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Real Concepts in a Virtual World

In 2018 my class was lucky to be a part of a Channel Nine article showcasing the New Minecraft EDU ...
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The Ever-Changing Role in Digital Leadership (Mentoring and Coaching)

This blog is the follow on from https://www.iwb.net.au/the-ever-changing-role-in-digital-leadership-kotter-model-unpacked/ and https://www.iwb.net.au/the-ever-changing-role-in-digital-leadership/ Mentoring and Coaching In my previous blogpost, I took you ...
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Learning: Blended? Online? Face to Face? – The importance of pedagogy before technology in a digital landscape

Many schools are introducing or improving their online offerings in the K-12 education space. Whilst online and blended programs have ...
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Can I hack it? A reflection on designing digital solutions to authentic problems

Written by my colleague, Megan Tubb I didn’t realise I’d been hacked! After 12 years of teaching highly structured units ...
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Teaching skills for an unpredictable future

written by Adrian Camm Globalisation and the accelerating rate of technological development provide new and unparalleled opportunities for the evolution ...
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Over the edge…transforming teachers with mind-body PL

“Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It’s too high!COME TO THE EDGE!And they came,and he pushed,and they flew.” ...
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Tinkering and Music

‘I would teach children music, physics and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the ...
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Promoting engagement and more importantly retention of girls in STEM

To reshape and better up skill the future workforce, the focus must begin with education, as “STEM education underpins innovation ...
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STEAM In The Family

One of the problems we have in education at the moment is that the curriculum in some areas is developing ...
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Technology for inclusion with diverse learners

Are the learning opportunities you are providing in your learning spaces enabling the students with additional needs to succeed, have ...
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Digital tool smashing – Learning can include more than APP smashing!

So, your class has mastered Book Creator for writing a story to share with a real audience, they rock at ...
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Droning In The Classroom

If we are to believe futurist Thomas Frey, drones will become the most disruptive technology in human history. To be ...
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Barefoot Learner Capabilities: How we are developing competencies for the real world

As with many educators I have grappled with the purpose of assessment for some time. It often feels as though ...
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Innovation and Creativity…IMO

I don’t know about you, but I have seen this before. I have been this before. It’s an easy trap ...
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Abandoning ‘The Age of Manufacture’ concept: How collaboration works for learners and teachers.

In his book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, (2009) Ken Robinson writes “Students are educated in batches, ...
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Innovation in Action (Rapid Prototyping)

Rapid Prototyping......Moving from our presentation on Teaching Innovation to the practical of Innovation in the Classroom, cuts into many areas ...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in school education: are you ready for it? *

Interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Australian schools is growing. More educators are participating in important exchanges ...
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Use curiosity to reach every student!

I have always been attracted to unusual things. When I see something that looks interesting to me, I always try ...
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Use gamification to reach every student!

As teachers, we hope that all students are engaged during the whole class period. However, for most of the time, ...
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Could Flipped Learning Be as Effective as One-To-One Tutoring?

Written by Steve Griffiths In 1984 Benjamin Bloom wrote an academic paper that reported on research comparing student achievement under ...
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Saving Swimmers in the Flipping Pool

It has occurred to me that some days I am like the pool lifeguard, in a flipping pool. I'm up ...
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Leadership actions matter: step three

This post is a continuation of step one and step two published earlier. Today’s world is increasingly complex and fast-paced. ...
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3 Quick Ways to Increase the Digital Technology Count in Your School

Here are 3 Quick Ways to Increase the Digital Technology Count in Your School, in Response to Amanda Taylor's comment ...
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Gamification 1st Edition: How we gamified our classroom

Acknowledgements When we started we didn't have much of a roadmap and we relied a lot on journal articles, blog ...
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Does the lightboard improve learning? The first empirical research.

I am pleased to report on the first peer-reviewed research investigating video learning using the lightboard. I have been eagerly ...
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Google Apps to platform flipped learning – hyperdocs

Hyperdocs are a functional, practical and efficient way to deliver resources to students and have them create, collaborate and research ...
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Getting from the Good Stuff to the Great Stuff: Flipping high school Mathematics to liberate time for Group Space collaborative problem solving.

My current Year Nine Maths class (MAT091A) must be like many around Australia. It’s very mixed. It has all sorts ...
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