A practical approach
22 - 23 June 2009
John Paul College,
Daisy Hill 4127
QUEENSLAND
The Education Revolution in Action Conference – a practical approach is proudly brought to you by John Paul College and Independent Schools Queensland.
The conference aims to explore practical approaches to implementing technology in schools, as well as address the issues arising as a result of its introduction.
The conference program offers Principals, Heads of Curriculum, Administration Heads, Bursars, Chief Information Officers, Teachers, IT staff, and Librarians an opportunity to learn from the success and failures of Australia’s leading innovators in educational technology.
The program features a rich mix of presenters from leading Australian and New Zealand schools and industry to generate a forum for exchange and mutual benefits for all participants.
Location
John Paul College is located at Daisy Hill, 20-minutes south of the Brisbane CBD (Exit 23 Chatswood Rd off the Pacific Motorway), and 40 minutes from the beaches of the Gold Coast.
The College is 35 kilometres or 25 minutes from Brisbane Domestic Airport. To reach the College by road, travel south along the Gateway Motorway towards the Gold Coast and take Exit 23 Chatswood Rd off the Pacific Motorway.
Venue
The Conference is being held in the College's state-of-the-art Gorman Centre, which features a 300 seat lecture theatre and multiple workrooms and meeting rooms.
"Great ideas don't shout - they whisper"
About the speaker:
Graham has a history of taking simple ideas, and successfully placing them on the world stage. Two projects he was instrumental in developing launched on the Oprah Winfrey Show. When Ivan Clarke, a landscape painter, approached him with a light-hearted image he had painted, and the story he had begun telling his children based on it, both Graham and Ivan had the nerve to think that others might like it.
How big can one simple idea get? What is needed to take a simple idea and to shape it so that it can walk, head high and proud, on the world stage? The story of Lonely Dog is the inspiring story of taking a simple idea seriously.
As well as being CEO of Lonely Dog Group, Graham is chair of Laidlaw College, a tertiary institution in New Zealand, and on the board of a number of charitable entities.
Aidan McCarthy
Aidan McCarthy
Keynote session title: The 10 Technologies and Decisions you need to know to ignite your Digital Education Revolution
Breakout session title: You have the technology: Now what?
Breakout session synopsis:
This session will provide practical advice and discussion on lessons learnt from organisational charts to professional learning opportunities to make yours and the Digital Education Revolution investments work.
About the speaker:
Aidan McCarthy Director of Information and Learning Technologies, Scotch College.
Aidan began working with Scotch College in November 2007 and as a member of the College Executive he is responsible for driving the overall strategic direction of all Information and Learning Technologies throughout the College. Aidan is also engaged in consulting as the Strategic Advisor for NSW Department of Education and Microsoft.
Before joining Scotch College in November 2007, Aidan was Microsoft’s WW Managing Director for K-12 driving Microsoft’s overall strategy including Sales, Marketing and requirements for Product development. He was based at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, USA. Aidan began with Microsoft in 2001 as the WW Learning Solutions Specialist in the US.
