Nice software to make instructional videos; but you could easily get the entire Adobe suite and do a lot more for the price. Definitely not for classroom teachers.
Games in Education and Intro to Virtual Reality spaces
This blog post has two videos; Games in Education by Simon McCallum and Intro to VR by Byron Mallett, both aimed at teachers in high school teaching digital technologies.
Outreach in Space!
Not literally. But maybe someday. After learning about World Space Week (https://www.worldspaceweek.org/) in August, I thought an outreach event on this theme was calling, especially […]
Cybersecurity 101 – An intro for high school students
30 students from 15 colleges attended the Cybersecurity 101 day held at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington this week. As part of my […]
Holiday programmes
Holiday programmes are a fun way to keep kids engaged in activity. I had the opportunity to do a couple and learnt a lot.
Robotics and AR as a combined activity
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
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 […]
MIT App Inventor for Year 7 – 10
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 […]
3D printing pen for fast prototyping in the classroom
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
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 […]
CS Education – SubTopics
While doing my Mobile CS principles course on EdX, I came across a number of topics that could be covered in CS Ed which teachers […]
Final Project for Mobile CS principles course
Project Title: Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Mobile CSP edition Elevator Pitch: This is a quiz app based around the popular quiz show, […]