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: 160 " Food, Tech & Science Combined! " Comments 0 Podcast: PancakeBot with Miguel Valenzuela Ben Newsome May 12, 2023 Podcast Edtech STEM digital technologies Pancakes! Say that word and students and adults alike can't help but smile. PancakeBot is an amazing tool to teach a love of STEM in its purest form and creator & founder Miguel Valenzuela drops by to describe how this is being used in many schools to teach about food... Read More Listen Episode: 124 " Make it student centred! " Comments 0 Podcast: Teaching digital technologies with Russell Cairns Ben Newsome June 7, 2021 Edtech Robotics Teaching primary education Meet Russell Cairns, an amazingly energetic primary digital technologies teacher with a real flair for getting things done. 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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
Pancakes! Say that word and students and adults alike can't help but smile. PancakeBot is an amazing tool to teach a love of STEM in its purest form and creator & founder Miguel Valenzuela drops by to describe how this is being used in many schools to teach about food...
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!
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