EdTechSA

Harnessing XR and AI Technologies for Experiential STEM Learning Colleen will share her significant expertise in engaging students R-12 in STEM learning with and through new and emerging technologies.

ACCE presents a webinar with Colleen O’Rourke who shares how to leverage XR/AI tech. Discover strategies and immersive tools that empower students to create meaningful, future-focused projects and inspire authentic engagement on 8 Oct from 7-8pm ACDT
tiny.cc/XRandAI-8Oct25

Ctr Alt Learn Program v2.docx 8:30 am Registration – Coffee and Chat 9:00 am Welcome 9:15 am Session 1 (45 mins) SACE Stage 1 and 2 Digital Technologies Fiona Clayton Session 1 (45 mins) AI and Assessment Solutions Adrian Cott...

Join us for The EdTechSA CTRL+Alt+Learn experience on 18 July 2025. Program: Tickets $70 Members / $110 Non-Members. Register now at events.humanitix.com/control-alt-... Member discount codes available via edtechsa.sa.edu.au/members-plus...

Control+Alt+Learn Conference 2025 | 18 July 2025 | Brighton High School | $70 members (with discount code) / $110 non members. Details at https://edtechsa.sa.edu.au/event/control-alt-learn/

Control Alt Learn is an EdTechSA event designed by educators, for educators in all fields, to learn about how to embed digital tools in their teaching and learning, to transform student experiences, pushing temporal and spatial boundaries edtechsa.sa.edu.au/event/contro... 18 Jul #EduSkyAu #EduSky

Find connections and build your tribe, I'd love to hear from Teacher Association and connect with teachers in this space.

Which associations are on BlueSky?
@edtechsa.bsky.social
@australianare.bsky.social

There's some new Professional Learning ops available for EdTechSA members and friends.

Members -- don't forget to grab your promo codes before registering:

- Canva for Education
- Crafting Digital Tech

edtechsa.sa.edu.au

EdTechSA members and friends, if you are new to Bluesky we recommend following the #EduSkyAU and #EduSky education feeds

@edtechsa.bsky.social

Any EdTechSA members interest in this event?

YouTube video by Beals Science Augmented Reality Sandbox - How to Build the Sandbox

Some build your own AR sandbox tutorial • youtu.be/YLYO0YhY83w?...
• youtu.be/5AO8F4N1Wkw?...
• www.instructables.com/Augmented-Re...

MudWatt Demo Video Discover the power beneath your feet!

vimeo.com/185843370
www.mudwatt.com

Colleen stands next to a slude projected on a big screen titled 'Mudwatt kits: working with data'

Mud what?
No. Mudwatt!

www.google.com/search?q=Mud...

Colleen built an AR sandbox in her holidays which is now usedat her school -- now she is building another, with students

Colleen is presenting for EdTechSA - this will be followed by the AGM

Colleen has brought along all manner of gadgets for her EdTechSA keynote presentation. Her presentation will be followed by the AGM #digitalTechnologies #technologies #XR #AR #VR #EdTechSA

Harnessing XR and AR Technologies with Colleen O'Rourke and EdTechSA AGM Colleen O'Rourke Harnessing XR and AI Technologies for Experiential STEM Learning: EdTechSA AGM 2025

✅Register: Harnessing XR and AR technologies with Colleen O'Rourke at the Education Support Hub, Hindmarsh on Thu 27 Mar @ 5.30 PM events.humanitix.com/edtechsa-agm... | The EdTechSA AGM follows Colleen's workshop - participants are welcome to stay for the meeting #EduSky #learning #SouthAustralia

Will we see youat the cross-Association STEM Conference on the 29th? www.sasta.asn.au/professional...

Classroom Robotics Classroom robotics

26 Nov 24 - Classroom robotics: leveraging robotics across the Curriculum - a deep dive into cross curricula applications of robotics.
Explore examples in both Primary and Secondary, highlighting the pros, cons and the required resources events.humanitix.com/classroom-ro...
6.30-7.30pm Adelaide time

Jo Rea is talking digital citizenship for primary years students on 23 November 2023 - find out more at www.eventbrite.com/o/edtechsa-8...

For SACE 1/2 if you have students building games or doing multimedia projects where they require 3D assets, this site may be of interest. Poly Have offers Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licensed 3D models, HDRIs and PBR materials polyhaven.com

VRChat as a catalyst for the development of a new dialect of sign language (international) particularly for VR spaces nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/10/... - Interesting, non? #inclusion #technologies #EduSky #languages ( via @slhamlet.bsky.social on LinkedIn)

This may be of interest if you are pondering AI in education.
AI in Australian Education Snapshot: Principles, Policy and Practice (August 2023) © Education Services Australia www.esa.edu.au/docs/default... ▪

Visit the EdTechSA calendar to find out what's on in 2023 and early 2024 edtechsa.sa.edu.au/calendar/

*waves a g'day to all of the new people to our feed*. We have not disappeared. We are just preoccupied with other things. It's school holidays! :)

Interesting. Our State's stance is, "AI and AI-enabled technology may be used in South Australian public schools as part of teaching and learning. Schools determine when this use is suitable, considering privacy, security and students’ learning needs". www.education.sa.gov.au/parents-and-...

The next phase of digital whiteboarding for Google Workspace What’s changing  In late 2024, we will wind down the Jamboard whiteboarding app as well as continue with the previously planned end of supp...

And in other crummy news today, Google has decided to kill Jamboard… :-(

workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/the-...

Ideas for alternatives:

www.chrmbook.com/jamboard-ent...

#edtechSR #googleEDU #MediaLit

What EdTech or technologies do you and/or your students use? What are your top one or two technologies (hardware, software/apps, devices, tools) and why are they on your 'top technologies' list? How do you use them in teaching/learning? #EduSky #EdTech #technologies

Gapminder is a resource that provides tools and content to address systematic misconceptions while developing data literacy, analytical thinking and critical thinking capabilities by looking at global trends and proportions www.gapminder.org #mathematics #technologies #ICTCapabilities #HASS #EduSky

So you decided to join BLUE SKY [it's not twitter] #1 upload an avatar #2 set Moderation Settings (box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering (arrow pointing to drawing of toggle) Toggle to enable Adult Content THEN choose Hide, Warn, or SHOW (star) tip: images are AI moderated so some slip thru & some G-rated images get tagged as "explicit", so "Warn" may be the bet choice atm #3 Go to SETTINGS (box with drawing of toggle) toggle require alt text on images (please ♥) (arrow points to) Home Feed Prefs (star) Use these settings to control seeing reposts & replies on your TL

#4 Go to My Feeds Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts" Click the "+" to add the feed (box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds (side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL Don't forget to "♥" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!

A closer look at: HOME FEED PREFERENCES (toggle drawing) Show Replies: toggle to allow, and adjust "likes" to see more/fewer replies to posts in your home feed (tl) Less likes = more replies seen = FULLER TIMELINE Show Reposts: you can turn off all reposts here, but you can't turn off reposts from individual accts (yet.) Show Quote Posts: you can turn off QPs, but reposts will still be visible if you don't turn them off as well.

Intro to Bluesky privacy: (drawing of unlocked padlock) 1. Your Bluesky acct is PUBLIC (as of yet there is NO priovate option) 2. There are NO private messages (drawing of letters "DM" with no sign through them) (drawing of round face behind brick wall) 3. Blocks are PUBLIC (people aren't notified when you block them, but your block list info is available for public search) (drawing of snake tempting round face person saying "yesss look up who blocked you") (drawing of round face with fingers in ears) 4. If you MUTE someone it's Private but... 5. If you create a Mute Lists it's PUBLIC! you can follow others' mute lists and/or make your own by going to Moderation --> Mute Lists

Okay! So threading can be rough here! Here's all my "guide" together if you need it (not exhaustive, just the stuff I tell folks to get them started :) )

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Really enjoying WIPO’s (World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) online conference: Conversation in Intellectual Property (#IP) and Frontier Technologies including #AI

This is the recoding from day 1 webcast.wipo.int/video/OTHER_...

Download the camera! https://sirrandalot.gumroad.com/l/VirtualBlenderCameraHow to use it: https://youtu.be/gI8Olz-SPP4Or you can try it yourself, at your own... Make Your Renders Unnecessarily Complicated

My older son showed this to me a bit ago.

Digital to digital/analog... ?

What ever, glad people are exploring like this!

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The news is filled with stories of professors boasting about "catching" students who've submitted AI-generated assignments. I'd much rather see professors boasting about how they've altered assessment strategies or gotten to the heart of why students cheat in the first place.