8:30-8:45

Housekeeping  & Notices

8:45-10:00 

Keynote Speaker, Professor Clare Benson Director of the Centre for Research and Curriculum Development in Primary Technology, Birmingham City University

10:00-10:30

Morning Tea Break

10:30-12:30

Workshops, Papers, Industry Visits

Time

Presenter(s)

Title

10:30-11:30

Sue McLean,Oamaru Intermediate

From Play to Clay –Integrating Art, Technology and the Community

11:30-12:30

Adrian Cartwright, Columba College

Integrated Curriculum – Technology, Art and English

10:30-12:30

Mike Forret
University of Waikato

Scratching the Surface:  Using Scratch Programming to Enhance Learners’ Technological Literacy

10:30-12:30

Malcolm Howard
National Technology Facilitator Waikato University

Stepping up to Level 2 NCEA Digital Technology Programme Planning

10:30-12:30

Andrea Robertson, University of Otago

Web 2 Tools in the Classroom

10:30-12:30

Dr Lara Matia-Merino and Paul Turner, Massey University

Dipping into Chocolate

10:30-12:30

Farra Engineering

Farra Engineering Ltd. offer access equipment, engineering design, fabrication systems, competitive engineering solutions and access control systems to the areas around Dunedin, Otago.

1:00-1:30

Lunch Break

Time

Presenter(s)

Title

1:30-2:30

Lynne Newell Futureintech Facilitator; 
Jess Chaloner, Mechanical Engineer at Farra Fabrication;
Phil Jackson, Software Writer at ADinstruments; Stuart Dickerson, food technologist from Cadbury’s

2:30-3:30

Kevin Meyer
H.O.F. Technology, Otumoetai College, Tauranga
NZ President NZGTTA

Sketching in Technology

2:30-3:30

Paul Neveldsen
National Technology Facilitator Auckland University

Strategies for Teaching Nature and Knowledge at Level 1 and 2 or the curriculum

2:30-3:30

Baydon Harris
St. Hilda’s Collegiate

ICT Supporting Student Portfolios and Reflection

2:30-3:30

Abbad Almutairi
University of Canterbury

Technology Education in Primary Schools of New Zealand and Saudi Arabia:  A Comparative Study

3:30-4:00

Niall Dinning,
Ministry of Education

Conference Closing Address