Is this your year to innovate your space? DigEd is proud to bring you the first of many conferences to encourage innovation in New Zealand classrooms. From robotics to making creations in the digital world, sign up for a workshop that takes your fancy.

Ignite:2017 – Tuesday, January 24th, 2017:

  • Location: Tahuna Intermediate
  • Timetable:
    • 8.30-9.00am Registration
    • 9.00-10.00am Workshop 1
    • 10.15-11.15am Workshop 2
    • 11.15-11.45am Morning Tea
    • 11.45am – 12.45pm Workshop 3
    • 12.45-1.45 Lunch
    • 1.45-2.45 Workshop 4
    • 2.45- 3.30 Afternoon Tea / Stay & connect

Workshops Briefs

BreakoutEDU: Iain Cook-Bonney

Breakout EDU games teach critical thinking, teamwork, complex problem solving, and can be used in all content areas and with all ages. Think escape room activity in reverse…and educational!

In this workshop, you will get to experience what it is like to participate in a breakout, and discuss how this type of activity can ignite learning in your classroom.

Google Expeditions: Iain Cook-Bonney

Heard of virtual reality? If you’d like to see how easy it is to bring this technology into your classroom? Then come join me for a Google Expedition. All you’ll need is an ipad or a smartphone and you’re good to go.

There are over 200 different Google Expeditions that you can explore with your learners…visit faraway places, go to the moon or even inside the human body!

Circuit Building: AnDrew Wills  (could be part2 of paper circuits)

Electrical Circuits are everywhere, all made up of similar components. Come and learn the basics by making circuits using breadboards, power supplies, resistors, capacitors, transistors and IC’s.  Insights into programming Arduino microcontrollers for those who want extension.

Take away the parts with your new knowledge and more ideas to ignite your classroom geeks.

DIY Musical lnstruments: AnDrew Wills

Explore the magic of sound making construction.  Make 3 simple musical instrument designs you can share with your students. Could be part of a sound science unit, Music programme or just for fun.

Digital Treasure Hunt – Combining Augmented Reality with Programming: Phillipa Dick

This is Pokemon Go unwrapped….helping your students to understand that these apps don’t happen by magic but by clever programming by humans…and they can make it happen too. Using free software, learn how to hide items of your choosing around your school or local environments which can only be detected by those on your augmented reality treasure hunt.

Play me a banana – Makey Makey Madness: Phillipa Dick

Makey Makeys connect the real world with the digital world in a fun way which fosters experimentation and questioning. Combine the Makey Makey with simple Scratch programming to make talking pot plants, musical fruit, playdough game controllers, interactive art work and so much more.

Paper Circuits: Phillipa Dick

What’s a paper circuit? It’s a circuit built on paper using copper tape, batteries and LEDs. It’s a great way to learn about basic electronics. The potential of what can be made is limited only by your imagination. Combine your paper circuits with art work and story books to create innovative learning outcomes.

MBots: Peter Liew – Sminks Labs

Dare to Learn Differently and Flip Your Classroom: Anthony Breese

Let’s set you off in the right direction and get you started in creating an Innovative Learning Environment. Dare your kids to learn differently in your classroom. Let your children take more control of their own learning, develop student agency, and innovate your teaching space. I’m sure you’ve been given all the talk about why it’s a good idea, this session is more about the doing.

Rock it! Record it! Creating Music with Garageband

Garageband is an extremely clever piece of software that lets students become music producers. Bring along your ipad or Macbook with Garageband installed and create a band in your fingertips. Let’s grab a beat, slap on some bass, rock out some guitar and throw on a vocal. We can even throw them up on soundcloud. What a way to take our ideas to the world!