3D Printing and HTML & CSS
Students observed the structures in their immediate environment, both natural and man-made. Using Splat3D the students experimented drawing 3D shapes and then building on...
Exciting Recent Events
I have been excited and encouraged by a few things which have happened recently. I was asked to write an article about Makerspaces...
Building a Computer?…….Yes!
A small group of girls have been busy this term following a blueprint to build a computer in our Makerspace. I gave the girls a 'Piper Computer...
Sharing the journey….
Megan and I were invited to present our introduction of 'MakerSpaces' into our library at SLAQ Creating Future Libraries Conference, October 2014. Our ideas, structure and...
Technology in Today’s Classroom to Inspire Ideas
When your like-minded colleague and friend, Anne Weaver, suggests a PD workshop on a Saturday morning in the holidays of course you say YES!...
Rube Goldberg Machine Creators!
TechMate evenings are for girls from Grade 4 – Grade 6 to invite a significant male in their lives to join them for an...
“An Oldie but a Goodie”
Five or six years ago I was involved in a research project with Griffith University looking at the impact of ‘games in education’, in-particular...
Students Inspired by an Innovator
A great way to be inspired by others is to meet and talk. STEMies Club students started the year with an inspirational presentation from Dr James Fielding,...
STEM Punk Innovation Sports Competition
Innovation Sports is an Australian first competition that brings together Design Thinking, Creativity and Technology in a sporting environment with Minecraft as the building...
Adding to our Space
Our MakerSpace Zone is really establishing itself. The girls are using the equipment and trying new ideas and projects. The method of introducing concepts...