School is back! As WA schools head into Term 3, even more students will engage with the CME Digital Technologies Program. With continued support from CME Members BHP, Chevron, Fortescue, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill, Woodside and Yara, during Term 2 more than 1000 students across 15 schools from Pre-Primary to Year 6 participated in the Automation Challenges.
Students engaged in a mix of online and offline activities, associating numeracy and literacy knowledge with digital technologies. Some 95 per cent of surveyed teachers could identify the relevance of the program content to real-world applications, and 100 per cent agreed the Challenge Kits supported by CME members helped students engage with the material.
Quick Stats:
- 28 teachers, 15 schools delivered the program during Semester 1, 2022
- 1106 students participated
- 93 per cent of schools with an Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage below 1000
CME’s Asta Morton, Project Coordinator Digital Technologies, recently attended the WA Data Science Innovation Hub Data Science for Business Conference & Exhibition. Discussions on the impact technology and machine learning has (and will have) on Generations Z and Alpha (born after 2013) reinforced why it is so important for today’s students to build skills in this area. As development of the Digital Technologies Program extends to high schools in 2023, students begin to understand the direct impact technologies are having and how these skills will be important in post-school pathways.
To find out how you can become involved, further information on the program can be found here: https://www.cmewa.com.au/digital-technologies-learning-program/
Contact: Asta Morton, Project Coordinator Digital Technologies
Email: a.morton@cmewa.com
