Using Apps on the iPad for Making
Next week I'll be running a winter session for ICT Pedagogy over 5 days for third and fourh year pre-service teachers at Griffith University....
“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...
Why ‘Making’ needs to be part of the School Curriculum.
After spending the last couple of years researching the Maker Movement and providing space within our Junior School library for a Makerspace I have...
Awesome Automatons!
TechMate Evening Term 2 challenged our participants to design and make an automaton. The girls, along with their significant male, planned, sorted materials and...
Inviting the girls to make…
During the next term in Library skills the girls were learning how to find topics in the non-fiction area of the library so I...
Sharing at PEIC Computational Thinking Conference
We were fortunate to share our journey and some fun activities at a regional conference held in Port Macquarie. Keynote speakers were Dr Rebecca...
TechMates created with Hydraulics!
TechMate is held once a term for our girls from Grade 4 – 6 to come along with a significant male in their life...
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...
Creating with CoSPaces and Metaverse
VR and AR enhances learning experiences for students. If you have used either of these realities, you will most certainly agree. Different subjects can...
Lively Learning with CSER
I have raved about CSER MOOC's (massive open online course) many times throughout my blog. Now I'm excited to share more amazing resources 'The Computer Science...