UpRising offers 50 senior High School Design & Technology students the opportunity to connect with industry leaders, businesses, and community members, to receive feedback on their prototypes, collaborate, and promote their projects. It's simple yet powerful and does not add any more to teachers or students' workload. It is a great way for students to develop their major projects and capabilities. 

Entries are limited to 3 students per school. Due to the great support of IP Australia, there is no registration fee this year.

The Process

1. Teachers, save three spaces for your Year 12 Design & Technology class by clicking on the registration link. Opens Thursday 21st Nov 6am. Teachers then have until the end of November to decide which three students will enter. We will hold your places until the end of the year.  

2. Get your three students & their parents to complete the Terms & Conditionsand submit in the contact page.

3. Whilst this is happening ask your three students to create their UpRising 'User account' in UpRising platform by clicking on the Sign up link 

4. When T&Cs have been received, and students have created their account, we will elevate them to ‘Author’ status and they will be able to create their POST. 

5. All posts are expected to be LIVE at the beginning of February 2025 on the UpRising platform. Students can then promote their MDP idea, connect with businesses, get likes, feedback, offers of assistance, and mentorship. Students need to respond to these comments and feedback to maintain these connections.

6. In March, three student projects will receive Seed Funding via a People's Choice 'likes', mechanism. 

7. In April UpRising students and teachers are invited into a careers and industry workshop day. Connect with other teachers, students and industry experts in the design and Tech world.

8. Further opportunities for all UpRising students and teachers towards the end of year 

Looking forward to supporting our design students and their teachers.

2024 iTE Technology Education Conference is running in conjunction with ATERC.

The content presented at this conference relates directly to the teaching of STEM, Technology, Engineering and Industrial Arts curriculum.

Over the three days of the conference teachers are provided with the opportunity for networking, resource sharing, skill development and advancement, and to be kept abreast of current and future directions in STEM education, focusing on Engineering, Technologies, Industrial Arts and/or TAS.

** NOTE: Your iTE membership must be current to receive member discounts on Conference tickets. University Students can also receive a discount by being a student member.

We are very pleased to announce that ATERC (Australian Technology Educators Research Conference), will be joining us at this year's conference. ARTEC will bring Tertiary Educators and Academics from within the Education Sector, from across Australia and overseas, to our conference.

There will be the opportunity for our delegates to join their sessions and for their delegates to join our sessions.

For those of you who may be unaware, every state in Australia has their own branch of DATTA. The iTE is also known as DATTANSW.

** DATTA members who have current 2024 membership in their state and wish to take advantage of our 'Early Bird' member discounts, please go to https://www.itensw.com.au/Join-us  and select #8 - 'Affliate Member'. Then send an email to conferenceite@gmail.com with proof of your current DATTA membership to get your approval to register as a member.

Not yet a member?

Please go to https://www.itensw.com.au/Join-us to join.

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NEW THIS YEAR - AARON'S 'THE PENCIL BOX CHALLENGE'

Carbatec has donated a class set of 'Easy Mark Tri Squares' for the winner's school

If this is something that you or any of your colleagues would be interested in please click on this link for more information.

 Email conferenceite@gmail.com to register before 20th October

More information will be sent to those registered after October 20th

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CONFERENCE EVENT SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE:  Once workshops are confirmed, more information will be available.

There are FIVE events across three days that can be ticketed separately or bundled at a saving. Guests are welcome to attend the evening events (extra tickets can be added to orders).

Click here to get more information about the conference and ticket prices.

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Wednesday 27th November: Day One

9:00 - 4:30pm (8:15 registration)

‘Hands On’- An all day immersive session allowing attendees to learn, practice and embed by focusing on ONE workshop for the whole day. All workshops are run at the SMC, except for the ADOBE workshop, Timberbits workshop and the Engineering Studies workshop.

The Adobe workshop is run at the ADOBE office near by, as it requires specialist equipment and materials and is run by our partner organisation.

The Timberbits workshop will be held at the premises at 12 Gerard St Marrickville. This is easily accessed by train to Sydenham and a 5 minute walk. Participants will be met and take the train to Timberbits, alternatively they could make their own way and meet the group there.

The Engineering Studies workshop will be run at the Materials Testing Labs at UNSW. Participants will be met and take public transport to UNSW, alternatively they could make their own way and meet the group there.

More information about Wednesday's workshops is available Wednesday Workshops @ 7.11.24.docx

(Please note that these lists are subject to change as workshops may be added or deleted)

Wednesday 27th November

Conference Welcome Evening

6:00 - 10:00 pm

A collegial event that focuses on networking with finger food, whilst enjoying a sunset cruise on Sydney Harbour.

Guests are welcome to attend.

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Thursday 28th November: Day Two

9:00 - 4:30pm (8:15 registration)

Mix of short workshops, keynotes, presentations and our interactive Tech Expo. The workshops have limited numbers and are only available for selection once payment is made.

Keynote Speaker - Stuart Khan, Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney.

Developing Mutually Beneficial Interactions Between Secondary and Tertiary Education

The NSW secondary and tertiary education sectors operate in almost entire isolation of one another. However, they are two adjacent components of an education continuum for many students. The recent Australian Universities Accord includes a call for up to 80% of Australians to undertake tertiary education by 2050. If this vision is to be realised, the importance of the pathway between high school and university is set to grow. The tertiary education sector relies heavily on high schools to prepare students to suitable level of proficiency for ongoing learning. Any under-preparation of incoming students -or failure to meet incoming eligibility standards- carries significant costs for universities. However, there is little evidence of universities actively engaging in opportunities to optimise high school educational outcomes. This keynote presentation will describe the incentives for increased university engagement with NSW high schools and explore opportunities for mutually beneficial interactions between the sectors.

For more details about what to expect in these workshops, click here Thursday workshops detailed descriptions @8.11.24.docx

Please note that these lists are subject to change as workshops may be added or deleted.

Thursday 28th November

Conference Dinner

6:00 - 10:00pm

A three-course dinner event including guest speakers and annual award presentations.

Guests are welcome to attend.

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Friday 29th November: Day Three

9:00 - 4:30pm (8:15 registration)

Mix of short workshops, keynotes, presentations and our interactive Tech Expo. The workshops have limited numbers and are only available for selection once payment is made.

Keynote Speaker: Dave Ellis, Course Coordinator of Secondary undergraduate programs at Southern Cross University. 

Topic:

An ecosystemic look at technology teacher professional learning.  How the insights of experienced teachers can inform those new to technology teaching.

This presentation will discuss research undertaken on technology teacher professional learning and the patterns that have emerged from the analysis of cross-sectional data.

Insights to be gained from this presentation include: How do experience technology teachers prefer to undertake professional learning?  How can these insight inform us to assist our inexperienced and preservice teachers? And, what can be leveraged from this research?

For more details about what to expect in these workshops, click here Friday workshops detailed descriptions @8.11.24.docx

Please note that these lists are subject to change as workshops may be added or deleted.

General Conference Enquiries:

Astrid Perdriau

M: 0414 968 584

E: conferenceite@gmail.com

** CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION and TICKETING **

- Registration/tickets cannot be purchased under another member's name to receive discounts

- Students must provide proof of current study to receive student rate

- Payments are to be completed before the cut off dates otherwise they will be invoiced at the higher rate. (schools will need to show evidence that they have submitted the request for payment).

- Once you have submitted registration, you are committing to attend the conference and must pay.

- Any cancellation MUST be made before Sept 25th to receive a full refund.

- Any cancellation made after Sept 25th, but before Oct 25th will receive a 50% refund. Should your registration be unpaid, you will still be invoiced for 50% of the ticket price.

- Cancellations made after Oct 25th WILL NOT be refunded, regardless of the circumstances.