domabotics - Teacher Workshop

Professional Development for Teachers

Domabotics runs a range of workshops for teachers to assist them to integrate Information and Communication Technologies into their class.

Small class sizes and hands-on activities enable participants to get a real feel for the technology, giving them the confidence necessary to successfully run activities back in class. We provide continuing email support to all participants to assist them integrating their new-found knowledge. All classes are tailored to suit the abilities of the teachers, from the absolute novice through to the seasoned veteran.

Our workshops run predominantly in Queensland, Australia but also run through Australia and Internationally. We have worked with various Education departments training teachers as well as developing curriculum material.

In addition, Domabotics also offers flexible on-site training days.

Current 2012 Workshop Dates

Brisbane Term 1:

Introduction to Scratch Program: 27th March $210 +GST
Introduction to Robotics: NXT: 28th March $210 +GST
Beyond the Basics: NXT: 29th March $210 +GST

We are still setting dates for regional workshops so if you are interested in workshops outside of South-East Queensland, please contact me to let me know.

Robotics - Full Day

Find out how to excite and inspire your students and discover how to integrate robotics into your curriculum. Learn practical ideas and activities to run in your classroom using the latest LEGO Mindstorms system and discover why robotics is fast becoming a major tool in the teaching of the Technology, Maths and Science. Two workshops are available, Introduction to Robotics: NXT (perfect for those with limited or no previous experience) and Beyond the Basics: NXT, giving teachers more skills to take their class further.

Stopmotion Animation - Full Day

From the cinema classic ‘King Kong’ through to modern day favourites ‘Wallace and Grommit’, Stopmotion animation has been a popular film style. Let your class get creative and have them shoot a short animated clip explaining a science concept, retelling a historical event or making a community announcement. Using nothing but a PC, webcam and FREE software, this workshop will teach you how to create your own movies. All teachers will receive a LEGO mini-figurine to start their fledgling film career.

Scratch Programming - Full Day

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas. Students also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. This introductory course covers the basics skills necessary to run Scratch activities within your classroom. Scratch is a free download, available at www.scratch.mit.edu

**No prior programming experience necessary!**

Flexible on-site training half-days

The demand for teachers time is every increasing and to accomodate this, whilst still giving teacher the chance at valuable Professional Development, Domabotics is offering flexible on-site training sessions. These sessions run for 3 hours, at anytime during your school day up to 4pm. Teachers and drop-in and drop-out as necessary to meet with their teaching workload. Content for the session could concentrate on one topic, or could be broken into a variety of topics to suit your staff.

Introduction to Robotics
StopMotion Animation - SAM animation
Robotics for Early Years
Using Google Earth across multiple curriculum areas
Google Sketch-up for design and creation
Create your own podcasts in class - Audacity
Photo Story - Create beautiful slide shows