Podcast: Virtual Excursions Australia Follow Us: Comments 0 Virtual Excursions Australia About Sadly distance education is now the new normal for at least the next few months. We chat with Karen Player, co-founder of Virtual Excursions Australia and founder of Sydney Science Education, to find out just what is available for schools, libraries, community groups and more in terms of live interactive classes that are educational, linked with curriculum and presented in alignment with global best practice. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Virtual Excursions Australia Virtual Excursions Australia (VEA) is a collaborative network of video conferencing providers from across the country including; arts, science and education organisations. Created in 2012 by Karen Player, Stephen Bancroft and Ben Newsome, Virtual Excursions Australia has for years acted as a platform to discuss and share best practice between distance education specialists, hardware and software vendors and the booking hubs that bring these online interactive programs to schools, libraries and more. Importantly, Virtual Excursions Australia enables learners across Australia to have access to high quality innovative educational content that is informed by leaders in distance education. https://twitter.com/vcexcursions 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: 5 " Creating STEM links across NSW! " Comments 0 Citizen science & entrepreneurial thinking in STEM Ben Newsome June 13, 2017 Edchat Education Events Podcasts Scicomm STEM Teaching Inspiring Australia is a federally funded Australian program that works to increase engagement and interest in the sciences through sharing ideas, events and stories created by educators, researchers, and science communicators. Jackie Randles is the Manager of Inspiring Australia NSW and is heavily involved in helping science events, regional science... Read More Listen Episode: 43 " Challenging stereotypes in science! " Comments 0 How Scienceability challenges stereotypes Ben Newsome March 5, 2018 Edchat Education Kids Podcasts Teaching Meet Siân Keys, an educator with a passion for breaking down barriers. On this episode you'll discover why she formed Scienceability, an organisation that challenges the traditional ideas of 'who does science' by empowering people with intellectual disabilities to lead science classes for the public during National Science Week. Read More Listen Love Science? Subscribe! Join our newsletter Receive more lesson plans and fun science ideas. Calendar of Events Featured Article Fizzics wins Australian Small Business Champion Award for Education Services! Topics Apps [11] Agriculture [3] Art [13] Augmented Reality [4] AussieED [1] Awards [10] Big History [1] Biology [34] Books [1] China [1] Churchill Fellowship [19] Cleveland [1] Club [4] Coding [12] Cooking [3] Dinosaurs [6] Distance Education [45] Eastershow [2] Edchat [220] Edtech [60] Education [169] Educhange [5] Environment [27] Events [39] Farming [1] Food [2] Gaming [6] Gifted [7] History [3] Indigenous [3] Kids [33] Kids Parties [5] Kitchen Chemistry [6] Maker Space [11] Maths [8] Media [17] Museums [30] Music [1] NASA [6] National Science Week [2] Outdoors [29] Outreach [32] Ozscied [2] Podcasts [116] Pop Culture [4] Preschool [22] Remote Education [14] Robotics [8] Safety [2] Scicomm [129] Scied [34] Science [4] Science News [4] Social Media [7] Soils [1] Space Science [15] Sport [7] STEM [175] Teaching [215] Television [2] Toys & Gadgets [1] Video Conferencing [38] Virtual Excursions [7] Edutech [24] Distance Learning [17] primary education [31] literacy [4] secondary education [24] Christmas [1] experiments [5] seasonal [1] competitions [7] careers [4] Physics [3] Chemistry [2] design thinking [6] project-based learning [5] family [3] Inclusive education [3] Classroom management [1] Student encouragement [2] STEAM [4] Higher education [2] teacher [0] Vacation care [1] middle school [1] Artificial Intelligence [1] Sustainability [2] UN SDGs [2] Global [1] International [1] Chinese student visits [1] Science & Technology Camps [1] Design [2] Oceans [1] video conference [1] online [3] virtual [1] Child online safety [1] dis [0] Film [1] Inquiry-based learning [4] List [1] Student investigation [2] collaboration [1] K to 2 education [1] Photography [1] Load More Topics
Sadly distance education is now the new normal for at least the next few months. We chat with Karen Player, co-founder of Virtual Excursions Australia and founder of Sydney Science Education, to find out just what is available for schools, libraries, community groups and more in terms of live interactive classes that are educational, linked with curriculum and presented in alignment with global best practice. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Virtual Excursions Australia Virtual Excursions Australia (VEA) is a collaborative network of video conferencing providers from across the country including; arts, science and education organisations. Created in 2012 by Karen Player, Stephen Bancroft and Ben Newsome, Virtual Excursions Australia has for years acted as a platform to discuss and share best practice between distance education specialists, hardware and software vendors and the booking hubs that bring these online interactive programs to schools, libraries and more. Importantly, Virtual Excursions Australia enables learners across Australia to have access to high quality innovative educational content that is informed by leaders in distance education. https://twitter.com/vcexcursions
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
Inspiring Australia is a federally funded Australian program that works to increase engagement and interest in the sciences through sharing ideas, events and stories created by educators, researchers, and science communicators. Jackie Randles is the Manager of Inspiring Australia NSW and is heavily involved in helping science events, regional science...
Meet Siân Keys, an educator with a passion for breaking down barriers. On this episode you'll discover why she formed Scienceability, an organisation that challenges the traditional ideas of 'who does science' by empowering people with intellectual disabilities to lead science classes for the public during National Science Week.
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