Digital Technologies

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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Using Microsoft PowerPoint to create Flipped videos and improve workflow

Creating Flipped Videos in Microsoft PowerPoint allows for greater accessibility and smoother workflow for flipped educators. An exciting development in ...
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What is your understanding of literacy in the digital age?

As teachers we all know that literacy (and numeracy, but I’m not touching on that in this post) is the ...
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Use PowerPoint animations to make an object appear and disappear

This week I saw a great question on an online forum relating to Microsoft PowerPoint. The question asked how to ...
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The Ever Changing Role in Digital Leadership (Kotter Model unpacked)

The Ever Changing Role in Digital Leadership cont’d This blog continues on from the Overview - https://www.iwb.net.au/the-ever-changing-role-in-digital-leadership/ Create – sense ...
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Bringing it all together: Literacy, ICTs and the 21st Century Skills

Literacy, 21st Century Skills, ICTs and a Common Pedagogical Framework. These four seem to be flavours of the month in ...
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Using social media for assessments

I sat in a taxi in Sydney last year, on my way to indulge in another large helping of steamed ...
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Creating powerful learning in mathematics

T Rex Meets R2D2 - using research and digital technology to create change in mathematics and STEM Lora Bance - ...
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Perks of a Flipped Primary Classroom

"Perks of a Flipped Primary Classroom - You can do it too!" Written by Matt Burns There are some teachers ...
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