Dr. James Curran1
1Chief Executive Officer, Grok Academy
In this talk, I will present the latest version of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and the Digital Literacy capability (v9, released last April), including the substantial increase in content on cyber security and privacy. I will also report on the latest changes to senior (Year 11-12) computing subjects around the country.
I will introduce Next Gen Grok, a wide-ranging project to build a next-generation interactive learning environment and content from kindergarten to tertiary computer science, and how CS (education) academics can collaborate on this project – the first opportunity being the Digital Technologies curriculum workshop at the end of ACSW.
Biography:
Dr. James Curran is the CEO of Grok Academy, a charity that combines Grok Learning and the Australian Computing Academy from the University of Sydney, where James was an Associate Professor in Computer Science.
Grok Academy’s mission is to educate all learners in transformative computing skills, knowledge, and dispositions, empowering them to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the future.
James is Director of the National Computer Science School, the largest computer science school outreach program in Australia. Last year, over 22,500 students and teachers participate in the 5-week NCSS Challenge.
James was a writer on the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and consults with curriculum authorities around Australia. In 2014, James was named ICT Leader of the Year by the ICT Educators of NSW and the Australian Council for Computers in Education.