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• VCE PD&T SAT Online Masterclass for Students (PL2509)

  • When
    22 Feb 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  When: Saturday 22nd February, 9:30am - 12:30pm

  Where: Online

  Presenter: Jill Livett

  Cost:

  • $35 per student (Free for accompanying teacher)
  • $80 per member teacher participating without any students
  • $110 per non-member teacher participating without any students
  • $45 for CRTs/Preservice teachers without any students

  

  Form must be completed by a teacher on behalf of all students. 

  Not to be missed!  This online masterclass will provide students with a full understanding of the folio requirements for the VCE PD&T School-Assessed Task.

  Lots of interactive activities will strengthen their knowledge of design briefs, evaluation criteria and approaches to research and design, at the same time as building their capacity to innovate and solve problems.

  The teacher who signs up their students will receive an email with the online webinar link that they will need to forward onto their students. 

  Participants should bring:

  Drawing equipment, including:
  

  • Graphite & coloured pencils
  • Fine liners
  • Sketch pad or paper

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• VCE Systems Engineering SAT Masterclass for Students (PL2508)

  • When
    1 Mar 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Online

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  When: Saturday 1st March, 9am - 11am

  Where: Online 

  Presenter: Michael Slinger

  Cost:

  • $35 per student 
  • Free for accompanying teacher (if member)
  • $80 per teacher participating without any students
  • $45 for CRTs/Preservice teachers without any students

  

  Form must be completed by a teacher on behalf of all students. 

  The Webex link will be sent 2 days prior to the event - the teacher who registered their students is responsible for sending these details to them.

  This online workshop is an invaluable experience for students undertaking VCE Systems Engineering.

  Experienced educator Michael Slinger will take an in-depth look at the VCE School-Assessed Task (SAT), with a range of tips and activities that prepare participants for the year ahead, including:

  • Managing backups and version control
  • Interpreting the criteria and how to provide evidence
  • Visual communication skills
  • Effective testing processes
  • Marking and assessment
  • Opportunities to ask specific questions or raise topics of your own

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• Online Teaching Design Masterclass, Term 1 (PL2506)

  • Start
    4 Mar 2025
  •  
    4:30 PM
  • End
    1 Apr 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Where: 4.30pm - 6.30pm

  Tuesday 4th March, 13th March, 18th March, 25th March & 1st April

  Where: Online- Delivered via Zoom- link provided on booking

  Presenter:  Peter Murphy

  Cost:

  Members: $550

  This program is only open to current DATTA Vic members.

  

  Schools in Victoria are currently facing a severe shortage in recruiting trained Design & Technologies teachers. Over the past few years, many D&T teachers have retired, and with limited opportunities for people to undertake initial teacher education in D&T, we have a situation with a growing number of job openings and no one to fill them. DATTA Vic is working with our partners to develop long term solutions to this crisis.

  However, we understand that schools need support now, as more and more teachers from other learning areas (art, science, etc) are being called on to deliver the D&T curriculum.  We also know that the problem is even greater for schools in regional areas. And while we welcome the new Grad Cert in Secondary Design & Technologies, we recognise that only teachers from Government schools who already have a D&T load are eligible to participate.

  Therefore we are repeating our Online Teaching Design Masterclass for our members in Term 2. The program is targeted at new and existing teachers who may not have had initial Technologies Teacher training but are currently teaching, or wish to teach, the D&T curriculum in secondary schools. However, it is also very relevant to existing teachers of D&T who wish to learn more about design education. Note there will also be content related to the new VCE Product Design & Technologies study design and the Design & Technologies curriculum 2.0.

  The Masterclass will be delivered by Peter Murphy, former president of DATTA Australia and DATTA Vic who has been delivering Teaching Design Masterclasses for DATTA Vic since 2019. Peter is a sought after speaker and leader in Design and Technologies education.

  The program will be delivered via five webinars. These will run from Tuesday 4th March, 13th March, 18th March, 25th March & 1st April There will also be 2 hours of project work each week, to be carried out at a time suitable for each participant.

  To be eligible for this program, you must:

  • be a DATTA Vic member
  • be available to attend the webinars at the times and dates listed above
  • be able to set aside an additional 2 hours each week to carry out project work
  • to participate in evaluation of the program at the end, offering constructive feedback on all activities 

  Participants will be introduced to a wide range of topics, including:

  • Modelling & prototyping techniques
  • Teaching the design processes
  • Developing curriculum for Years 7-10
  • CAD
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Sustainability & ethics
  • Speculative design
  • Teaching STEM in D&T
  • Classroom Management and OH&S
  • Tackling real-world problems
  • The new VCE Product Design & Technologies Study Design

  *NOTE - This is not a program to train teachers in the use of machinery and tools. It is intended as a means of support for educators faced with delivering an unfamiliar curriculum and offers an approach to developing programs teaching the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills without the use of the usual power tools and machines found in the Design & Technologies workshop. It also offers fresh perspectives for existing D&T teachers on the potential of the learning area to develop creative problem solvers. DATTA Vic’s main priority is to continue to advocate for a governmental response to the need to grow the number of opportunities for initial teacher education in Design & Technologies.

  

  
  

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• Beginners' Masterclass - Get Started with Textiles (PL2510)

  • When
    28 Mar 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Marymede Catholic College, South Morang
  • Spaces left
    20

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  When: Friday 28th March 2025, 9.30am - 4pm

  Where: Marymede Catholic Vollege

  Presenter: Kat Torcasio

  Cost:

  • $209 for members
  • $309 for non-members 
  • $109 for university students/CRT Members/Pre-service teachers

  Morning tea, lunch and all materials will be provided.
  

  

  Part of DATTA Vic Up-skilling Beginners' Masterclass program.

  Fabulous… I’ve got Textiles on my allotment!

  And I don’t know a thing about it… now what? 

  
  

  This one-day intensive will cover;

  • Classroom management and Safety
  • Design Process and Project/Product Management
  • Curriculum Approaches

  Participants will also get hands-on time learning the basics of how to do simple hand stitching, using a sewing machine and getting comfortable helping students to do the same.

  Following this class, participants will have gained new skills and confidence in basic textiles techniques, and understand how they can be used to engage students in the D&T classroom. Out of field teachers who are delivering the D&T curriculum will find this session particularly useful.

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