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CEGSA/SSABSA Stage 2 Information Technology Systems/Studies meeting  CEGSA is delighted to host this meeting, where members of SSABSA’s Information Technology Subject Advisory Committee will discuss the 2007 Assessment Reports for Information Technology Studies and Information Technology Systems.  Those attending will also have the opportunity to seek clarification with regard to the curriculum statement and general assessment processes.  Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, Room G.11B Thursday 6 March, 5-7 pm Cost: Free to CEGSA members, $10.00 non-members  Places are limited and registration for this meeting is essential.  To download a registration and payment form click here There is funding of up to $200 each to support two CEGSA individual members from remote and rural schools to attend.  Indicate on the registration form if you wish to apply for this funding.  Funding will be allocated in order of receipt of applications, with preference given to CEGSA individual members who have not previously received funding to attend a CEGSA activity. If you are not a CEGSA individual member and wish to apply for funding, the cost of your membership will be deducted from the funding that you receive.   Please bring with you a copy of the relevant Assessment Report, the curriculum statement and the relevant pages on the moderation process from the Technology Learning Area Manual (P39 – 57). All these documents are downloadable from the SSABSA website,

CEGSA/ SASTA SiMERR Project ASTA (Australian Science Teachers Association) will pilot the project in Qld, SA and NSW in 2006, moving to other states in 2007. ACCE is aiming to implement activities in all states in 2006 and 2007. SASTA (South Australian Science Teachers Association). Project Objectives: To provide professional learning opportunities for teachers of science and ICT in rural and regional areas that is specifically tailored to address the particular issues faced by educators in these regions. To cover new ground in terms of professional learning for teachers To target leaders or potential leaders in rural and regional schools To facilitate collaboration between CEGSA and SASTA which will lead to economies of scale. To encourage membership of the two associations as a way of supporting these teachers.

South Australia SASTA to focus on use of ICT in Science in the middle years. CEGSA (ACCE) to focus on senior secondary teachers of SACE Information Technology subjects. Go to the wiki at http://sassit.wikispaces.com to view resources developed.  You can add to these.  The program will be implemented in several country areas and will have two elements- a mini conference and development of professional learning communities. Use of local presenters in the program will highlight existing expertise in the districts and help to promote the development of local support networks. Initial target areas are the Limestone Coast (Mount Gambier), Northern Country (Port Augusta) and Riverland (Loxton?). Aims: To promote the notion of local context for the study of these subjects. To develop networks of teachers who are able to support each other to solve some of the problems associated with living and working in rural and regional areas. To develop pedagogical/curriculum exemplars and share them. Mini conference CEGSA and SASTA will liaise with country districts to set up a mini conference, with a session on Friday afternoon/ evening and a series of sessions on the Saturday. SASTA The sessions will focus on ways to embed ICT into the Science curriculum and will feature sessions such as Data logging and data manipulation Project based learning Interactives and Learning Objects (Probably Friday afternoon) Online collaborative tools Exploration of SASTA, CEGSA and TSoF web sites- what’s available? CEGSA The sessions will focus be determined by negotiation with local IT teachers in accordance with their needs. Sessions will include Methodologies that best suit the study of IT subjects Assessment methods and tools that best suit this area Professional learning communities District leaders in both the Science and IT fields will engage in online professional communities which will further support them and assist them to support other teachers. These communities will be mentored by volunteer teachers in both regional and metropolitan areas. These professional learning communities will incorporate use of a range of online collaborative tools, such as CENTRA, Janison, Moodle, blogs, wikis etc. This will engage teachers in using tools that students in remote areas must use and give teachers a greater understanding of their possibilities as tools for collaboration within their curriculum areas. Discussion notes. SA plan would work in Victoria-  not sure about Science teachers. WA- not sure about Science teachers. Idea looks okay. Need national coordinator to keep the project moving. Ian Webb is interested. CEGs to put in submissions, coordinator to pull it together, check results and feed results into the portal.  One project: separate project- sponsorship Open source server environment- Moodle, mysql, etc. IT teachers would end up taking the lead in this area. Eg SA , VITA (Tony being altruistic) $120000- 30000 (admin)= 90000 between 8 states/ territories $30000 in kind- to be built into states proposals. About $11000 per state. Hope that after 2 years we don’t need a coordinator but work would continue. Availability of cash re cash flow- determines how many projects can operate at a time. Need project plan with boundaries- small group with Ian. Get partners, local resources-  extra money. ACS. Ralph to meet with telecommunications people – ICT industry skills issue.

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