Early Childhood Education Professional Development

Workshops That Move You Forward—One Success Step at a Time

• Price: $20 AUD per month (Cancel anytime)

Looking for early childhood professional development that leads to real change—not just certificates? These workshops are more than just technology courses for teachers—they’re carefully designed to help you progress through a clear, supported path. Each one builds your knowledge, strengthens your practice, and guides you from simply using technology to confidently integrating it in meaningful, developmentally appropriate ways. Whether you're just getting started or ready to transform your approach, every workshop moves you forward with purpose.

Harness the Potential of Technology in Early Childhood Education Today (Full Course)

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

10 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.6.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2, 5.1.2

Workshop Description:
This comprehensive workshop equips you with the core knowledge, tools, and confidence to integrate digital technology in ECE. You'll explore the key concepts that underpin quality tech integration—including ICT capability, age-appropriate tools, inclusion, STEM, and digital creativity.

What You’ll Take Away:

• A strong foundation in ICT pedagogies and developmental appropriateness

• Strategies for creating inclusive, engaging digital learning experiences

• Hands-on planning, implementation, and assessment tools

• Confidence to observe, adapt, and reflect on your digital teaching practices

Where this takes you as a member:
This is the ideal PD to begin your journey through the Awareness and Adoption stages of the Success Path. Many educators join the membership after this workshop to access ready-made lesson plans, use the workbook to reflect on outcomes, and get peer support through the Academy’s professional community.

It’s the perfect starting point to turn PD learning into everyday teaching practice—supported by the tools that guide you every step of the way.

Intentional Teaching and Learning witn ICT in ECE

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 1.5.2, 2.2.2, 2.6.2, 3.2.2, 3.5.2

Workshop Description:
This session focuses on how to plan for learning experiences that explicitly integrate ICT. You’ll explore ways to introduce relevant digital vocabulary, scaffold digital thinking, and support shared intentional play—all while keeping children's needs at the centre.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Planning strategies to make your ICT teaching intentional, not incidental

• New vocabulary and prompts to guide children’s digital learning

• Ideas to co-construct knowledge and explore technology collaboratively

• A clearer view of how ICT supports long-term learning outcomes

Want to see how this grows in practice?
Educators who complete this session often join the ICT in Education Teacher Academy to access scaffolded lesson plans and templates that make intentional teaching more consistent. You'll also gain access to the Success Path, helping you self-assess and progress in digital pedagogy.

Start planning with intent—and use the membership to sustain that practice with support.

Observation and Documenting Digital Play-based Learning in ECE

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.2.2, 2.6.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2, 5.1.2, 5.3.2

Workshop Description:
In this session, you’ll learn how to observe, assess, and document children's digital learning dispositions during play. We’ll explore how to interpret meaningful evidence, monitor progress, and give timely feedback to support children’s thinking, confidence, and ICT capability.

What You’ll Take Away:

• A clear process for observing and documenting digital learning

• Practical tools to track development in higher order thinking through ICT

• Examples of play-based activities you can assess using digital tools

• Understanding how to connect documentation to outcomes and next steps

Want to keep building?
This is where many members begin to transform how they plan and reflect. Inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, you'll get access to a full Assessment and Observation Toolkit—plus support in applying it to activities like Coding with Nature or Problem-Solving with Bee Bots.

You’ll walk away with confidence—and inside the membership, you’ll gain the structure to build a long-term cycle of observation, reflection, and planning.

Nurturing Creativity in Early Childhood Education

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.6.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
This workshop explores how to use digital technology to open up creative thinking and self-expression in early childhood. You’ll learn how to support divergent thinking through child-led play, open-ended tools, and developmentally appropriate digital media.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Hands-on strategies to support creativity through tech tools like Bee Bots, cameras, or drawing apps

• Examples of how to combine technology with music, art, and storytelling

• A deeper understanding of how creativity links to digital fluency

• Planning ideas that keep creativity purposeful, not random

How membership brings this to life:
Inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, members build on this workshop using lessons like Bee Bot Abstract Art, Digital Storytelling with Music, and Creative Nature Photography. You’ll also gain guidance on how to document and reflect on children's creative growth.

Start with inspiration—build consistency and confidence with membership.

How to Enhance Mathematics in Early Childhood Education with Technology?

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.5.2, 2.6.2, 3.4.2, 3.5.2

Workshop Description:
Discover how to use ICT tools to enhance numeracy development in early learning environments. This session is filled with playful, practical ways to support mathematical thinking through digital drawing tools, programmable toys, and interactive activities.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Ways to support patterning, counting, shape recognition, and sequencing with ICT

• Examples of technology-rich numeracy activities you can use right away

• An understanding of how ICT and math learning naturally overlap in play

• Practical tools for designing child-led math investigations

Extend your learning inside the membership:
The ICT in Education Teacher Academy gives you access to full digital math lessons like Creating Images with 2D Shapes, Roll a Shape and Trace It, and Bee Bot School Bus Math. Members use reflection tools to assess children's thinking—and their own.

This workshop is your creative start—membership helps you evolve digital math into a confident strength.

Digital Storytelling in Early Childhood Education

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.5.2, 2.6.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
This workshop will guide you in using digital storytelling tools to foster inclusive, meaningful language and literacy development in early childhood. You’ll learn how to support children in expressing themselves using photos, audio, and digital story apps, while also collecting real evidence of their participation and voice.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Ways to use technology to enhance oral language, narrative development, and collaboration

• Practical strategies to build resilience and connection through child-led storytelling

• Confidence in selecting developmentally appropriate tools like Book Creator or iMovie

• Examples of how to reflect on and document each child’s creative process

What Happens Next as a Member?
Many educators begin here, then join the ICT in Education Teacher Academy to access full activity plans like Outdoor Digital Storytelling and Digital Nature Walks. Inside the membership, you’ll also find planning templates and critical reflection prompts to help you assess both learning and wellbeing through storytelling.

This PD starts the journey—membership helps you embed and evolve digital storytelling into your everyday practice.

High Impact Teaching Strategies in ECE

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

1.5 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 2.6.2, 3.1.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
This short and powerful session shows you how to apply High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) in the context of digital learning in early childhood. You'll explore how to adapt these strategies to suit your children’s interests and learning goals while building a common language for reflective teaching.

What You’ll Take Away:

• A framework for planning and delivering high-impact digital learning

• Key strategies that boost intentional teaching and digital thinking

• A process to monitor your progress and measure what’s working

• The foundation to reflect meaningfully on teaching decisions

How it connects with membership:
Inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, this workshop becomes your launchpad for professional growth. Members use the Success Path and the planning workbook to track how they apply HITS over time—especially in lessons like Intentional Teaching with ICT or Using ICT to Promote Higher Order Thinking.

This workshop gives you the clarity—membership gives you the tools to master it.

Programming and Planning in Early Childhood Setting

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.6.2, 3.1.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
This workshop supports you to plan and implement both short- and long-term goals for digital learning in early childhood. You'll learn how to build a planning cycle that aligns with children's interests, knowledge, and abilities—while embedding ICT strategies that strengthen those capabilities.

What You’ll Take Away:

• A planning framework for integrating ICT intentionally and meaningfully

• Practical examples of using digital tools in both guided and play-based learning

• Confidence in identifying which strategies best support a child’s digital progression

• Insights into aligning digital experiences with your curriculum cycle

How it fits into the membership journey:
This workshop helps educators step into the Adaptation Stage of the Success Path—where they move from using digital tools reactively to planning proactively. Members access editable planning templates, EYLF-aligned lessons, and a workbook to track planning decisions and adjustments over time.

This is where your planning evolves—from basic programming to purposeful, child-led technology learning.

Problem-solving with ICT in ECE

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.6.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
Learn how to confidently teach problem-solving using digital tools in early learning settings. In this hands-on PD, you'll explore how to introduce technology in a way that helps children investigate, reflect, and persist through challenges. Whether you're using Bee Bots, touchscreen games, or computers, this session gives you strategies to make ICT a meaningful part of play-based learning.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Practical strategies for guiding children through trial-and-error using digital tools

• New ways to support logic, sequencing, and reasoning through simple tech-based tasks

• A toolkit of classroom examples you can implement straight away

• Understanding how problem-solving fits into EYLF and technology capability

Want to go further after the workshop?
Many educators start here—and then join the ICT in Education Teacher Academy to access matching lesson plans like Drawing with Programmable Toys and Adventure Coding Games. As a member, you also receive planning templates and observation guides to track how children apply problem-solving over time.

This workshop supports your journey from introducing digital tools to confidently adapting them for real learning.

Technology and Language Development in Preschool: Where to start?

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.1.2, 2.6.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
This foundational PD is designed for educators starting their journey with ICT in language-rich learning. You’ll explore how to use available technology to support communication, storytelling, vocabulary development, and digital interaction.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Strategies to enhance children’s communication with digital tools

• A range of practical activities to embed tech into literacy and language learning

• Understanding how to support non-verbal learners or ESL students with visual and audio tools

• A strong foundation in how ICT can support inclusive, multimodal learning

Looking for next steps?
This is often the first step for many who join the ICT in Education Teacher Academy. Once inside, members access structured lesson plans and explore follow-up ideas like Bee Bot Language Games, Voice Recording with Digital Journals, or QR Storytelling Walks.

This PD helps you begin—with the membership supporting your ongoing growth.

How to teach computers to Preschoolers?

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.6.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
In this session, you’ll learn how to intentionally introduce computers to young children through playful, purposeful activities. Whether you have laptops, desktops, or tablets, this PD helps you teach digital literacy and motor coordination in age-appropriate ways.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Practical methods to teach computer parts, typing, clicking, and navigating

• Ideas for making computer use collaborative, safe, and meaningful

• Guidance for using drawing apps, interactive games, and child-led exploration

• New understanding of how early computer use supports communication, problem-solving, and creativity

Where can you build from here?
If you want to apply this learning with full support, the ICT in Education Teacher Academy includes matching lessons like Learning About Computers and Sorting Animals Digitally. Members use planning templates to document learning goals, then track children’s progress using guided observation pages.

This PD gives you the starting tools—membership gives you the structure to grow children’s ICT capability over time.

Using ICT to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

• Price: ICT in Education Teacher Academy

3 hours of PD | With Michael Hilkemeijer
Australian Professional Standards: 2.1.2, 2.6.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2

Workshop Description:
Move beyond basic ICT use and learn how to design digital experiences that challenge children to think deeply, make decisions, reflect, and create. This PD explores how to build higher order thinking through tools like Bee Bots, storytelling apps, coding tasks, and digital journals.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Strategies for using ICT to prompt prediction, reasoning, and evaluation

• Examples of activities where children create, design, and explain their thinking

• Practical guidance on setting up your learning environment to support deep thinking

• Clear links between digital tools and metacognitive development

What’s next after the session?
Many attendees go on to use lesson plans like Bee Bot Abstract Art, Outdoor Digital Storytelling, and Coding with Nature inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy. Members access the “Success Path” which helps them move from introducing thinking routines to embedding them deeply through ICT.

This workshop empowers your thinking—membership helps you extend it with planning tools, reflection prompts, and peer feedback.

Technology Courses for Teachers in ECE: What Makes the Right One Worth It?

Not all courses are created equal—especially when you want practical results in your early learning environment.

Early childhood educators searching for technology courses for teachers often feel overwhelmed. There are endless PD options promising “integration” and “confidence with ICT,” but few deliver actual, usable change in the classroom. The problem isn’t the lack of content—it’s the lack of support for implementation, observation, and reflection. This is where most courses fall short.

If you're an educator looking to make meaningful progress in digital learning and ICT capability, here's what to look for—and what sets the ICT in Education Teacher Academy apart.

What Should Technology Courses for Teachers Include?

Here’s What Educators Actually Learn by Doing

Instead of watching a video or clicking through a presentation, members of the Academy engage directly with practical lessons like:

• 🖥️ Learning About Computers: Children interact with a real computer or tablet, learning parts like the monitor and keyboard, while also practicing typing and using a mouse. [Includes EYLF 4.4, 3.2, 5.4]Learning about computers

• 🎤 Outdoor Digital Storytelling: Children use mobile devices to capture nature sounds and craft audio-based stories with Book Creator or iMovie—building ICT, collaboration, and communication skillsOutdoor digital storyte…

• 🧠 Problem-Solving with Bee Bots: From spelling their names to creating obstacle courses, children develop directional language, early coding skills, and collaborative thinkingBEEBOT~1

• 🔍 Augmented Reality Nature Walks: Using apps like Seek, children identify plants and insects, then record findings in digital journals—fostering inquiry, digital literacy, and science understandingAugmented Reality outdo…

Each activity includes step-by-step lesson plans, extension ideas, classroom differentiation, and observation guides. You won’t just “learn about” digital tools—you’ll teach with them.

A Different Kind of Technology Course for Teachers

The ICT in Education Teacher Academy is not just another online PD. It’s a professional learning membership where technology integration is designed for practical success, guided by:

• The Success Path: a clear, step-by-step framework guiding your growth from basic adoption to confident innovation.

• A downloadable workbook: helps you plan, observe, reflect, and document your progress.

• The Wisdom Tool and community hub: get real answers and support from fellow educators already implementing digital learning activities.

You’ll have the confidence to use technology in developmentally appropriate ways—and the evidence to show it.

Are you ready to stop watching and start doing?

If you're looking for technology courses for teachers that support early childhood development with hands-on, creative, and curriculum-aligned learning—you're in the right place.

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Why Focus on ICT in Early Childhood Education?

In the early years, children are naturally curious and eager to explore. Integrating technology into your teaching can:

• Enhance learning experiences through interactive and engaging tools.

• Support the development of foundational skills like problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity.

• Foster digital literacy, preparing young learners for a tech-driven world.

However, many early childhood educators face challenges, such as limited resources, lack of time, and uncertainty about age-appropriate technology use. The ICT in Education Teacher Academy is here to help you overcome these obstacles.

Tailored Workshops for Early Childhood Educators

Our academy offers exclusive workshops focused on early childhood education professional development. These workshops are:

• Hands-On and Practical: Learn how to integrate ICT tools and strategies that align with developmental milestones and curriculum goals.

• Led by Experts: Gain insights from early childhood education specialists who understand the unique needs of young learners.

• Flexible and Accessible: Participate at your own pace, with recordings available for on-demand viewing.

Ready-Made Resources to Save You Time

We know your time is valuable. That’s why our membership includes:

• Done-for-You Lesson Plans: Age-appropriate lesson plans with built-in learning goals to help you seamlessly integrate technology into your classroom.

• Activity Ideas: Fun and engaging activities designed to promote active learning and digital literacy.

• Guidance on Available Tools: Practical advice on using the technology you already have in meaningful ways.

Reflective and Measurable Growth

As part of your membership, you’ll receive a customizable workbook to track your progress and reflect on your journey. This ensures that your professional development is not only impactful but also tailored to your specific needs and goals.

Join a Supportive Community of Educators

When you become a member of the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, you’re not just accessing resources—you’re joining a vibrant community of like-minded educators. Share ideas, ask questions, and collaborate with peers from around the world who are also passionate about early childhood education and technology integration.

Affordable Professional Development

Investing in your professional growth has never been easier. For just $20 AUD per month or $200 AUD per year (with two months free), you gain access to:

• Expert-led workshops.

• Ready-made resources and lesson plans.

• A supportive and collaborative community.

Start Your Journey Today

Early childhood education professional development is the key to creating a tech-savvy and engaging learning environment for young learners. Join the ICT in Education Teacher Academy today and unlock the tools, strategies, and support you need to make a difference.

What Makes Online Training for Early Childhood Educators Actually Work?

Not all online training for early childhood educators leads to real growth. For many educators, the challenge isn’t finding training—it’s finding the kind that sticks. The kind that helps you plan with more confidence, apply with purpose, and actually see a shift in children’s learning.

In early education, professional learning must go beyond content delivery. It needs to support reflection, give you room to adapt ideas to your unique setting, and most importantly—recognise that growth takes time. That's why high-quality online training isn't just about watching a video. It's about helping you take the next step in your teaching practice.

That’s the approach taken inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, where workshops aren’t just stand-alone. Each one is part of a pathway—designed to build your digital confidence and capability over time. And because the training is flexible and fully online, you can start when you’re ready and revisit ideas when they matter most.

So if you’ve been searching for online training for early childhood educators that actually supports your professional journey—not just your PD hours—consider this your invitation to learn differently. It’s not about doing more. It’s about doing what works, with the right support behind you.

Why Membership Makes More Sense Than One-Off PD

When considering the cost of professional development for teachers, it’s not just about the price—it’s about what you walk away with. A workshop might offer inspiration, and a free seminar might be engaging—but without the tools to implement what you've learned, that momentum often fades.

The ICT in Education Teacher Academy gives you more than ideas—it gives you structure, support, and progress.

For just $20/month or $200/year, you get access to:

• All early childhood professional development workshops

• A full library of EYLF-aligned digital lesson plans

• The member-exclusive planning and observation workbook

• The Success Path to track your growth

• Ongoing support from a professional learning community

The annual plan gives you 2 months free—an instant saving of $40—and a full year to build, apply, and reflect without needing to keep signing up.

It’s not about doing more PD. It’s about doing it better—with tools that move you forward.