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Beyond 2030 — Reimagining Elementary School for Future-Focused Leaders |
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Emma Donaldson Ian Fairhurst Sue Floro
Today's elementary school students are tomorrow's leaders! Knox Grammar School has reimagined schooling to ensure our students are ready to tackle the great big problems emerging globally. Learn about an engaging new paradigm that engages and connects students, deeply embedding the use of technology and ISTE Standards to create innovative solutions.
| Audience: | Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Innovation in early childhood/elementary |
| Grade level: | PK-5 |
| Subject area: | Social studies, STEM/STEAM |
| ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Visionary Planner
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| Additional detail: | Student presentation |
Participants will:
- understand the challenges that led to the decision to create a new learning platform, as well as the clear steps involved.
- become familiar with the tools and strategies employed to get a large team on board and collaborating to create it.
- see real examples of units and planning tools employed.
Hear from our students, from our 5 year olds through to our 12 year olds, all of whom are out there trying to change the world!
- see the products created
Tools utilised include:
- tinkercad
- cospaces and merge cubes
- micro:bits
- ozobots
- robots
- 3D printers
- minecraftEDU
5min - introduction and welcome
10mins - overview of the school and the reasons we set out to reimagine learning
10mins - overview of our learning platform components and all the 'whys'
20mins - examples of student projects, in the form of videos, work samples from each year group K-6
15mins - introduction of a new virtual world site we're using to celebrate the students' learning with their families all around the world, FRAME and VirBELA, and how we're using it.
5mins - questions
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10494820.2019.1587469
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212868918300151
https://vrschoolresearch.com/
https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=6879
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/highlights/our-researchers/education-arts/education/apps-for-humanity
https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=z85LN26LTL4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=virtual+reality+research+school&ots=6pc5cC0RBS&sig=NR1DyaAdqqHSXu9xVgWGOsRPzxw#v=onepage&q=virtual%20reality%20research%20school&f=false
Ian Fairhurst is the Team Leader of Innovation & Technology at Knox Grammar Preparatory School in Sydney, Australia. Responsible for leading and supporting staff & students in the immersive use of digital & design technologies embedded in innovative learning experiences, he is passionate about embedding authentic globally-focused learning opportunities through STEAM education, as well as establishing an active maker-culture in schools. Ian has a master’s degree in Innovation & Change, and has presented globally on developing real-world educational experiences with an empathy+STEAM approach. His vision is to provide opportunities for the next generation of leaders to engage with authentic issues in our world.
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