iPAD+PD

====This will be a page to indicate any PD, meetings, sharing or anything that indicates the coming together of interested parties. ====

**1: "Making it M****obile" March 22 & 23rd March 2012**
A free 2 day inservice offered by Apple. Schools are encouraged to send 2 or more teachers. See flyer attached:

==**2: "Conversation with Fra** **sier Spiers". March 2012** == Frasier Spiers is the first educator to apply one on one implementation of iPads. He is quite in demand as a guest speaker world wide but has agreed to converse with our group. This will be arranged during March and because of the time difference (he is based in Scotland) it will occur at 7pm at St John's PS Lambton. Please let us know if you are interested in attending.

3: iPad User Group Sessions (iPads in Education)
Starting on Thursday the 16th June Mac1 will be offering sessions to enhance understanding and uses of ipads in Education. These sessions will be fortnightly leading up to the Apple ipad Roadshow in late August (we will keep you informed on that one). The sessions will be after school from 3:30 until 5pm at St John's Lambton. There will be a flier with the full details attached as soon as it comes through. At the moment the details are: Session 1: Thurs 16th June 3:30-5pm: iPad introduction, Multi touch, Sync, Calendar, Mail, iBooks Session 2: Weds 29th June 3:30-5pm: Doc creation; Pages; Keynote; Numbers Session 3: Thurs 21st July 3:30-5pm: Education Apps: Special Education; Maths; Science Session 4: Thurs 4th August 3:30-5pm: Creative Apps : Garage Band; iMovie; Photobooth Session 5: Weds17th August 3:30-5pm: iPad Education Group Summary - Personal Learning Networks This is a rough set out of what will happen. But we thought we would let you know early - so you can put it into your diaries. More details will follow.





=4: Apple Learning Road Show Changed date: TUESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER = ====This will be an Apple Road Show - like they had in Newcastle in 2009 but this time it will be on ipads and macs. This event is now confirmed and registrations are now open. Apple are suggesting that 3 key members of each school attend - but you will need to register because it will fill up quickly. The Apple Learning Road Show will be on the Tuesday 20th September 12:30 - 4pm at Noah's on the Beach. ====

Find registrations at the following link:
http://edseminars.apple.com.au/event/5126

=5: Marco Torres Event =

Mac1 is holding an education event in Sydney at Marist College Eastwood. Secondary teacher, award winning media coach and education technology director for San Fernando High School, one of the largest urban schools in Los Angeles, Marco Torres will be hosting the event. Feel free to check out his website: [|http://torres21.squarespace.com/bio] Marco will be discussing how the integration of digital tools most familiar to students can create new learning opportunities and empower students to reach new levels.  The event will be on Thursday 18th August 2011, 9.00am - 3.30pm  In order to attend the event you will need to register online at: []  Please see attached PDF invitation for further details.  ** 6: BEYOND CHALK " CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM" // 19th August //**

Mac focussed Professional Development Day for Teachers. For those using mac's and ipads, there is a free PD day on the 19th August. It will be run by "Beyond Chalk", a group we used at St John's last year for both teacher and parent development. It is a worthwhile day. Free of charge and highly recommended. Web information: http://www.beyondchalk.com/2011/07/nsw-newcastle/ Flyer:

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