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World without order – Citizenship through Minecraft

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corney

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 →

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The innovation stream – interdisciplinary innovation at Howick College

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corney

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 →

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GetGame: Fostering collaborative learning in a gameful context

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corney

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 →

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Keynote by Eric Mazur-Innovating education to educate innovators

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corney

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 →

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CLA Leading Change workshop

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corney

When it rains, it pours for PL in Tauranga. This is the second session this week put on by CORE education. Hosted at Tahatai Coast School, we started being welcomed at a brief powhiri by a group of students (I managed … Continue reading →

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