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Very inspirational breakout talk about using games to teach and learn (not just digital games).
It talked about simulation and playing games but how powerful game design is as it moves from learning potential to immersion to metacognition.

Sara G

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Stephen Heppell was so practical and inspirational
Prakash Nair had some interesting ideas about adapting learning environment to maximise learning - particularly relevant with new building project
BIC - interesting links between handwriting and cognitive development
Educational Change - Peter Hutton from Templestowe College - excellent speaker - no bells, no yelling, no bullying, increasing innovation and collaboration

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Be a gardener not a carpenter
Stephen Heppell - lots of practical ideas for enhanced learning in my room
positive learning environment - less talking by all
encouraged by the AI talks - still need humans

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Not just a fun look at your house but can be used to teach about how others live, the areas of our earth similar to other planets, the historical borders of countries etc.
Ideas available at earth.google.com/education

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Ensuring a Positive Learning Environment is essential for students to reach their potential.

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Ensuring a Positive Learning Environment is essential for students to reach their potential.

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Rules:
1. No Yelling Rule
2. 10 Minute Talking Rule
3. 2 Minute Time Out Rule
4. No Work No Stay Rule

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John Paul College-preparing students for future jobs

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Stephen Heppell's talk was great as we could take away ideas. Classroom environment and how important it is.

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When designing a new space, Engage with teachers: Take time to work on the design. It is a process that takes time.
Articulate your pedagogy.
Bring the team along
Define the learning settings.
Know the fgroup sizez.
Base all decisions on research

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Saw a really good speaker system with small pods that could be taken into all learning spaces, providing easier classroom management, also tayloring better to students as an alternative to soundfield

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Background noise drowns our soft consonants

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How do we prepare students to live and work in a world that doesn't even exist yet? We need to be learning designers and learning facilitators who help kids learn how to learn and not just be the provider of knowledge.

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Schools are perfect for solar battery storage.

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Display the learning journey in the classroom (drafts etc), not just the finished product.

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Display the learning journey in the classroom (drafts etc), not just the finished product.

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Spoke about setting high expectations and supporting kids to rise to them, as opposed to lowering expectations to the demongraphic

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Aim for a purposeful use of space. In a school in Turkey there is a wall in the toilet that is an aquarium. The message: Use less water.

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A lot of apps available which allow for greater student engagement in tasks that we may not have been aware of or how to use- MyMaps, a lot of features in slides and docs

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Improving all aspects of the environment including CO2 levels, light levels, noise levels. BYO Plant, LED lights, Noise meters, CO2 Meters.

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This is a great site for generating interest in an excursion and or camp e.g Canberra. Could also be used to learn more about a country,state or city. This is a free program !

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Show the journey of tasks and not just the finished product.
Keep working on the dispositions and attitudes of students
Small changes can make a big difference-the way we speak to students, the comments we write, the questions we ask, the furniture we use

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"Children do not need to be told how to learn, they are born with that skill. Teachers just need to create the environment (like a gardener) in which they can thrive" 

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"Children do not need to be told how to learn, they are born with that skill. Teachers just need to create the environment (like a gardener) in which they can thrive" 

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Impact of light, CO2 levels, temperature and sound levels of learning efficiency

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Incorporating 'zones' into the classroom and how to do that in the most effective way.

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Incorporating 'zones' into the classroom and how to do that in the most effective way.

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Robots will not be taking everyones jobs. The human elements can not be completed by a robot.

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How to transform our classroom spaces, using the resources that we currently have.

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How to transform our classroom spaces, using the resources that we currently have.

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If we teach less but teach better, students will learn more and learn better

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Get rid of teacher desks - they create the impression of a 'power zone'.

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from Templestow College:
“Don’t come to these conferences to be inspired and then do nothing”

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Things you can do right away to improve your learning environment.

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Cathie
(Prakash Nair, CEO of Fielding Nair International @prakashnair)

Examine/leverage school environments as learning spaces.

If we focus on EXPERIENCES then learning grows.

From cells to bells to learning communities model. Create experiences like a gardener!