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SLANSW Professional Learning Summit - Change the Narrative
Workshop Presenter – Saturday 22nd March 2025
Jody McDonnell, Kate Parish & Nicholas Schroeder – St Vincent's, Potts Point
Empowering Girls in High Schools to Navigate AI with Confidence and Integrity
This session will present practical tools and strategies to help girls become savvy, cautious, and proactive users of AI, preparing them to make informed choices in their personal and academic lives.
Presenter Bio
Jody has 24 years experience as a teacher librarian in the System of Parramatta schools and more recently at St Vincent’s College. She is a Google Certified Teacher and Trainer and is very motivated to curate and deliver micro lessons with the lens of the Information Fluency Framework. Jody is also a keen education technologist supporting teachers and students with online tools for learning.
Kate Parish Head of History St Vincent's College, Potts Point
Nicholas Schroeder History teacher St Vincent's College, Potts Point
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Natasha Junor – St Phillip's Christian College
Igniting quality teaching through information resources
How Teacher Librarians can create accessible information resources (such as posters) to support quality teaching. This session will cover how to come up with ideas for resources and the design process (using Canva and LMS systems).
Throughout her six years as a high school English Teacher, Natasha developed a passion for school libraries. After studying a Masters of Education in Teacher Librarianship with Charles Sturt University, she moved into her current role as Secondary Teacher Librarian (Research and Curriculum Specialist) at St Philip's Christian College. Her specialities include designing and implementing research-aligned learning resources, with a particular focus on equipping teachers and students with the tools to navigate Artificial Intelligence with critical thinking and digital discernment. Alongside her role in the library, Natasha also teaches Extension English with a special interest in Gothic literature.
Hilary Schubert-Jones – Future You
Future You - Science as a Human Endeavour embedded into teaching
The free-to-access ‘Future You’ program aims to address issues to improve future education and opportunities for underrepresented people in STEM. This session will show you how to link the National Curriculum to teaching resources to weave Science as a Human Endeavour content into your lessons seamlessly.
Hilary Schubert-Jones is the driving force behind the success of the Future You program. As the program manager, Hilary leads the development of practical and engaging resources that are evidence-based and seamlessly integrate social relevance into the classroom. Hilary is dedicated to advancing equity in STEM, and brings 15 years of experience in project managing Outreach and Engagement programs for national not-for-profits and the Federal Government to secure the future STEM pipeline workforce for Australia. She is an extremely passionate human-centric manager and advocate for underrepresented groups, her mission being to assist individuals find their place to help solve the big thorny problems humanity faces.
Chris Betcher – Google Education Specialist
Empowering Student Voice: Video Creation with Google Workspace
Video is a powerful tool for storytelling and communication. In this workshop, you'll discover how to use Google Vids, a brand new tool in Google Workspace, to create engaging, collaborative videos that can inform, inspire, and empower your students' learning. Discover how to use video to enhance your library programs, promote literacy, and support student learning. From basic editing techniques to advanced storytelling features, you'll learn the skills you need to bring your videos to life. To get the most from this session, bring a computer with you (not suitable for tablet/iPad users).
For the past decade Chris has been deeply involved in providing professional learning to educators, specialising in the use of Google for Education tools. He spent four years working with EdTEchTeam, a Google professional development partner, and the past six years at Google, working as a Program Manager with the Google for Education team based in Sydney. Currently he works on select projects through his own business, Crux Learning. Chris is a Google Certified Innovator, Google Certified Trainer, and an Adobe Education Leader. Over the years he has produced podcasts and written books and articles about education. He still sometimes blogs at chrisbetcher.com. Chris has a curious mind, asks way too many questions, and likes making things out of zeroes and ones (although lately he has also been enjoying making things out of wood too)
Matthew Boggon – Castle Hill High School
Libraries and AI: Leadership
This workshop will situate generative Artificial Intelligence as a means of information, literacy and language development, placing it firmly within the scope of an expert Teacher Librarian to lead in their schools. A value statement regarding the significance of TL leadership in the information world in schools, connecting the leadership to greater ideas of academic development, social development, advocacy and the evolution of the role of a TL will be developed in this session.
Matthew Boggon is a Teacher Librarian at Castle Hill High School. Having previously worked in both History teaching and in a support unit supporting students with additional needs, he claims a highly capable understanding of the way that information is sourced, learned and conveyed from students across all abilities and circumstances. He has a specific interest in offering students opportunities to explore and develop their research and information literacy skills, in order to equip them for the world beyond high school.
Jessica Lonard – St Patrick's, Strathfield
AI in the school library context
This session explores how teacher librarians can use AI tools to enhance student learning, promote ethical research practices, and support library operations in both primary and secondary school contexts. Offering teacher librarians, a practical roadmap for incorporating AI into their practice, and to ensure their libraries remain vibrant hubs of learning and innovation.
Jessica is a Teacher Librarian and Digital Learning Specialist with over 18 years of experience in secondary education. She develops programs that build on students' existing knowledge while encouraging them to explore new ideas through research and information skills. Passionate about fostering a love of reading, Jessica inspires students to engage with books and discover the joy of reading. With a keen interest in AI and its applications in education, Jessica explores how emerging technologies can enhance teaching and learning. She also shares her expertise through webinars and workshops on educational technology and teacher librarianship, providing practical strategies and insights to fellow educators.
Louise Mashiah – Baulkham Hills North Public School
Fun ways to engage students in library lessons using Technology
Technology is a great way to engage students in Library skills and lessons. In this session you will learn some fun and engaging ways to help students engage in the library using Technology and AI.
Louise is a dedicated Teacher Librarian at Baulkham Hills North Public School and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE). She seamlessly integrates technology with library resources to engage and inspire students. Louise has received numerous awards for her innovative approach to incorporating technology into learning. Under her leadership, the library has become a vibrant learning hub for the entire school community. She believes that a good book is never far away; you just need to know how to find it.
Jan Abrams – Grok Academy (KIK Innovation)
PRIMM – an evidence informed strategy for teaching programming
This workshop will introduce PRIMM (Predict, Read, Investigate, Modify, Make), a model for teaching programming with a focus on guiding students through exposure to new, unfamiliar technology. Jane will guide teachers through an activity where they will play the student and learn about Python loops using a PRIMM framework. No programming experience required.
Jane Abrams is Chief Product Officer at KIK Innovation, and manages the Grok Academy learning platform, where she has overseen the development of new platform features and online activities to support digital technologies education for students from early primary through to senior high school and beyond. Jane holds a Masters of Teaching from the University of Sydney, and has over a decade of experience in the educational technology sector, with a specific interest in exploring the use of digital platforms to promote understanding of STEM concepts.
Dan Bowen – Microsoft
Reading progress, copilot, Minecraft and more!
We will look at tools you already have but may not know about from Minercraftto Reading progress and the latest safe AI tools. Dan will show you how to use and where to find these awesome tools to make your library programmes stand out!
Dan is a Technology Strategist for K12 education. He was a teacher and school inspector for 15 years and has been working in Microsoft Education team in ANZ for 10 years.
From Search to AI: Google's Tools for Literacy and Learning in the School Library
Google's tools have always been about transforming the way we access and interact with information, and with the rise of generative AI, a whole new wave of possibilities are here. This session will explore how Teacher Librarians can harness Google's latest AI-powered tools, including Gemini, to enhance learning experiences and promote literacy in the school library.
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