The Flipped Classroom – Heather Davis
Use video as a means to make better use of your face-to-face time with students.
As an introduction to flipped learning, this session will look at a number of different ways you can flip your classroom, as well as practical advice for getting students and their parents on board, video making tips and tools, and feedback from students.
Google Classroom – Christina Fraser
Hands-on workshop – Learn to create your Google classroom, communicate with parents and students, incorporate classrooms with google calendars, upload resources. Learn to provide feedback, grade and return tasks. Learn how google drive works with classroom and experience a variety of online tools to add to your classroom such as wizerme and edpuzzle.
Accessible to all levels of experience and laptop and iPad friendly.
Mouse Trap Car – Danny Avalos

They may be simple machines, but their educational value packs a wallop. Mousetrap cars are a classic activity that challenges students to apply STEM principles in the construction of a self-starting vehicle powered by the spring of an ordinary mousetrap.

Every element of a mousetrap vehicle – materials used, the circumference of the wheels, wheel-to-axle ratio, length and width of chassis, spring and even the surface on which the vehicles are raced – will impact the performance of the cars.
By repeatedly modifying the design and measuring the outcome, students apply STEM and problem-solving skills and data to the task of making their vehicle meet specific performance and assessment criteria.
A fun engaging project-based learning activity for any age group.
MaKey MaKey – Marcus Schappi/Peter Dalmaris (Little Bird Electronics)
MaKey MaKey: Not just for Banana Pianos!
In this workshop we’ll look at the humble MaKey MaKey projects you can replicate in the classroom that tie directly to the new Australian Curriculum outcomes.
mBots: Up and Running with mBots – Marcus Schappi/Peter Dalmaris (Little Bird Electronics)
In this workshop we’ll get you up and Running with the mBot STEM Robot. Peter Dalmaris (PHD) is an electronics hobbyist and Maker, creator of eight online video courses on DIY electronics and author of three technical books.
As a Chief Tech Explorer since 2013 at Tech Explorations, the company he founded in Sydney, Australia, Peter’s mission is to explore technology and help educate the world.
Soldering: What is it and how do you do it? – Mark Hamlet

There are plenty of great STEM Electronics projects available, however they all require one important skill — Soldering.
This presentation will show you the different types of soldering irons, solder, soldering equipment and most importantly how to use them to solder up your next STEM project.
You will learn the best techniques, tips and tricks to the art of soldering correctly, and how to teach your students this skill in a classroom setting.
New to STEM? How Do I Begin? – Bridgeen Pritchard
New to STEM? Want to start leading STEM in your school/classroom? How do I begin?
Bridgeen will share how she began simply with a Year 2 group and how this is now evolving in her current school. Bridgeen is particularly focused on encouraging girls involvement in STEM.
We will also share with you ways to engage and support other staff members in STEM.
This Workshop will offer you simply ways to assist in initiating or leading STEM within your school or classroom and creating authentic learning experiences that are linked to the curriculum.
Drones in Schools – Cameron Dribbus

TED like presentation about how drone technology is becoming more and more beneficial in society.
How can drones be used in schools for education? What does current technology allow drones to do?
Take home messages:
- How drones work
- How drones can be used in schools
- Drone technology in the 21st Century
If venue permits live demonstration and flight. Highly interactive presentation with a huge WOW factor
Bristlebots – Brendan Park, Nick Nell
Create a simple robot from toothbrushes, button cells, and miniature motors. a great mix of craft, basic electronics and art.
Squishy Circuits – Craig Ebing, Helmien Ebing
Sculpture Challenge...
Learn how create conductive play-doh then how to build circuits with it. Another combination of art, electricity, chemistry, cooking ...
Swift – Mark Malady
“Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Writing Swift code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and Swift includes modern features developers love. Swift code is safe by design, yet also produces software that runs lightning-fast.”
This session will introduce you to fundamental coding concepts writing Swift code in Xcode. You will create a basic iOS app.
You will need a MacBook with Xcode 8 installed. Download Xcode from the Mac App Store.