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Agri-tech Education and Innovation

Locality: Rockhampton, Queensland

Phone: +61 405 824 112

Address: Ibis Avenue 4702 Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

Website: http://agri-techeducation.com/

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25.01.2022 We would like to introduce our new project: RACE Gippsland, a three-year project funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. RACE Gippsland will be supported by the Gippsland LLENs, GippsDairy, VegNET (@Hort Innovation) and TAFE Gippsland. RACE - Gippsland will deliver a range of hands-on, interactive and engaging activities to primary and secondary students focused on building student capacity in STEM, digital technologies, agribusiness, manufacturing ...and food and fibre concepts. The first two events for RACE-Gippsland are coming up and if you’re a teacher, student or working in the food and fibre industry in Gippsland we’d love for you to attend! WEBINAR 1 - Overview of RACE Gippsland Project - Thursday 3rd December 1:00pm-1:45pm AEDT WEBINAR 2 - Social Entrepreneurship in Gippsland schools - Friday 4th December 1:00pm-1:45pm AEDT READ MORE HERE: http://racegippsland.com/ To attend the webinars email [email protected]

23.01.2022 Students from The Rockhampton Grammar School got a crash course from CQUniversity Australia's Nick Corbet in how to use the TSI system at Belmont Research Station yesterday. The grass is lovely and green for the Belmont cattle following recent rain - hopefully there is more to come!

22.01.2022 Agr-tech teaching module available online Women in Agri-tech program participant Mel Campbell from Orange High School developed a teaching module around ‘Ask Bill’, a web based software program that helps producers make decisions. Ask Bill provides timely and accurate predictions of sheep wellbeing and productivity using weather, stock and pasture information to sheep producers across Australia. ... Mel’s interactive and engaging module which introduces Ask Bill and assesses students knowledge is now available online, along with many others, here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

20.01.2022 You can find all of our projects in one place on our brand website now Check out http://agri-techeducation.com/

19.01.2022 GPS cows is going ONLINE - it will be similar to the face to face course except the training will be delivered live online over two afternoons GPS cows Stage 4 Technology Mandatory (3:30 PM on Wednesday August 12 and Thursday August 13) GPS cows Advanced Stage 5 Agriculture (3:330 PM Wednesday August 19 and Thursday August 20)... *Free for NSW DET school teachers Register online via myPL

19.01.2022 Day 1 of the Gippsland ADAPT virtual symposium was held this morning, where Gippsland students heard from scientists, farmers and climate experts about how local food and fibre producers are adapting to climate change. Terrific participation by all! The Gippsland ADAPT project is an initiative of Food & Fibre Gippsland and CQUniversity Australia, funded by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. For more information, and to register, head to http://gippslandadapt.com/

17.01.2022 GPS cows Advanced ... goes online! Thanks to our cohort of teachers who participated in GPS cows - Stage 5 Agriculture over the past two nights, especially as we did lots of excel skills over zoom! NSW Department of Education

17.01.2022 HSC Agriculture teachers. Have you seen the new resources on the NSW Department of Education's HSC hub? Check out Jaime and Amy from CQUniversity Australia taking you through how to analyse a research paper! Resources and transcripts are also available https://hschub.nsw.edu.au/tas-courses/agriculture-hsc

17.01.2022 Looking for a moooooving practical experience for your class? Sam Jarrett from Mount View High School has developed a learning module using RFID eartags in sheep and cattle to generate data which students then collect and use. Sam was one of the participants in our 2019 Women in Agri-Tech program and you can get her module, and many more, online: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

16.01.2022 $4000 worth of prizes up for grabs and the chance to connect with some fantastic agricultural businesses! The AgriEducate Essay Competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from **all disciplines** to write about how their knowledge and skills could be applied to solve a challenge in agriculture. Entries close 20th September 2020... Find out more at https://agrieducate.com/essay-competition/

13.01.2022 An increasing amount of on-farm decision making is being done using technology these days. One of our Women in Agri-Tech alumni Emma O’Shea from Faith Lutheran College has developed a teaching module so you can introduce data collection, processing and decision making to your class. The module uses the FarmBrite platform and walks students through the importance of data and how to collect and use it.... You can download Emma’s module, and others, here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

13.01.2022 Thinking about doing a PhD? Here's a great opportunity using the high resolution research grade sensor systems developed here at CQUniversity Australia:

12.01.2022 What better start to spring, than for the ewes to be shorn Anyone in Central Queensland with sheep, we cannot recommend Cam highly enough!

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Australia's Women in STEM Ambassador on the launch of Future You, a new initiative for children 8-12 and parents and carers, to raise awareness of the endless possibilities STEM careers offer! Check out their website www.womeninstem.org.au/futureyou #FutureYouSTEM

10.01.2022 An interesting article by Gerard Murphy who was a mentor in our GIPPYAg BrainSTEM Program. Do you think the ongoing COVID situation has created an opportunity for people to consider a career transition to agriculture? Food & Fibre Gippsland The Paper - South Gippsland news

09.01.2022 Calling agriculture and science teachers: are you looking for an engaging way to introduce your class to precision ag? Well, Women in Agri-tech 2019 program participant and Winnaleah District High School teacher Keeley Lester has done the hard work for you. Keeley’s module is online now and will walk your class through a practical experience of how precision ag works and why farmers use it. ... Students will be using a platform called Pasture.io to understand and allocate pasture. You can access Keeley’s module, and others, here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

09.01.2022 Have you got grass at your school? If you answered ‘yes’ then you’ve got the most important resource for Chelsea Dahlenburg’s ‘Measuring pasture and FOO’ teaching module. ‘What is FOO’ I hear you ask?! FOO is ‘Food On Offer’ which measurement farmers use determine how many cattle they can graze on a pasture and for how long. ... Farmers use a range of methods to determine FOO including some pretty cool satellite mapping technology. This technology can be used on any pasture including your school oval! If this sounds like something your science or agriculture class would be interested you can download Chelsea’s module and others here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

09.01.2022 Check out the winners of our Women in Agri-Tech Pitch Competition starring in Sheep Central Alstonville High School

08.01.2022 New ag-tech teaching modules to introduce food and fibre, as well as cutting edge technology, into your classroom are available now. Anne Frazer from Timboon P-12 in Victoria is one of the tech-savvy teachers who was selected to participate in the 2019 Women in Agri-tech Program. Anne designed a learning module for her science students that investigated how weather data is used by farmers to improve their crops. ... You can download all the resources needed to teach this unit and others here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

07.01.2022 Interested in smart tags? Find out more and some of the misconceptions at Elders online event with CQUniversity Australia’s Mark Trotter on September 30 from 5.30pm Registration link in the article below

07.01.2022 Do you like to see your teaching make a difference outside the classroom? Noni Gabb from Ballarat Grammar School developed teaching module using DataFarming for her class as a part of our 2019 Women in Agri-Tech program. Noni says students have been taking what they learned home to help their parents as well as applying their knew knowledge on the school farm. ... This module is now available online, along with many others, here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

07.01.2022 GPS cows ... goes online! Thanks to our first cohort of teachers who participated in GPS cows - Stage 4 Technology Mandatory over the past two nights. NSW Department of Education

06.01.2022 Embracing agri-tech in the classroom If you’ve put off introducing technology to your agriculture or science classrooms now is the time to take the plunge. Sue Pratt from Balaklava High School was one of our 2019 Women in Agri-Tech program participants and she has developed a program using soil moisture probes to generate data that students then use. ... Sue’s module, and many others, are now on online ready for you to download and use: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

05.01.2022 Your must read of the week is our Women in Agri-Tech Best Practice Guide - Improving participation in the future of farming for Effective Engagement Between Teachers and the Agricultural Industry Read it here: http://agri-techeducation.com/media/

04.01.2022 Want to get your students buzzing with excitement? Here’s a new teaching module designed by Bel House from Margaret River Senior High School who completed our 2019 Women in Agri-tech Program. Bel’s module shows students how to geolocate native bees using an app.... The lessons delve into the importance of bees to agriculture and how they can be tracked and protected using technology. The module details and resources as well of heaps of other agri-tech modules can be found here: https://womeninagri-tech.com/program-participants/

04.01.2022 There's an exciting Extension Officer job up for grabs at Queensland Agriculture. Read here for more info:

03.01.2022 ICMJ launches new podcast series with meat industry heavyweight The Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association (ICMJ) has released the first episode of its podcast series, ‘Chiller Room Secrets: the stories behind the Australian meat industry’s quest for perfection’. The podcast series aims shine a light on the interesting history and exciting opportunities of the meat industry by delving into the lives and careers of people working within the livestock and mea...t processing sector. The first episode features a conversation with one of the forefathers of the meat grading and judging programs in Australia, MLA Managing Director Jason Strong. DOWNLOAD from Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2XMoTUc or Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/2XLPqku Click here for more info on the ICMJ and what it does: https://icmj.com.au/

02.01.2022 Calling all primary school teachers in QLD - check out this new exciting project your students can participate in!

02.01.2022 From our work family to your family, have a merry Christmas and a relaxing festive break. We are excited to hopefully see you face-to-face, with lots of teacher, student and industry opportunities in 2021!

02.01.2022 Are you a student in Years 7-10 from the Gippsland region who is interested in: agriculture? environment? climate change?... all the above? If so, you should apply to be a part of the Gippsland ADAPT Climate Champions Program. Participants will be teamed up with their very own mentor to guide them through three virtual sessions digging into the causes of climate change and how Gippsland farmers are adapting to a changing climate. You’ll also get to visit your mentors farm to see adaptation firsthand! If this sounds like fun, head over to http://gippslandadapt.com/climate-champions-program/ and apply.

02.01.2022 EXCITING NEWS You can now download the Women in Agri-Tech resources from our website! They were written by the participants of the Women in Agri-Tech Project, held in 2019 to foster a strong network of female teachers into becoming leaders in digital literacy, STEM and entrepreneurship in regional, rural and remote areas.... The modules can be used in a range of classroom settings across Australia, from science to mathematics and, of course, agriculture. READ MORE HERE: https://www.cqu.edu.au//free-online-agri-tech-teaching-mod