Podcast: Teaching technology in primary school with Karl Easton Follow Us: Comments 0 Podcast: Teaching technology in primary school with Karl Easton About We chat with Karl Easton, a passionate digital technologies teacher with a flair for connecting students with the real world. So many ideas given by Karl for helping students make real connections with STEM to life! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Karl Easton Karl with his long time friend and collaborator Russell Cairns Karl is a passionate K-6 teacher who revels in motivating, educating and informing his students. He specializes in all things digital; from coding to robotics to VR and AR and AI! Karl believes we are all lifelong learners and that we all need to step out of our comfort zones; as nothing grows in a comfort zone! A previous life in the Health & Fitness Industry saw him cover a number of positions of management starting with Revesby Workers Club and finishing with Fitness First. He also tutored for New South Wales University on Recreational Facility management. A sea change some fifteen years ago saw him step over to the education precinct. Noted for not sitting still for too long..in 2017 he made the shift to full-time Digital Technologies teaching and presenting. Further links Kellyville Ridge Public School / VR / Quakers Hill Nursing Home. ‘Make Robots Great Again’. TeachMeet. Museums Discovery Centre. Sydney. 2019 With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome Other Episodes Episode: 26 " Inspiring leaders! " Comments 0 Code like a Girl Ben Newsome November 5, 2017 Edchat Edtech Kids Podcasts STEM Coding Ally Watson co-founded Code like a Girl after experiencing first-hand the barriers women have in the male-dominated computer science and developer industry. Code like a Girl aims to change the playing field, with a strong focus on mentoring girls in coding and computational thinking in a creative environment that sparks... Read More Listen Episode: 1 " Helping preschoolers learn! " Comments 0 Why establishing science clubs for preschoolers works Ben Newsome May 26, 2017 Podcasts Preschool STEM Teaching Edchat Maker Space Museums Outreach Adam Selinger from the Children’s Discovery Museum in Wollongong discusses why establishing science clubs in libraries for children under 5 years old through the Little Bang Discovery Club has been such a success. 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We chat with Karl Easton, a passionate digital technologies teacher with a flair for connecting students with the real world. So many ideas given by Karl for helping students make real connections with STEM to life! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Karl Easton Karl with his long time friend and collaborator Russell Cairns Karl is a passionate K-6 teacher who revels in motivating, educating and informing his students. He specializes in all things digital; from coding to robotics to VR and AR and AI! Karl believes we are all lifelong learners and that we all need to step out of our comfort zones; as nothing grows in a comfort zone! A previous life in the Health & Fitness Industry saw him cover a number of positions of management starting with Revesby Workers Club and finishing with Fitness First. He also tutored for New South Wales University on Recreational Facility management. A sea change some fifteen years ago saw him step over to the education precinct. Noted for not sitting still for too long..in 2017 he made the shift to full-time Digital Technologies teaching and presenting. Further links Kellyville Ridge Public School / VR / Quakers Hill Nursing Home. ‘Make Robots Great Again’. TeachMeet. Museums Discovery Centre. Sydney. 2019
With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome
Ally Watson co-founded Code like a Girl after experiencing first-hand the barriers women have in the male-dominated computer science and developer industry. Code like a Girl aims to change the playing field, with a strong focus on mentoring girls in coding and computational thinking in a creative environment that sparks...
Adam Selinger from the Children’s Discovery Museum in Wollongong discusses why establishing science clubs in libraries for children under 5 years old through the Little Bang Discovery Club has been such a success. We also chat about the importance of allowing kids to guide their own learning and experience failures...
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