary)
Day 2 @ 12:20
Cyber security in the Australian Curriculum (primary/secondary)
Helping students understand the risks of personal information security and data sharing is vitally important in the digital age. In this workshop, we will look at changes to the Digital Technologies subject and Digital Literacy capability (formerly, the ICT Capability) in the Australian Curriculum.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary and Secondary teachers (5-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 2 @ 12:40
Workshop - Cyber security in the Australian Curriculum (primary/secondary)
Day 2 @ 13:40
Web development and its place in the curriculum (secondary)
Web development has been used to teach Digital Technologies for years, but how well does it meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum? Modern web development tools and techniques provide plenty of opportunities to meet the goals of the curriculum, and in this talk we’ll explain the different ways modern web technologies can be used in the classroom.
Who Should Attend?
- Secondary teachers (7-12) and pre-service teachers looking to teach digital technologies and considering the using the Grok Academy’s resources.
- Teachers and technology leaders seeking resources to support the implementation of the curriculum.
Day 2 @ 14:00
Workshop - Web development and its place in the curriculum (secondary)
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