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Creating Vr Using Tour Creator

7 May, 2020
This term I’ve been working with Year 5 creating Google Sites for their Science and Technology unit on animal adaptations. Each class was commissioned to conduct important research for the CSIRO where they would discover and document an Australasian animal. At the end of term their…
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10 Tips For Building Google Sites With Students

10 Tips For Building Google Sites With Students

23 April, 2020
It’s been an exciting start to the term for our Year 5 students, commencing a unit of work on animal adaptations as part of the Science and Technology syllabus. I set the context for the project with an animation I created using PowToon. In the video…
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Interview With Education Hq

9 April, 2020
In less than a month EduTECH will take place at the International Conference Centre Sydney. This congress and exhibition runs from the 5-7th June and is an incredible opportunity for educators from around the globe to see the latest in technology and innovation. I had the…
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Teaching Direction Using Scratch Coding

26 March, 2020
As part of the NSW Science and Technology Syllabus, students must learn skills in visual coding. Primary students need to describe and follow a sequence of steps to solve problems using visual programming language. Visual coding involves computational thinking. The process of computational thinking requires students…
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Educreations Screencasts

27 February, 2020
A screencast is a video of data with accompanying audio. Screencasts are an incredibly powerful tool for gaining insight into a student’s understanding and thinking across the curriculum. Screencasts can be created by students of all ages from Kindergarten to Year 12. They can also be used…
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Puppet Pals Animations

13 February, 2020
It has been an exciting start to the year returning to a teaching role focused on innovation. This term I have the privilege of working with Years 1-4 on ICT integration, assisting teachers with finding powerful apps, websites and software that facilitate deep learning. When planning…
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Teaching Direction Using Scratch Coding

Digital Technologies Nsw Syllabus

30 January, 2020
This year I have returned to work part time having taking maternity leave to look after my daughter. I am currently working two days a week as Primary School Innovation Teacher at Emanuel School. My role is two fold. Firstly I am teaching visual coding and…
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Stem Gender Trends

12 September, 2019
Teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is critical in order to equip students for the future workforce. ‘Australia needs a STEM capable workforce if we are going to continue to prosper in an increasingly complex and competitive world’ (PwC 2016). STEM is more than body…
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Inspiring Digital Natives Through Ict Competitions

19 July, 2018
The students that we teach are digital natives. They live in a media-saturated world where they are surrounded by computers, videogames, digital music players, cell phones and other tools of the digital age. Digital natives are adept at multi tasking, rapidly receive information, favour graphics over text…
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10 Tips And 5 Ideas For Podcasting With Students

5 July, 2018
A podcast is an audio file that is distributed via the internet for downloading or streaming. Podcasts often have a radio talk show style and can range from being informative to purely entertainment. Podcasts are a great resource as they provide an immense library of free and original content…
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