Links and resources from the day
Craig Cummings - Keynote and workshop
In the plenary session Craig introduced us to an inquiry based program that works with middle years students at Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College and took us through the evolution and development of the course over three years. It was inspiring to see the engagement of the students, the dedication of the teachers and the delight of the parents around the self directed learning of the students. For resources and articles which Craig referred to in his talk - go to
Interesting articles about 21st century learning
Hopefully the powerpoint will be available soon - there are some file size issues due to the video embedded into it.
Paul Faci - Kensington Community High School
Paul shared some great literacy and numeracy ideas for engaging disaffected young learners in an active way.
See his presentation 'Practical Learning for Positive Futures..' and the draft of the Applied Learning program being trialled this year.
Please note - the resource is a work in progress and this is NOT a final copy - available for your information and interest.
Cathryn Stephens - Intuyu Consulting
Cathryn looked at what teachers need to do to help 21st century learners. She ran an inspiring hands on session that the PowerPoint only hints at. Look under the heading Previous workshops.
Siv Yoganathan, Development Officer, Awards Victoria
Siv shared a multitude of resources available to link the Awards Programs with applied learning and the middle years.
Katrina King (Applied Learning Leader) & Katie Johnson (Performance Development Leader) Carrum Downs Secondary College
Katrina and Katie offered a range of know how, tips and resources from their school and the new Applied Learning program there. More shortly