ACEC2008 is the Australian Computers in Education Conference being held this year in Canberra, 29 September - 2 October, at the National Convention Centre.
The theme for ACEC’08 is “ACT on IcT”, encouraging delegates to come to the National Capital to explore the way ICT is used within both education and the workplace.
It will focus on:
* Student excellence and ICT innovation in schools
* The impact of ICTs on Indigenous Education
* Realising the potential of emerging ICT leadership
* Celebrating the potential of educational partnerships
* Voices for ICT leadership
* Thinking about future scenarios
Conference themes will include:
* E-learning including information literacy, Web 2.0 and school libraries
* Innovation including the emergence of digital libraries
* Leadership and management
* ICT in curriculum and pedagogical transformation
* ICT in Action
* Policy in ICT
* Information management
* Networking Systems
* IT/Computing Studies
Keynote Speakers:
Keith Krueger, Liz Murphy, Prof. Mitch Resnick, Dr Matthew Rimmer and Prof. Margaret Cox
edna will have a stand at the conference so you should take the opportunity to come and make yourself known, and to participate in the activities we are running.
Various members of the edna team will be presenting. Our sessions:
Tuesday 30 September
- Foundations for Innovation - paper - Pru Mitchell - Session 2 - 12.15 in the Swan Room
- Getting your ACT on IcT act together with edna - workshop - Lynley Clark - Session 2 - 12.15 in Ballroom 3
- Digitally mine with edna - workshop - Kerrie Smith - Session 4 - 2.50 pm in Ballroom 3
- Replacing Strategic Development with Teacher Collaboration, with a Little Help with Online Tools - presentation - John Travers - Session 5 - 4.05 pm in the Bradman Theatre
Wednesday 1 October
- OzProjects: Virtual Dirt and other Online Projects - workshop - Cecily Wright - Session 9 - 3.40 pm in Ballroom 1.
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