FamilyBookform with Carey Furze Follow Us: Comments 0 Podcast: FamilyBookform with Carey Furze About We chat with Carey Furze, founder of FamilyBookform, a handy educational technology tool that helps students create books from recordings that they make. Plenty of uses for the science classroom too! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Carey Furze Carey has spent the last 30 years living and working around the world, in writing, property, and business roles. Originally from New Zealand, she’s lived & worked in NZ, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, San Francisco & Sydney. About FamiylBookform The evolution of writing & communication. Instead of a blank page, our dashboard scaffolds students’ inquiry learning, where they interview others and all content is automatically formatted into published books, funded by communities. Adhering to Universal design Learning frameworks for the ‘Why, What, How’ of student learning. Students have agency to personalize & differentiate their work and are proud to present their books of value to authentic audiences, who buy the books. Students follow templates & question prompts to speak into the page & interview others, using speech-to-text (any language) & collaboration, & all content is automatically formatted into a polished format. The ‘Communication for Connection’ activities generate oxytocin & an interest in learning. Students’ digital content enriches lessons and books can be graded, included in portfolios, gifted & sold for fundraising. https://familybookform.com/ 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! 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We chat with Carey Furze, founder of FamilyBookform, a handy educational technology tool that helps students create books from recordings that they make. Plenty of uses for the science classroom too! Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Carey Furze Carey has spent the last 30 years living and working around the world, in writing, property, and business roles. Originally from New Zealand, she’s lived & worked in NZ, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, San Francisco & Sydney. About FamiylBookform The evolution of writing & communication. Instead of a blank page, our dashboard scaffolds students’ inquiry learning, where they interview others and all content is automatically formatted into published books, funded by communities. Adhering to Universal design Learning frameworks for the ‘Why, What, How’ of student learning. Students have agency to personalize & differentiate their work and are proud to present their books of value to authentic audiences, who buy the books. Students follow templates & question prompts to speak into the page & interview others, using speech-to-text (any language) & collaboration, & all content is automatically formatted into a polished format. The ‘Communication for Connection’ activities generate oxytocin & an interest in learning. Students’ digital content enriches lessons and books can be graded, included in portfolios, gifted & sold for fundraising. https://familybookform.com/
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
Meet Russell Cairns, an amazingly energetic primary digital technologies teacher with a real flair for getting things done. From teaching robotics to over 900 students a week at his school through to driving change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces, Russell is making a huge difference!
Learn about Maths Inside and other opportunities as Assoc Prof Mary Coupland from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the UTS Faculty of Science.
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