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: 19 " Supporting regional QLD! " Comments 0 Establishing a bone museum in regional QLD Ben Newsome September 17, 2017 Biology Edchat Education Museums Podcasts Scicomm STEM Teaching Meet Deb and Jaimie Cook, two highly motivated educators who are putting together the Gympie Bone Museum Project in QLD. This is on top of running two successful STEM businesses in Dissection Connection and RockHoundZ. So much science, so little time! Read More Listen Episode: 70 " Making learning fun! " Comments 0 Podcast: Gamification in the classroom Ben Newsome February 19, 2019 Edtech Education Gaming Podcasts STEM Teaching Learn about the positive impact gamification has had on everyday classroom experiences as well find out tips & tricks to get started! Read More Listen Love Science? Subscribe! Join our newsletter Receive more lesson plans and fun science ideas. Calendar of Events Featured Article CILC; the heart of North American distance learning 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 [43] Eastershow [2] Edchat [220] Edtech [60] Education [168] Educhange [5] Environment [27] Events [39] Farming [1] Food [2] Gaming [6] Gifted [6] History [3] Indigenous [3] Kids [32] Kids Parties [5] Kitchen Chemistry [6] Maker Space [11] Maths [7] Media [16] Museums [30] Music [1] NASA [6] National Science Week [2] Outdoors [29] Outreach [32] Ozscied [2] Podcasts [114] Pop Culture [4] Preschool [21] 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 [171] Teaching [214] Television [2] Toys & Gadgets [1] Video Conferencing [36] Virtual Excursions [7] Edutech [24] Distance Learning [15] primary education [31] literacy [3] secondary education [24] Christmas [1] experiments [5] seasonal [1] competitions [7] careers [3] Physics [3] Chemistry [2] design thinking [6] project-based learning [5] family [3] Inclusive education [3] Classroom management [1] Student encouragement [1] STEAM [3] 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 [2] virtual [1] Child online safety [1] dis [0] Film [1] Inquiry-based learning [2] List [1] Student investigation [1] collaboration [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
Meet Deb and Jaimie Cook, two highly motivated educators who are putting together the Gympie Bone Museum Project in QLD. This is on top of running two successful STEM businesses in Dissection Connection and RockHoundZ. So much science, so little time!
Learn about the positive impact gamification has had on everyday classroom experiences as well find out tips & tricks to get started!
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