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Holiday programmes are a fun way to keep kids engaged in activity. I had the opportunity to do a couple and learnt a lot.

MIT App Inventor for Year 7 – 10

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September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 admin No comments

We had the privilege to host Karen Lang, Business and Education Development Manager for MIT App Inventor, MIT, Boston. Two workshops, one in Wairarapa and […]

XR workshop summary – an opportunity for a student holiday programme in AR, VR, MR ( 6 mins reading time)

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March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 admin No comments

It gives me great pleasure to report back from the recent, exciting XR workshop that was organised by Craig Anslow, professor at Victoria University of […]

Robotics and AR as a combined activity

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March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 admin No comments

Recently we had the opportunity to run a STEM workshop at a biannual warplanes event called Wings over Wairarapa in Masterton NZ. There were about […]

Microbit Electric Garden

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October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin No comments

The Microbit is a very versatile little computing module. You can learn how to code using the device, while also using it as an interface […]

3D printing pen for fast prototyping in the classroom

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July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 admin No comments

3D printing models in the classroom takes ages. Especially if your students decide to make some complex shapes which takes long hours to complete, so […]

Teaching Programming with a plan and pedagogy

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July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 admin No comments

I have been doing a course ( https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/secondary-programming-pedagogy) which reminded me about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of teaching programming; keeping the students at the center […]