Presenter: Cameron Paterson
This course is designed for teachers who want to make the Stage 5 Mandatory Australian History course more appealing to students. Find out how to use thinking routines to teach Aboriginal history, incorporate your own history into your teaching, use the Little Boy from Manly cartoon to teach about Federation, use music to teach key content, and study differing interpretations of Kokoda. The course 
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Presenter: Darryn Kruse
This session will focus on a range of teaching strategies and activities for the years 5-9 history classroom that are both enjoyable and purposeful. Moving beyond the textbook, these activities motivate and stimulate student interest and understanding. Some of the areas covered will include:
- the use of visual stimuli to enhance engagement;
- games and competitions;
- partner and group acti More Info
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Presenter: Darryn Kruse
This program, presented by a non-technically-minded classroom teacher,
will showcase a range of straight forward ways to enhance students
learning with ICT in the Yrs 5-9 classroom. It will suit
teachers with occasional or full time access to ICT - from a
few computers to a 1:1 program. The ideas explore the various phases of an inquiry process, and will include examples from history, geograph More Info
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Presenter: Lynne Sherwood
Feel confident taking small or large groups of students overseas to Asia or Europe. Find out how to manage: building a school culture for overseas trips; attracting the right students; selling the trip to the school community; completing successful trip applications and linking the objectives to syllabus outcomes; orientation lessons; choosing and working with the right travel company; building li More Info
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Presenter: Angela Wilson
This workshop outlines low cost strategies and activities teachers can use to help adolescents with special needs become more effective and efficient learners in an inclusive environment, especially in English, History and Geography, as effective teaching practices are similar in these subjects. The strategies need frequent use, with guided practice, and frequent feedback, before the student will More Info
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