Gold Coast

GOLD COAST CHAPTER

The Gold Coast Chapter supports the professional development for teachers and technologies leaders, on the extended Gold Coast from Beenleigh in the north to Coolangatta in the south.

QSITE Gold Coast Chapter

The QSITE Gold Coast Chapter has been providing professional development and teacher support for over a decade and a half. We organise PD and Teachmeet events each term to meet the needs of educators within the local area. We also hold our annual EducateIT one day conference for teachers and school leaders in Technologies.

We welcome contact from all Gold Coast (and beyond) teachers, IT managers and support staff to our meetings, workshops, TeachMeets and events.

Please check our calendar events below and join our goldcoast@qsite.edu.au email list below to be updated on our upcoming events. It is not necessary to be a QSITE member to participate in our discussions and most events.

Communication

President: Jason Zagami

Secretary/Treasurer: Jenni Fewtrell

Robotics Co-ordinator: Ronelle Allen

Committee Members: Dean Cobler

Contact the Chapter – goldcoast@qsite.edu.au

Click the button below to join our Gold Coast Chapter Email List.

Gold Coast Blog

Introduction: In the realm of digital technologies and coding education, finding the right tool to engage learners can be challenging. Enter the micro:bit – a small, versatile and powerful device that has revolutionised the way educators teach coding and digital literacy. In this blog post,......

Despite Technologies being part of the Australian Curriculum since its first draft in 2010, its different aspects may still cause confusion for some. This is especially true in understanding the difference between Digital Technologies and Digital Literacy (known as ICT Capability prior to Australian Curriculum......

Upcoming Gold Coast Events

Gold Coast Term 4 TeachMeet

Gold Coast Libraries Helensvale Lindfield Rd & Sir John Overall Dr, Helensvale, QLD, Australia

You are invited to join us at our Term 4 TeachMeet for 2024. It will be an afternoon of conversations and ideas around teaching with technologies. TeachMeets provide a casual platform for educators to engage in professional learning and networking, where they can come together...

Educate IT Gold Coast one day Conference

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Engineering Drive, Southport, Queensland, Australia

QSIT Gold Coast Chapter, in conjunction with EducateIT and Griffith University Gold Coast, will hold its annual one day Conference on Saturday 23rd November 2024. Please bookmark this date and get ready to enjoy a day of learning and networking for teachers and leaders in...

ACCE Webinar: Press B to Belong

Via Zoom , Australia

Press B to Belong Join us for an engaging webinar as part of the ACCE Webinar Series (https://acce.edu.au/about-acce/) This is the second in the ACCE Webinar Series and is hosted by DLTV on Tuesday, 15th October at 6pm (AEST) or 7pm (Daylight saving time). Presenters...

Get Tickets Free – $20.00

Unpacking Digital Solutions 2025 – Townsville

Townsville Castle Hill, Qld, Australia

This is a 2 day workshop comparing the 2019 and 2025 Digital Solutions syllabus, unpacking the new syllabus and developing teaching plans and assessment with your colleagues. The workshops will be facilitated by Richard Kelly, teacher of Digital Solutions and Head of Department Digital Technologies...

Gold Coast Term 4 TeachMeet

Gold Coast Libraries Helensvale Lindfield Rd & Sir John Overall Dr, Helensvale, QLD, Australia

You are invited to join us at our Term 4 TeachMeet for 2024. It will be an afternoon of conversations and ideas around teaching with technologies. TeachMeets provide a casual platform for educators to engage in professional learning and networking, where they can come together...

Educate IT Gold Coast one day Conference

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Engineering Drive, Southport, Queensland, Australia

QSIT Gold Coast Chapter, in conjunction with EducateIT and Griffith University Gold Coast, will hold its annual one day Conference on Saturday 23rd November 2024. Please bookmark this date and get ready to enjoy a day of learning and networking for teachers and leaders in...

By Sandra Amoore (Qsite Treasurer/Secretary) Did you know that QSITE was once called the Computer Education Group of Queensland? The first edition of the Quick journal...

CEGQ is the acronym for the Computer Education Group of Queensland; a professional association “formed to foster interest in computer education among teachers and the general community,...

By Tricia Lonergan Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a global positioning system (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.
by Mark Holland, FNQ Sparkey loves Robotics…… and so do many local schools in Far North Queensland. Each year, QSITE Far North Queensland Chapter organises and sponsors three different events for local students to pit their robotics skills against each other in the spirit of shared technology and friendship.  These events are Sumo Robotics, the Robotics Grand Prix and the ever popular Far North version of RoboCup.
by Michelle Williams
I wish to use this issue of QUICK to remind QSITE members about what constitutes Life Membership of QSITE. Definitions distort over time and history’s intent is often lost as successive Boards of QSITE reinvent policy, as they should. Life membership has not changed in its intent and value, so I feel safe in reiterating the core ideas of the award to both remind the Board and inform the membership.