KLA’s in our Makerspace
The tools and resources available to students in our library makerspace enable our students to design, create, build and have fun on projects of...
Guest blog: Investigate & Create
Just as students grow and learn by working with their peers, so do teachers! How fortunate to be able to work with Deb Koh,...
Inspiring Feedback
Wow! I received an uplifting email today about my blog and I immediately had to get back to posting! I have been a little...
Conferences
Over the last month I have had the huge honour of speaking at three conferences. The first was Innovation in Education Festival in Brisbane....
Let’s Talk Technology in the Classroom!
The Australian Curriculum: Technologies describes two distinct but related subjects:
Design and Technologies, in which students use design thinking and technologies to generate and produce...
Innovation Sports: STEM Punk
This year seven girls from Year 6, 7 & 8 participated in STEM Punk's Minecraft competition held in Ipswich. Innovation Sports competition brought together...
Resourcing a Junior Makerspace
Throughout my blog I have spoken about materials available in our space to stimulate making in the Makerspace. Sometimes the making and creating comes from literature,...
TechMate Term 4 2020
One of my favourite events each term is TechMates!
The evening is for girls from Grade 4 - 6 to invite a significant male in...
Robots to Teach Coding – Part 1 (K – 2)
“Everyone should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think”
Steve Jobs
Learning to code really does make ‘thinking’ happen!...
STEM Across the Curriculum
STEM is an approach to learning that integrates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Through STEM, students develop key skills including:...