TER #173 - Social Emotional Learning with Lorea Martinez - 10 June 2021 by Teachers' Education Review Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

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TER #173 - Social Emotional Learning with Lorea Martinez - 10 June 2021

Meet Russell Cairns, an amazingly energetic primary digital technologies teacher with a real flair for getting things done. From teaching robotics to over 900 students a week at his school through to driving change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces, Russell is making a huge difference in helping people discover & adopt Edtech in their classrooms. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Russell Cairns Currently Rusty is developing a range of community-based STEM opportunities to nurture underrepresented students in coding, robotics, making and experiential learning through play and hybrid delivery of programs with LEGO, VEX, Dash and Micro:bit robotics. He delivers webinars, have presented at EduTech and many other conferences, judged Young Scientist, Inventors and Creators competitions and are piloting new tools for digital feedback and to empower student voice. He believes computational thinking and robotics when employed in classrooms makes coding more tangible. He encourages all educators should be active innovators in technology-infused classrooms. Russel’s wish is to see schools transform into places of student wonder where a creative and innovative growth mindset is celebrated. he is a real champion of student voice and always focuses learning on real-world, authentic problems centred around students interests and enriched by the 6 C's NSWICTE Leader of the Year Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Wonder Squad Robotics Coach Sphero Lead Educator Maker Empire 3D Learning Ambassador co-creator of STEAMing in the Hills Piloted a Girls in STEAM, Hybrid Robotics competition with 12 metropolitan and regional Schools, using free demo kits, remote teacher training, student video submissions, engineering drawing journals and showcase Currently exploring hybrid and virtual remote robotics platforms such as Kais Clan, VEX VR, Wonder workshop Class connect and Block 42 World for AR and ED prototyping. Coding ambassador for Osmo Play Sphero and KoddyBlock interactive education platforms. Working with learning content providers Tynker Jnr, Tynker Pro, Education Perfect and ClickView, Rusty enrolled all students in online science, mathematics and computational thinking competitions and activities to supplement other content. About the FizzicsEd Podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teaching digital technologies with Russell Cairns

Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about: In this episode we share a win at school with an indigenous program at our nation’s peak STEM body, CSIRO.    We delve into Mastery Learning and Education Systems, particularly around the online platform setup by Sal Khan. We also look at the   In another win for the Aboriginal Australians we discuss the modern usage of Aboriginal pedagogy in the classroom at Higher Education levels and High School. Also, why it’s important to value our culture … but you know, that’s obvious.   We also look at some listener feedback and the icky feelings data can leave. We looked at the #Edureading article that lined up so well accidentally with podcast 132   Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire Steven Levitt   Episode 22. Sal Khan: “If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People.”   The ‘doublethink’ of data: educational performativity and the field of schooling practices by Ian Hardy and Steven Lewis   Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation 

Episode 133: Sad Teacher Daddy

Peps McCrea speaks about his phenomenal book, 'Motivated Teaching', and the ideas therein that hold promise for teachers around the world trying to motivate their students! Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

ERRR #054. Peps McCrea on Motivating Students

Hey in this episode Pete (@mr_van_w) and Shawtima (@shawtimasmiles) talk about: Thinking Routines (Headlines) and how they've adapted them to suit what they want to do in the classroom. We talk ever so briefly about the authoritarian rise of the Flipped Teacher in an article from Times Higher Education. We talk in more depth about the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning that is going on at Pete’s school - The Central West Leadership Academy. This is from the book Dive into Deep Learning: Tools for Engagement (non-affiliate link - as if they’d pay us). Then Shawtima gets real misogynistic, and focuses on the work of a dude while talking about a book written primarily by a female educator (Lynn D Sharratt) and other work by Michael Fullan. To be fair, Pete was mostly distracted by what he thought was Shawtima’s insane Trad ramblings of rankings but then it all came good. Also, join Pete on Pokemon GO! His trainer number is 1783 2412 6146. For real, do it. He plays and sends gifts daily. Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation, it really really helps us keep this regular. Stay Shiny Pony Boy!

TTT Episode 132: Not Pretty, But Pretty Useful

TER #172 - Citizenship Education with Keith Heggart - 26 May 2021 by Teachers' Education Review Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

TER #172 - Citizenship Education with Keith Heggart - 26 May 2021

Find out about FEAST, a interactive STEM program developed by OzHarvest that combines nutrition, food waste and sustainability in a curriculum ready package for Australian primary schools. We chat with Amelia Berner, OzHarvest’s FEAST Program Manager to learn more! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About the OzHarvest FEAST program FEAST runs for 7-10 weeks and is a STEM project-based learning program focusing on food and fibre and the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability. The program teaches kids about sustainability, food waste and nutrition using hands-on cooking and inquiry-based learning. The culmination of the program is the ‘School Cookbook’ which brings to life everything the students have learnt about food waste and healthy eating. The program encourages students to influence their whole school community by hosting a Cookbook launch and sharing their knowledge on the topic. Funding is available for eligible schools to sign up to the FEAST program and make a lasting, impact within their school community. Schools signing up will receive a curriculum package, kitchen kits to make cooking in the classroom easy, access to the online portal for teachers and students and accredited teacher training. For more information visit www.ozharvest.org/feast FEAST in Action video: https://youtu.be/F1R74U1Z99k Video of School Cookbook Launch at QLD school https://youtu.be/6-OaL8Pi5HA How FEAST addresses the Sustainable Development Goals https://youtu.be/va27wJmIZ9w FEAST photos can be found HERE. To sign up to FEAST: https://education.ozharvest.org/register-your-school/ OzHarvest Education Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/OzHarvestEdu About the Amelia Berner Amelia is OzHarvest’s FEAST Program Manager and has a passion for nutrition and environmental education stems from a decade of experience as High School TAS teacher and working as a practicing nutritionist. This enabled her to develop the FEAST education program that ensures all children have the ability to learn where food comes from, how it is prepared sustainably and not waste it. About the FizzicsEd Podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OzHarvest FEAST program

Pete (@mr_van_w) is back with the original Shiny Educator, Shawtima (@ShawtimaSmiles).  It's time to introduce some changes, to the podcast but also not really. Mostly, it's the same nonsense you already love. Pete and Shawti are talking about all sorts of stuff in this episode. For example, Dungeons and Dragons in schools for students who are either neurodivergent or need social skills.  We also cover Student Leadership, and getting kids good. Also we @JoelBSperanza); Courtney (@ComfortDisturb) and Rich (@cambourne26)  #StayshinyPonyBoy #KissthehomiesGoodnight Visit our website: https://www.catfish.education/ Email us feedback or suggestions: catfisheducation@gmail.com  Read Pete's blog: https://mrvanw.com/ Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/CatfishEducation Buy some merch:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/CatfishEd/explore

TTT Episode 131: ADHD Squared

TER #171 - Australian Curriculum Review with Stewart Riddle - 13 May 2021 by Teachers' Education Review Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

TER #171 - Australian Curriculum Review with Stewart Riddle - 13 May 2021

Discovcer how your school can replicate an experiment on the International Space Station with ExoLab in your school as we chat with Ted Tagami, User Advisory Committee - Education Chair at ISS US National Laboratory & co-founder of Magnitude! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About ExoLab ExoLab is a science experiment where students from across the world compare their results with an identical growth chamber on the International Space Station. Schools have the opportunity to use the same equipment used on the ISS to give students an opportunity to participate in real-time research in a connected global school community. Students collect and analyze data to identify the optimal combination of legume, bacteria, and soil to produce nodulation in the harsh environment of the space. They engage in experimental design, data collection and analysis, writing and revising hypotheses, and communicating about what they’ve learned using evidence from their experiments. Direct curriculum outcomes for high school Guided by experienced educators from Fizzics Education & Magnitude. Available globally for schools The experiments are initiated on the ISS in accordance with resupply missions. This allows for multiple experiments per year, giving options on when to align the classroom experiment with the ISS experiment. Students look for relationships between the environmental conditions, including the effect of microgravity on the growth of living things in general. Further links Australian high schools Australian primary schools For schools around the world About Ted Tagami Having built and sold his first dotcom in the 1990’s, Ted has been building Internet relationships since 1994. With leading work at Knight Ridder Digital and global brand experience at digital agency Millions of Us, Ted brings a unique perspective to modern experiential learning through the implementation of science and engineering based on the Next Generation Science Standards. Further link Twitter About the FizzicsEd podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join ExoLab - An ISS Project for Schools with Magnitude

Discover how your school can replicate an experiment on the International Space Station with ExoLab in your school as we chat with Ted Tagami, User Advisory Committee - Education Chair at ISS US National Laboratory & co-founder of Magnitude! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About ExoLab ExoLab is a science experiment where students from across the world compare their results with an identical growth chamber on the International Space Station. Schools have the opportunity to use the same equipment used on the ISS to give students an opportunity to participate in real-time research in a connected global school community. Students collect and analyze data to identify the optimal combination of legume, bacteria, and soil to produce nodulation in the harsh environment of the space. They engage in experimental design, data collection and analysis, writing and revising hypotheses, and communicating about what they’ve learned using evidence from their experiments. Direct curriculum outcomes for high school Guided by experienced educators from Fizzics Education & Magnitude. Available globally for schools The experiments are initiated on the ISS in accordance with resupply missions. This allows for multiple experiments per year, giving options on when to align the classroom experiment with the ISS experiment. Students look for relationships between the environmental conditions, including the effect of microgravity on the growth of living things in general. Further links Australian high schools Australian primary schools For schools around the world About Ted Tagami Having built and sold his first dotcom in the 1990’s, Ted has been building Internet relationships since 1994. With leading work at Knight Ridder Digital and global brand experience at digital agency Millions of Us, Ted brings a unique perspective to modern experiential learning through the implementation of science and engineering based on the Next Generation Science Standards. Further link Twitter About the FizzicsEd podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Ollie discuss the power of speech to shape culture and, specifically, how assemblies can be used to develop a school's ethos. Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

ERRR #053. James Handscombe on Assemblies and Ethos

TER #170 - Communities of Practice with J McDonald and B Mercieca - 28 April 2021 by Teachers' Education Review Want to learn about teaching and education in Australia?

TER #170 - Communities of Practice with J McDonald and B Mercieca - 28 April 2021

Be inspired as we chat with Maree Timms, founder of Digital Technologies Advisory Committee Wangaratta. DTAC Wangaratta helps students across the region & beyond connect with STEM in a variety of ways! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About DTAC Wangaratta The Digital Technologies Advisory Committee is a collection of organisations and individuals who are working hard to fix the problem our region is facing with Digital Inclusion. it started as a collaboration between the NE Tracks LLEN ( Local Learning and Employment Network), Local GOTAFE & Charles Sturt University. When DTAC commence in 2016, the local Digital Inclusion score was 43.8. In the most recent report they've shot past the 50% mark with a new scoring of 50.8 - an increase of 7%! (By comparison Melbourne moved from 62.5% to 63.6% in the same period). In Maree's words: We do our own teacher workshops, and now collaborations for regional workshops with DLTV ( Digital Learning & Teaching Victoria, STAV Science teachers association, MAV maths teachers association & OZgrav at Swinburne) Also a big focus is “girls in STEM” – we have had a number of these workshops including one of the coolest, where we have had FORD engineers travel to Wangaratta to work with our local girls. Last year with COVID put a bit of a halt on things, but we have created another partnership with One Giant Leap Australia Foundation, who have many cool space projects. The Kibo Challenge, seeds in space program – check out their website for more info. "The formation of DTAC has to sit high up there with creating change and innovation in our community. We would never had thought we would have achieved all this.  There has been so many wonderful outcomes." Further link www.DTAC.zone About Maree Timms Maree grew up in Wangaratta and attended Monash University, becoming a science teacher & started teaching in 1986 in a very multicultural school. At 25 years old she taught in Turkey for 10 months and then backpacked across a variety of countries during a 2.5 year period. She moved to the Northern Territory to teach at Taminmin College for 4 years followed by Gunbalanya Community School for 10 years in Arnhemland where she "learnt more than I ever taught!!". She returned to Wangaratta following this and has now been teaching at Galen Catholic College for past 14 years. In her words... I’ve had way too many cool things happen in my teaching career. Taking a group of students from Humpty Doo ( Taminmin College) to Open the National Science week way back in 1994’s at Parliament house. Infront of Dr Karl Kruszelnickii!!  We created the Taminmin Magic Science Show! Taking a group of Indigenous kids ( Gunbalanya) to the Paralympic Games for the whole two weeks Taking a group of Indigenous Kids/parents and Elders ( Gunbalanya) to accept an award for a Claymation we created to Melbourne. ( It won NT film of the year!!)  https://vimeo.com/139298727 Winning the right to represent Australia at the VEX Worlds Robotics Championships, in 2018, 2019 and 2020 ( we couldn’t go in 2020) Being invited to have lunch with the Lead Scientist of Victoria in her office – with our robotics team Winning the Right to represent Australia in the 1st Kibo Challenge 2020 and see our student's code control NASA’s Astrobee robot on the ISS. ** I still don’t know how to code…or build robots – but have taken teams to the highest level – I gather good allies/colleagues that have the skills I don’t have and compliment mine. And kids who are willing to learn and have a go and teach themselves!!  They are the YouTube and online forum generation!! I coordinate, facilitate, and “hammer’ them on the communication, teamwork, organisation skills that helps to lead them to success Further links STEM Map (Dr Amanda Caples)  -  https://djpr.vic.gov.au/victorias-lead-scientist/stem-map Girls in STEM Map (Dr Amanda Caples) - https://djpr.vic.gov.au/victorias-lead-scientist/women-and-girls-in-stem-map Superstars of STEM: https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/superstars-of-stem/ One Giant Leap Foundation, Kibo Challenge #2 – taking entries now: https://kiboaustralia.com.au/ VEX Robotics:  https://www.vexrobotics.com/education Connecting to a LLEN network: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/llens.aspx About the FizzicsEd podcast Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practise & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON ) http://www.aeon.net.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maree Timms & DTAC Wangaratta

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