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#AISDigiSTEM17 conference 23-24 October 2017 The 2017 conference for Association of Independent schools focussed on future applications for technology. One theme was drones. Dr Catherine Ball was the keynote on Day 1 and spoke of future applications for drones and gender equity in education Jackie Slaviero and Bob ran a workshop on Drone safety and regulations. Summary of the Drone Workshop with Jackie Slaviero and Bob Carpenter from One Giant Leap Australia https://twitter.com/JackieSlav http://onegiantleapaustralia.com/ WHS and Legislation CASA owns the airspace from the grass up Can’t fly over people ever Drone must be in visual line of sight at all times unaided - no goggles Must be 30m away from people and buildings Only fly one drone at a time Must not fly if within 5.5km from all airport or airstrip or helipad as of 20/10/17 Must not fly near emergency operations or somewhere with public safety. Public schools students under Year...

What are your plans? Ada Lovelace is truely cross curricula, her father was a poet, she studied maths and science and she is credited with being the first programmer before there were computers to be programmed.  Why Ada Lovelace Day Matters. Who is Ada Lovelace? Source Did you know Lord Byron the poet only had one legitimate a daughter? Her name Ada Lovelace Byron. His wife -  Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron ,  only tolerated his philandering ways for a short while and left him when Ada was 8 weeks old. Lady Anne had Ada tutored in Maths and Science so she was not go the way of her father. Ada went on to study Advanced mathematics at a time when women did not study mathematics or go to university. At 17, Ada went on to work with Charles Babbage who is credited with inventing the first programmable computer.  Ada was later asked to translate an article on Babbage's analytical engine that had been written by Italian engineer Luig...