Now speaking at @indigitek is @waynedenning on his biggest influences for innovation. His grandmother Winnie and inventor David Unaipon.pic.twitter.com/AuOq90g7J0
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I'm at @indigitek event at @Google! @nanciaguivarra and @waynedenning will be speaking.
Derek Harte from Google currently speaking on importance of diversity on innovation and importance of #Indigenous talent to the future of tech.pic.twitter.com/r9uIgm0OTL
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Carbon Creative started with the Sesame Street music video starring Jessica Mauboy (below), then moved into TV production, and now focuses largely on advertising, especially social issues such as domestic violence & health.
@waynedenning speaking at@indigitekpic.twitter.com/eemh2RmtnSShow this thread -
http://STEM.I.AM is a Carbon Creative initiative to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children into
#STEM. Important to make them active creators & especially make tech accessible to kids in remote and regional areas.@waynedenning@indigitekpic.twitter.com/2AOxoLoT1G
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Now speaking
@nanciaguivarra Chief Marketing Officer at Stronger Smarter Institute. Her career began in the early 1980s as a computer programmer/ engineer, encouraged by her father - a labourer and unionist.@indigitek#stemwomenpic.twitter.com/DhzQO69Rjm
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In 1983,
@nanciaguivarra was in Year 12, and had already written her first computer program, to automate staff payments at her after school job! The same year she got an internship at her city council working with large computers (similar model to this picture).#stemwomenpic.twitter.com/X5V6ZFUwYP
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After completing a physical education degree (STEM focused),
@nanciaguivarra worked as a tech trainer in government (Aboriginal Affairs). Years later, she became a radio producer and then a web editor and developer. She's now in marketing.@indigitek#stemwomenShow this thread -
Stronger Smarter works with teachers to improve learning delivery & outcomes for Indigenous children. They focus on positive approaches rather than a deficit frame. E.g. Affirm Indigenous identity & perspectives in curriculum.
@nanciaguivarra at@indigitek#stemwomenpic.twitter.com/xtARRTumyj
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Even for teachers who may not be teaching Indigenous children, all classrooms should use
#Indigenous knowledges everyday. It would help connect them with this Country & learn more about history, culture & innovation.@nanciaguivarra@indigitek#stemwomenShow this thread -
Stronger Smarter Institute believes that higher expectations in the classroom is a two-way street. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children shouldn't have to leave their culture at the door. Teachers should respect
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Oh my goddess, I won a Google Home Mini for being the 41st person to register for the event! Thanks
@indigitek (and randomly generated numbers).
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