Using the right digital tools can improve student learning outcomes and streamline assessment, administration and reporting. This masterclass will provide teachers with ideas about using digital technology in ways that save time and help lighten their load.
HTAV’s masterclass series brings you practising teachers and other experts sharing the things they really know about and/or have tested successfully in their setting.
Session 1: Tech Tools to Support Your Classroom Practice
Craig Nicholls, Melbourne Girls Grammar
Technology is often portrayed as a great time saver, but as you spend hours at your computer it can feel the opposite. This session aims to address this imbalance and look at how technology can save you time as a History teacher. In this workshop, we will investigate three different scenarios you deal with in your role and look at how technology can make your life easier. We will be looking at various tools available and the pedagogy behind using them in your practice.
Craig Nicholls is a passionate educator with over 25 years of classroom experience across the state and independent sectors. He has been a generalist primary teacher, P – 10 Digital Technologies specialist and a sessional lecturer as part of Charles Sturt University’s Master of Education program.
For much of his career Craig has worked in the Digital Learning space, helping both staff and students to get the most out of the technology that is available to them. He is fluent in both techno-babble and eduspeak and is able to translate for those that need it. This is something he has continued in his role as Director of Digital Learning at Melbourne Girls Grammar. Craig works with staff and students across the school to improve their digital capabilities and implement digital projects. He is passionate about ensuring that educators and students have the necessary digital skills to meet their potential.
Session 2: Tools to ‘Hack’ Your Productivity
Steven Kolber, Brunswick Secondary College
This workshop will look at workflow and productivity, with the aim of getting teachers to spend more time doing the things that they love and less time on administrivia. In addition, these tools can also be used to support universal design for teaching neurodiverse students, drawing from the best tools, technologies and techniques of the best teachers in the world.
Steven Kolber is a proud educator who teaches at Brunswick Secondary College and is excited about supporting students and teachers around the world. He uses technology, instructional video and assistive technology as much as possible to spread the word of education and how to improve the lives of students and teachers.