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ELECTROBOARD Education
EDUCATION NEWSLETTER TERM FOUR 2014 Welcome to ELECTROBOARD’s Term Four newsletter. We hope you had a great break and that the events, training, products and services we provide will be of assistance to you. Please contact our Education Consultants for any further information or advice. START EXPLORING » CONTENTS - HOME | PREVIOUS | NEXT Click on the section you would like to view ELECTROBOARD News | page 1 Page 14 | ELECTROBOARD Consultants Early Years | page 3 Page 13 | Join Us Products | page 4 Search... HOME Page 12 | What's New? RESOURCES TRAINING EVENTS PRODUCTS NEWS VIDEOS CONTACT US ABOUT US LOG IN New VIDEO about the Festival of Learning that took place at Newcastle East Public School. WATCH NOW | IRIS Connect can make time for teaching. READ NOW | Virtual Excursion 28 Learning Resources Training Events Products News Videos Page 11 | Arrive Apple | page 5 Page 6 | Video Conferencing GET STARTED » ELECTROBOARD NEWS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT ELECTROBOARD Solutions brings to Australia! Prowise is a company based in the Netherlands. Prowise products are currently used by many countries in Europe including those identified by the OECD’s report “Measuring Innovation in Education” as having the most innovative education systems. Prowise provides both hardware and software to support European educators “Teach by inspiration”. The company has developed a range of interactive flat panels for the pedagogical requirements of teachers. The panels can be fixed or mobile units which come with a bespoke lift and trolley enabling teachers to use the panel in a range of modes. The interactive panel can be moved around the learning space for whole class, guided activities or small group collaboration. With a push of a button the interactive panel can be laid flat becoming a collaborative table. Teachers therefore have the benefit of different ways to enhance learning using the one interactive flat panel. Prowise Presenter Is screen- independent cloud software that teachers can access from anywhere on any type of laptop, tablet, iPad, PC or digital screen at home or at school. Prowise Presenter software supports the hardware as well as any digital screen across the school and is FREE. Prowise Presenter has built-in tools and thousands of free lessons developed by teachers making working with a digital screen easier and more innovative. The software has a comprehensive range of professional instructional tools, which teachers can combine to translate their knowledge into exciting and effective lessons. Most importantly The fact that Prowise software is cloud based means that schools no longer have to store content locally and install complex software onto their devices. As schools increasingly adopt BYOD, or BYOT finding software that can be used on all devices and which teachers can seamlessly use from the classroom to the home is very important. Software like this can provide significant benefits to teachers in terms of efficiency and enabling effective collaboration. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 1 ELECTROBOARD NEWS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Prowise ProConnect also comes as part of the software and is a solution for interaction between “any device” and “any digital screen”. Prowise ProConnect includes the following functions: • Send screen • Vote • Competition • Collaborate • ProQuiz It is the perfect solution for interacting with the digital screen. At home at schools on an interactive whiteboard, laptop or tablet or iPad, ProConnect works anywhere and everywhere where there is an internet connection. Prowise makes it easy for teachers to create powerful lessons. If you are interested in finding out more about Prowise in Australia please contact your ELECTROBOARD Education Consultant or email [email protected] For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 2 EARLY YEARS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Prowise supports collaborative play and thinking The Early Years Learning Framework encourages centres to create environments which contain open-ended, complex materials that can be used in many ways. The Prowise interactive display offers amazing flexibility for an Early Years learning environment. With the addition of the height adjustable mobile trolley Early Years educators can effortlessly raise and lower the display to suit the age range and activity. The display can also be fully tilted to become a horizontal table surface. These options increase choices available to both learners and teachers and allow for collaborative play and creative thinking. Please contact your ELECTROBOARD Education Consultant for more information. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 3 PRODUCTS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT IRIS Connect™ is a video-based system that empowers teachers and educators to reflect, analyse and share practice. The system allows education settings to work together to deliver practical teaching and learning support which is purposeful, reflective, authentic and contextualised. An effective sound field amplifies the decibels of speech and distributes sound throughout the space. Each student is able to hear and understand what the teacher is saying no matter where they are in the classroom. In particular, the system also supports students with hearing impairments including Otitis Media. The Magic Planet® is a digital video globe – a digital projection display with a sphere-shaped screen. It allows you to view and explore dynamic digital media that helps to explain our world. It’s proven to significantly increase comprehension, as well as participation and collaboration in K-12 classrooms. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 4 APPLE HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Personalise Your iPad ELECTROBOARD’s Training Academy support schools by delivering accredited courses including Apple iPad integration. Whether you are integrating a class set of iPads or rolling out a 1:1 BYO iPad program ELECTROBOARD recommends ‘Personalising’ your iPads with our ‘Getting Started with your iPad’ course. By looking into the accessibility functions of the iPad you can ensure inclusivity for all students and staff. Improve your student’s learning experiences and productivity by personalising the iPads to your students own individual learning needs. We will take you from the basics right up to an advanced skills set of personalisation. We believe personalising your iPad is just as important as the Apps you install! The iPad is the learning tool that allows us to create, innovate and inspire! For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 5 VIDEO CONFERENCING Creating Australian Literature HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT The work in this unit will involve you in the following activities: Part 1: Before Video Conference • defining the terms ‘cultural identity’ ‘Australian literature’, Flora and Fauna • exploring your own local landscape • participating in a group project to create an Australian Bush Story This will be a 2 part: Multi Modal Workshop Session 1: Students will learn all about May Gibbs and her bush babies Session 2: Students will have the opportunity to share flora they find in their surroundings and talk about what sort of story they would create. Part 2: Video Conference Session 1 Studying closely the stories told in The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs • reading and responding activities • language activities Session details Date: Session 1:- Wednesday 12th of November Session 2:- Wednesday 3rd of December Time: 10.15am-11.00am (Grades K-2) 11.15 am- 12.00 (Grades 3-4) Target audience: K-4 Description: Find out how May Gibbs, a famous Australian author and illustrator, used the Australian bush to create the children's classic 'Snugglepot and Cuddlepie' and the 'Gumnut Babies'. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 6 VIDEO CONFERENCING The work in this unit will involve you in the following activities: Part 1: Before Video Conference • defining the terms ‘cultural identity’ ‘Australian literature’, Flora and Fauna • exploring your own local landscape HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Group Activity Students create a play with the flora and fauna of your area in current time. Part 3: Video Conference Session 2 Each school will have 5 minutes to show their play to the other participating schools… Curriculum Links • Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations (ACELY1646) • Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in literary texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts may reflect or challenge the values of individuals and groups(ACELY1626) • Create and display artworks to communicate ideas to an audience (ACAVAM108) • Present artworks and describe how they have used visual conventions to represent their ideas (ACAVAM112) For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 7 VIDEO CONFERENCING HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Canberra Raider conquers new territory A nervous Canberra Raiders young gun Jeff Lynch entered Raiders HQ to receive his final instructions from Community Manager Charlotte Anneveld. He was to take his first solo plane ride up to Sydney to participate in a video conference live from Rugby League Central. Lynch was travelling for the first time without his teammates and coaches by his side and for the young man from country Cowra, a whole new experience awaited. Over one hundred students from three NSW schools joined the Eat Well Play Well Stay Well video conference to hear Lynch’s views on the importance of making healthy food choices. Lynch also shared how eating well benefits his health and fitness, impacting positively on his ability to play good football. The children even got a sneak peek into Jeff’s lunchbox as he explained his various food choices and preferences. Students were invited to interact with a blindfolded Jeff as he was challenged to a ‘celebrity head’ inspired game of guessing the healthy food choice. The session culminated in a structured Q & A providing students with an opportunity to ask Jeff questions pertaining to his career, Rugby League and lifestyle choices. Nutrition, an integral element of multi-faceted Eat Well, Play Well, Stay Well video conference reinforces the value of healthy food choices that are conveyed to students in Australian schools each day, complimenting the good work already done in schools. NRL One Community will soon launch an exciting new interactive online game for teachers to incorporate into their classroom to complement their health programs. Students select an avatar and can theme the game to their favourite NRL club. The avatar visits the field, canteen and even the merchandise store as their teacher’s track their progress. Following video conferencing’s successful debut at Rugby League Central in May, the NRL One Community Learning with League team, in collaboration with a number of clubs have been welcomed into Australian classrooms in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia to deliver key messages through curriculum linked Literacy, PDHPE and values-based programs. Other Term 3 highlights included the Cronulla Sharks Tackling Bullying, the Penrith Panthers reading, the West Tigers celebrating book week, Roosters challenging Racism and Souths Cares encouraging students to Dream Believe Achieve. Term 4 is destined to bring even more exciting opportunities for children to engage with the stars and ambassadors of our game. To register your interest in video conferencing contact [email protected] and visit https://seeshareshape.com.au/share/VC/virtualexcursions.aspx to view the October schedule. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 8 VIDEO CONFERENCING HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Register for this teacher’s video conference workshop to understand more about iFLY Indoor Skydiving’s education programme Join our video conference with Mike McGrath our Education Facilitator. In this video conference we will cover: • What is indoor skydiving • How does indoor skydiving link in with the curriculum (physics, PDHPE, Technology) • Learn about the state of the art wind tunnel technology and how the tunnel actually works. • See how your students conduct captivating experiments and participate in a powerful lecture which can be adapted to a range of subjects and age groups • Examples from a variety of lessons on offer (each lesson can be personalised to the individual school’s needs) Take your students to new heights with the iFLY School Education Programme for an education day that will not only have your students learning but will literally get them flying. Dates and times: Thursday October 30th 3.30pm-4.30pm Target Audience: Teachers of Physics, PDHPE, technology, for all age groups iFLY Indoor Skydiving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyNvygpJB4&list=UUNQlVWYGLy2IztT4nk1jF_A Education brochure: http://iflydownunder.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/iFLY-School-EducationFINAL.pdf Education website: https://downunder.iflyworld.com/education What does indoor skydiving involve?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T30m-Zir_A For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 9 VIDEO CONFERENCING HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT FREE K-8 and Teacher PD Sessions WHEN Monday, Oct. 27th, 9am to Friday, Nov. 7th, 4:30pm WHERE This is an online event. Connect your Classroom to Athletes, Coaches, Sports Staff and Major Venues Virtual SportsFest is a ground-breaking concept in sport focused school outreach, collaborative learning and interagency cooperation. This festival of 'virtual excursions' is designed to connect students and teachers with sports education resources, sports knowledge, career/study pathways and engaging opportunities to GET ACTIVE! Each 1hr video conference will be anchored from The Home of Sport....Sydney Olympic Park, with representatives from various sports joining in live from fields, courts and venues. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 10 ARRIVE HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT has arrived! ELECTROBOARD Solutions is proud to introduce a new collaboration system to Australia. Arrive FacePoint provides a complete collaboration platform enabling educators to: • • • • • Collaborate using Polycom Realpresence, Cisco Webex, Citrix Go-to-Meeting, Bluejeans, Zoom, Skype etc. Access cloud based content storage like Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive Join a Lync meeting, share a Lync whiteboard and email your notes to all participants Use Outlook to book your meeting room via your calendar Share wireless content including built-in AirPlay for Apple devices. All content can be displayed within in a Lync conference Simply put, currently when you video conference with another school or content provider they need to have video conference equipment. With Arrive it will be possible for you to connect with a school who only has Skype. Your class will have the enhanced experience because you will be able to use your VC cameras and microphones and not be crowded around a laptop screen. This means that in the morning, a teacher could share the interactive whiteboard lesson, camera and audio to a remote student over Webex or Skype. Then after lunch, the same class could participate in a virtual museum excursion using their video conference software. All on the same system! No need for complex technical set ups and delays starting your meeting - simply use Arrive! Arrive FacePoint is a video conferencing (VC) codec, in-room PC, multiplatform collaboration device and control system for your audio visual equipment all rolled into one. It is completely customisable to your environment and it is centrally managed via the Edgeless Media Server. To find out more about Arrive contact your Education Consultant. For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 11 WHAT'S NEW? ELECTROBOARD EDUCATION WEBSITE HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT ELECTROBOARD Education Website Search... 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For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 13 ELECTROBOARD CONSULTANTS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS | NEXT Helen Lacey Education Consultants National Manager Sydney [email protected] Karen Wiltshire Education Consultant Western Regions and Riveriena [email protected] Jason Wood Education Consultant Sydney Early Years Specialist [email protected] Jonathan Dunk Education Consultant Sydney Region and CEO Sydney [email protected] Sebastian Sibert Education Consultant Newcastle and Hunter Region [email protected] Lizzie Cooper Education Consultant Education Event Specialist [email protected] Ryan Hall Steve Kavanagh Education Consultant Adelaide [email protected] Education Consultant South West Sydney and Western Sydney Region/ CEO Wollongong [email protected] Andrew Sercombe Education Consultant North Coast and New England Accounts [email protected] For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 14 ELECTROBOARD CONSULTANTS HOME | CONTENTS | PREVIOUS Kellie Rose Education Consultant Perth [email protected] Adrian Mascia Education Consultant Melbourne [email protected] Carolyn Trowbridge Education Consultant Perth [email protected] Emma Stone Education Consultant Manager Brisbane [email protected] Kelly Medin Siobhan O'Donoghue Connie Chen Education Consultant Perth [email protected] Education Consultant Perth [email protected] Education Consultant Brisbane [email protected] Joel Everard Nigel Campbell Education Branch Manager Townsville [email protected] Peter Holland Education Consultant Hobart [email protected] Education Business Development Manager Canberra [email protected] For all enquiries and to talk to a consultant please contact [email protected] or call 1800 622 800 15