Author Archives: corney
Keynote – Brad Waid
Changing tools – From scroll to book What would our students share about their learning? Are we preparing them for ‘Their Future’ or for ‘Our Future’? Example of Cargo Bot. The relationship is what’s important; tools keep changing. The changing … Continue reading
World without order – Citizenship through Minecraft
Campbell Potter shared his use of Minecraft with Y9 Social Studies classes. I’ve experimented with this in the past but haven’t got past the intricacies of setting this up with multiple platforms and paid for accounts. Here the technical setup … Continue reading
The innovation stream – interdisciplinary innovation at Howick College
Student’s choose to go into Innovation Stream (other options are Sport in Education, Learning Support etc) Focus on the 6 C’s which is the content. Context are the subjects e.g. Maths, Science etc. Similar structure to TBC’s Inquiry programme (15/25 … Continue reading
GetGame: Fostering collaborative learning in a gameful context
Workshop notes Presented by Bron Stuckey Link to collaborative notes and collaborative slides Examples of games: Anatomy Arcade Breakout EDU Resource Wars: A game involving maths (geometry & money), relationships, fine motor skills, economics and nuclear annihilation. EPIC Academy: teacher gamified … Continue reading
Keynote by Eric Mazur-Innovating education to educate innovators
Lecturing hasn’t changed much in hundreds of years. Transmission. Delivering information. But knowledge is something that has to be constructed in the brains of the learners. The process of learning: Transfer of information (in class) Assimilation of the information (out … Continue reading
