Coding in the Junior Library
Computers touch our lives in so many ways, from movies to medicine, education to entertainment, gaming to government, construction to commerce. Computers and Digital...
Making with Grandparents
Today was Grandparents Day and our Year 6 students brought their grandparents into our Junior Library MakerSpace Zone to 'make' together. The girls challenged...
Books for a Makerspace
Throughout this blog I have referred to many books which give ideas on how to incorporate a Makerspace within a school environment. I thought...
Hour of Code 2015
Wow! What a great way to lead into our 'Hour of Code' with the whole Junior School. After a very successful event last year...
History in the MakerSpace Zone
During semester two I have been teaching history to Year 6 students. Following the Australian curriculum these were the focus questions we addressed:
Focus Questions...
Playing with robotics
Our Code Club has grown into Robotics and Code Club! During the last school holidays I spent two days sorting out all the Mindstorm NXT pieces and...
Prototyping with LittleBits
We were fortunate to visit and participate in a workshop prototyping a device supporting an age-friendly city using LittleBits at The Cube, QUT
"An age-friendly...
Bye 2015, Hello 2016
2015 was a fabulously busy and successful year for our "makerspace'. We saw many students challenging themselves to create projects, solve problems and try new...
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...
TeachTechPlay : Playback
I’m inspired and all set to hit Term 2 with more ideas after spending the last two days at the annual TeachTechPlay Conference at...