Rafranz Davis

Rafranz Davis has dedicated her career to

empowering students and teachers to share

their voices throughout their communities

and the world. She uses her platform across

the edtech ecosystem to advocate for STEM

and creative learning through making while

simultaneously challenging communities

through the lens of digital equity and diversity.

Rafranz is a public school administrator for

Lufkin ISD, a rural east Texas community,

where she serves as its Executive Director of

Professional and Digital Learning. She is the

2017 winner of ISTE’s Outstanding

Leadership Award.

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Chris Harte has a passion for learning and an

unwavering belief in the potential of young

people to save the world. His work allows him to

help people get unstuck and design formidable

solutions to the challenges they face. Chris has

expertise in design thinking, digital technology

and learning spaces (both physical and virtual),

learner centred pedagogy and learning models,

strategies to enhance higher order thinking,

& learner efficacy and engagement.

Chris Harte

Thanks to oursupporters:

All sessions correct at time of printing. Please check www.digicon.vic.edu.au/schedule for session descriptions, updates and room locations.

TIME SESSIONS

9.00 - 10.15

10.15 - 10.45

Morning Keynote – Rafranz Davis – Phillipa Brazil Lecture Theatre

Morning tea, brought you by 3D Printing Systems – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

8.00 - 9.00 Registration – South Café – Mary Glowrey Building

10.45 - 11.30

11.45 - 12.30

12.30 - 1.30

4.15 - 5.15

1.30 - 2.20

2.30 - 3.15

3.30 - 4.15

Afternoon Keynote – Chris Harte – Phillipa Brazil Lecture Theatre

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Steve Allen

Creating Digital

Solutions Plugged and Unplugged

F-6

Primary DigiTech

Curriculum

Megan van der Velden &

Darrel Branson

Teaching Algorithms

F-6

Primary DigiTech

Curriculum, Coding

Roxanne Summer &

Natalie Kluska

Mini Makerspaces:

Bringing STEM to the

ELC

Early Childhood,

Coding, Robotics

Sean Irving

Planning and Assessing the Digital

Technologies Curriculum

Primary DigiTech

Curriculum, Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum

Leanne Cameron

The Ultimate STEM

Project: The Rube Golberg Machine

Coding, Robotics,

Digital Learning

Across the Curriculum

Richard Fox

Programming in the Digital Technologies curriculum

(7-10)

Coding, Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum

Chris Harte

Planning for the

curriculum with

hexagonal project design

Contemporary Pedagogies, Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum

Rafranz Davis

Experiments, Trends and Learning

Beyond Google for EDU

The Real World, Digital

Toolbox

Peter Nash

VET Information,

Digital Media and Technology

for a new trainer

VET

Narelle Derix

Coding for Foundation

Coding, Early Childhood, Robotics

Michael Ha

The Lab – Creativity in

Practice

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum, Contemporary Pedagogies

Celia Coffa & Toni Falusi

Algorithms: via

Pseudocode, Flow Charts and Visual

Programming

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum, Primary DigiTech

Curriculum

Sanjin Dedic

Introduction to Arduino through Audio

applications

Coding

Karen Webster & Jacki Tossol

Working with the Victorian Curriculum – A practical approach

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum, Digital

Learning Across the Curriculum

2.48

2.48 2.49 2.80 2.80A 2.46 2.50 2.82 2.83 2.15

2.49 2.80 2.80A 2.46 2.50 2.82 2.83 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.22

Networking Drinks – Please join us for networking drinks, brought to you by Adobe – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

Lunch – brought you by Centre Com – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

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11.30 - 11.45 CHANGE OVER

3.15 - 3.30 CHANGE OVER

Phil Feain

When teaching coding is not

teaching coding

Coding, Primary DigiTech

Curriculum, Secondary Digi- Tech Curriculum

Aisha Kristiansen

Start with the problem first!

Contemporary Pedagogies

Michael Jongen

21C Library: One Librarian’s

journey and tool box

Digital Toolbox

Daryl Croke

Digital Technologies:

Teaching the Data and Information strand in high

school

Secondary Digi- Tech Curriculum

Marty Olmos

How to approach teaching STEM

classes for Years 7-10

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum

Victoria Farrell

Software Development SAT U3O2 &

U4O1

VCE

Jackson Clayton, Phil

Feain & Lucas Garth

Teaching VCE Computing for the first time in

2019

VCE

Steve Crowe, Helen Sultana & Paulo Da Silva

Spark Talk: Thursday Morning

Spark Talks

John Pearce

Droning On In The Classroom,

(or not)

Digital Toolbox

Candice Huntly

Beginning a school podcast

radio

Digital Toolbox

Steven McGlade

Integrating the VETiS Digital

Media competencies

in school based activities

VET

Stephen Trouse

Combining Informatics

and Software Development in one class

VCE

CHANGE OVER

ROOM

ROOM

Lucas Johnson

Solving Authentic Problems

through STEM

Contemporary Pedagogies

Rachel Jessep-Peck

Seesaw Digital

Portfolios in the

classroom

Digital Toolbox

Lisa Mason & Melinda Prentice

Teaching Adobe Photoshop & InDesign to Yr

7/8/9

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum

Kevin Brodie & Andrew Weir

Data engineering in schools – Key to efficiency

Digital Toolbox

Michelle Dennis

VR Development

in the Classroom

Digital ToolboxNatalie Heath

Preparing students for

VCE Examinations

VCE

James Curtis & Mei Liu

Spark Talk: Thursday Afternoon

Spark Talks

Jenny Ashby

Virtual Learning -

Experts in the classroom

Digital Toolbox

Paul Cifone

Unleash student

creativity with Adobe Spark

Digital Toolbox

Micah Wilkins & Tara Quenalt

Learning to learn online

Contemporary Pedagogies,

Digital Toolbox

Phil Feain, Lucas Garth & James Vella

Teaching Unit 2 Computing

VCE

2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.22

CHANGE OVER

K Albury, N Lemon & A McCosker

From digital abstinence to

digital production: rethinking digital literacy education

Contemporary Pedagogies

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Friday 27th July, 2018DLTV Conference Program Overview

Australian Catholic University, Melbourne #DigiCon18

Thanks to oursupporters:

All sessions correct at time of printing. Please check www.digicon.vic.edu.au/schedule for session descriptions, updates and room locations.

9.00 - 10.15

10.15 - 10.45

Morning Keynote – Luke Pearson – Phillipa Brazil Lecture Theatre

Morning tea, brought you by Enhance TV – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

8.00 - 9.00 Registration – South Café – Mary Glowrey Building

10.45 - 11.30

11.45 - 12.30

12.30 - 1.30

4.30 - 5.30

1.30 - 2.15

2.30 - 3.15

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2.48 2.49 2.80 2.80A 2.22 2.46 2.82 2.83 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.50

2.49 2.80 2.80A 2.22 2.46 2.82 2.83 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.50

Networking Drinks – Please join us for networking drinks- brought to you by Centre Com – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

Lunch, brought you by SIMON Web Based Solutions for Schools – South Café, Mary Glowrey Building

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11.30 - 11.45 CHANGE OVER

2.15 - 2.30 CHANGE OVER

CHANGE OVER

CHANGE OVER

ROOM

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3.25 - 4.30 Afternoon Keynote – Linda Liukas – Phillipa Brazil Lecture Theatre

TIME SESSIONS

Celia Coffa & Toni Falusi

Micro:bits in the

classroom

Coding, Digital

Toolbox

Avan Zarb

Introducing robots to

students with special needs

Robotics, Students with diverse needs

Richard Fox & Daryl Croke

Creating Digital

Solutions (plugged) in the Digital

Technologies Curriculum

(7-10)

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum

Sam Kingsley & Jordan

Boyle

Modular and Humanoid Robotics in

the Australian

Digital Technologies Curriculum

Coding, Robotics

Greg Bowen, Narissa Leung & Alon Manker

Milking the Sacred Cow: Leveraging

Digital Technologies for Numeracy and Literacy

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum,

Coding, Robotics

Linda McIver

Engaging kids with data science

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum

Sarah Kroenert

Getting started - STEM on a

budget

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum,

Primary DigiTech

Curriculum

Vaughan Anderson & Diana Gilbert

DigiSTEM a new “Bucket” of

learning

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum

Aisha Kristiansen

Virtually Transformat-

ional!

Digital Toolbox

Phil Feain

Teaching Unit 4 Outcome 2 Informatics

VCE

Kevin Brodie & Andrew Weir

Data engineering in schools – Key to efficiency

Digital Toolbox

Steve Allen

Digital Systems from

F-6

Primary DigiTech

Curriculum

Michelle Dennis &

Meg Brydon

VCE VET Creative

Digital Media and Enterprise

VCE, VET

Ellen Molloy & Vincent Trundle

Shooting a 360 – How to Teach

360 Degree Movie Making

Digital Toolbox

Luke Pearson

Inclusion and amplification through social

media

The Real World

Brett Webber & Maree Timms

Robotics: Regionals to the Worlds

Robotics

Libby Moore

Build, Code, Learn with WEDO 2.0 Robotics

Robotics, Coding, Early

Childhood

Sean Irving

Data and Information in

the Digital Technologies

curriculum (F-6)

Primary DigiTech Curriculum

Lucas Johnson, Robert Roe &

Elizabeth Downey

Spark Talk: Friday Morning

Spark Talks

Dan Davies

Making VR and AR

accessible

Digital Toolbox

Stephanie Guy

The Design Process in the

Early Years

Early Childhood,

Contemporary Pedagogies

Darrel Branson & Megan van

der Velden

Visual programming in the Digital Technologies curriculum

Coding, Primary DigiTech

Curriculum

James Colbert

Tinker Time

Coding, Contemporary Pedagogies

Troy Waller, Stephen Elford & Greg Bowen

A Hands-on Introduction to

Minecraft: Education

Edition

Digital Toolbox

Steve Crowe

Gamify your Classroom

Contemporary Pedagogies

Chris Bucknell, Phil Feain & James Vella

Teaching Unit 4 Outcome 2

Software Development

VCE

Georgia Gouros

An Introduction

to Algorithmic Thinking

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum, VCE

Nat Bradshaw

Differentiation in the Coding classroom

Secondary DigiTech

Curriculum, Coding

Greg Giannis

The Keyboard Hack: Simple Hardware for

Creative Interactions

Coding, Digital Toolbox

Megan Urlichs

Flipgrid - From formative

assessment to global

connections

Digital Toolbox

Ziad Baroudi

Constructing a course that

attracts girls in years 9 and 10

Digital Learning Across the Curriculum

Steven McGlade, Roland

Gesthuizen & Matthew Harrison

Spark Talk: Friday

Afternoon

Spark Talks

Sanjin Dedic

Creating Assessments for Coding and

Robotics

Coding, Robotics

Meg Kingwell

Exploring Tilt Brush and its Classroom

Applications

Digital Toolbox

Luke Pearson

Linda is a programmer, storyteller and illustrator

from Helsinki, Finland. Her book series Hello

Ruby introduces the whimsical world of

technology for kids and has been translated to

over 25 languages.

Linda is a central figure in the world of

programming and has worked on edutech

already before it was called that. Linda has

studied in business, design and engineering in

Aalto University and product engineering in

Stanford University.

Linda Liukas

Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man living on the

Central Coast NSW with his wife and three

children. Luke is the founder of IndigenousX, an

Indigenous owned and operated media platform

showcasing the diversity of Indigenous voices

from around the country. Luke has worked as a

primary school teacher, writer, editor,

consultant, researcher and public speaker.

Luke’s main interests lie in trying to disrupt the

status quo and challenging people to find new

ways of engaging with Indigenous people

and issues.