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Constructing Modern Knowledge Australia

The global standard in learning-by-doing educator professional development comes to Australia for the first time!

12 - 15 August, 2025 • Westbourne Grammar School

Welcome To CMK Australia!

Roots, Worlds, & Microworlds

The Constructing Modern Knowledge institute is a life-changing educational experience for PK-12 educators and academics. Participants enjoy 4 days immersed in remarkable cross-curricular project development with modern materials and supported by a world-class faculty. Conversations with inspirational guest speakers punctuate the event.

Why Attend CMK Australia?

Take off your teacher hat and put on your learner hat for a once-in-a-lifetime learning adventure sure to benefit your students for years to come.

Learning-by-Doing

Four luxurious days of learning through invention & collaboration.

Authentic PBL

Starting with the provocation, "What would you like to make?" educators often do the impossible and invent the future of education.

Top Speakers

Respected international experts join legendary Australians to inform, inspire, and celebrate the power of educators.

Cutting-Edge Technology

Computing, 3D printing, electronics, wearable circuits, robotics, AI, digital embroidery, micro:bits, and traditional craft materials join forces as a medium for thinking about thinking.

Unrivaled Professional Learning

There is simply no other professional event on earth like Constructing Modern Knowledge.

Since 2008, educators from around the globe have assembled at CMK for four intense days of learning-by-doing with a world-class faculty, mind-blowing guest speakers, cutting-edge technology, and a mountain of materials.

These educators often achieve the impossible and demonstrate the remarkable creativity, competence, and capability that may be found in classrooms. 

STEM • PBL • AI • ARTS • ROBOTICS • REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH • MAKING • 1:1 COMPUTING • CS

A life-changing experience

Join us and learn why some educators have returned to Constructing Modern Knowledge as many as ten times!

“We need something like Constructing Modern Knowledge in every town and village.”

Deborah Meier

MACARTHUR GENIUS AWARD-WINNING EDUCATOR & AUTHOR.

“If this is what learning can feel like, surely we all deserve to learn this way.”

Kelly Watson

GEELONG COLLEGE

Faculty & Guest Speakers!

The Constructing Modern Knowledge faculty is comprised of outstanding veteran educators with more than a decade's worth of experience leading CMK institutes in the United States

Expert guest speakers have been invited to provoke deep thinking and explore powerful ideas.

CMK FOUNDER & CEO

Gary Stager, Ph.D.

CMK CO-HOST

Sylvia Martinez

CMK FACULTY

Brian C. Smith

CMK FACULTY

TBA

GUEST SPEAKER

Jeff Richardson OAM

GUEST SPEAKER

David Loader OAM

GUEST SPEAKER

Anne Nelson

GUEST SPEAKER

Steve Costa

GUEST SPEAKER

Georgia Vabre

GUEST SPEAKER

TBA

CMK FACULTY

TBA

CMK FACULTY

TBA

Frequently Asked Questions

Constructing Modern Knowledge is intended for PK-12 educators and teacher educators of all subjects and experience levels.
 
We create a utopian culture where adult learners of all experience levels create, collaborate, and invent together.

The CMK model embraces heterogeneity and welcomes educators with lots and little technical fluency to learn together. You will be astonished by what can be accomplished and learned in just four days.

A playful attitude is far more essential than expertise at Constructing Modern Knowledge.

If you are concerned about your tech skills, we offer a pre-institute workshop, Introduction to Learning with Electronics, the day before the institute (11 August). During that workshop, you will develop the confidence to crush CMK.

No. Quality work takes time. CMK is not a conference. We sustain a community of practice that requires a commitment of four days.
 
Decades of experience suggests that four days of intense collaboration allows for successful project creation and the construction of insights into learning.

Absolutely not!

Education is growth and we are confident that every participant will learn with their colleagues at CMK. Experts will be challenged and newbies inspired!

After 15 years in the USA, this is the first time Constructing Modern Knowledge has been offered in Australia. There is no guarantee that the institute will be repeated in the future.
 
So, register today and ensure you don’t miss out.

Constructing Modern Knowledge Australia 2025 has the theme, “Roots, Worlds, and Microworlds.” This theme seeks to unify the guest speaker conversations rooting learning-by-doing, computing, and even artificial intelligence, in Piaget, progressive traditions, Papertian constructionism, and Australian ingenuity.

We will commemorate how Aussie educators invented 1:1 personal computing 35 years ago and celebrate how a state primary school brings the arts to life in an astonishing fashion.

All conversations, hands-on experiences, materials, daily lunch and morning tea are included in registration. You are responsible for travel, lodging, and additional meals.

Accomodation and travel advice is featured under the Venue & Lodging menu.

CMK at Westbourne Grammar is approximately 25km from the Melbourne CBD

Reserve Your Place Today

12-15 August 2025 @ Westbourne Grammar School - Truganina, Australia

4 fantastic days

$1,875 /person

Registration includes four day institute, guest speakers, all materials, lunch, and morning tea daily.

Our CMK Australia Hosts

Constructing Modern Knowledge Australia is a partnership with Westbourne Grammar School, Truganina, Victoria Australia

Institute Venue:

Westbourne Grammar School Truganina, Victoria, Australia

Address:

Andrew Park Pavillion
Westbourne Grammar School
300 Sayers Road
Truganina, Victoria Australia 3029 (03) 9731 9444

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