<div dir="ltr"><div>Michael was a keynote at the ACCE2016 conference in Brisbane last week. I was quite impressed with his talk about Wicked Problems and Edutech. Computing teachers would relate to the design thinking approach shared. If you are interested, Michael is giving this talk again in Melbourne. You can register for this free public lecture here:<span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#292f33" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://newmediaresearch.educ.monash.edu.au/lnm/hendersonlecture/" target="_blank">http://newmediaresearch.educ.<wbr>monash.edu.au/lnm/<wbr>hendersonlecture/</a> </span></font></div><div><font color="#292f33" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#292f33" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Details below. Please share with anybody interested in hearing this.</span></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr">--<br></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Roland Gesthuizen</b><br><a href="http://about.me/rgesthuizen" target="_blank">http://about.me/rgesthuizen</a></div><div><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div>---------------------------<br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1579c0059da7bef0" alt="Inline images 2" width="533" height="95"><br><br>Dear friends and colleagues,</div><div>you are invited to a free public lecture on digital technologies and creative thinking.<br><br><font size="4" color="#073763"><b>The wicked problem of technologies in education:<br>the need for playful designs </b></font></div><div><b>Associate Professor Michael Henderson</b><font size="4" color="#073763"><b><br></b></font><br>What would happen if we stopped pretending that technologies were solutions to teaching or learning? <br><br>In his lecture, Associate Professor Henderson will discuss the <b>‘wicked problem’ of when <font color="#0000ff">digital technologies</font> are used in education</b>. In responding to this 'wicked' complexity, he will propose that we can adopt design methodologies in our teaching preparation and in student learning, In doing so he will <b>explain the stages of <font color="#0000ff">design thinking</font></b> and will also <b>share several <font color="#0000ff">creative thinking exercises</font></b> that can be used with students and teachers.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a free event. Attendees can receive a certificate of attendance for their professional learning records.<br></div><br><div><div><b>Event details<br></b><br><b>Date</b>: Tuesday 18 October, 2016<br><b>Time</b>: Refreshments served 6pm, lecture starts at 6:30pm, concludes at 7:30pm<br><b>Location</b>: Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne.</div><div><br><a href="http://bit.ly/monash_technology-designthinking" target="_blank">Find out more and register to attend</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1579c02dbf8da78a" alt="Inline images 3" width="533" height="213"><br></div><div>------------------------------<wbr>-</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Links to curriculum and teacher standards:</b></div><div><ul><li>This lecture will describe the process of <b>design thinking</b>. Design thinking is referred to in the Australian Curriculum as a valuable way to engage students in deep research and action oriented idea development. It is also referred to by AITSL as a method to engage educators in professional learning and for school change. It is one approach to <b>problem solving</b> and <b>creative thinking</b> (see APST Standard 3.3).<br></li><li>This lecture will explain why technology is so hard to implement and how we might 'problem solve' the situation to better achieve our goals. <b>Digital technologies and ICTs</b> are a feature of both the Australian Curriculum and the teacher standards. In particular teachers are expected to use effective teaching strategies that integrate ICTs (see APST Standard 2.6).<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
</div>