This is my second year using an online program called Gamestar Mechanic and I love it. According to the website, Gamestar mechanic enables students to build games which develops; Systems Thinking, 21st Century Skills, Creative Problem Solving, Art and Aesthetics,Writing and Storytelling, and creates a motivation for STEM learning. I totally agree. In addition you can purchase a life time subscription for a student for $2.00. Every teacher needs to […]
Category: Inter-tech Education
University Lecture based on Primary Digital Technologies Scope and Sequence
I am presenting on Monday, a lecture at the University of SA for Wing. Au. The lecture topic was, ‘The integration of ICT in education’, so I decided to base my lecture on some of the content which formed my scope and sequence (previous blog post). How to teach digital technologies in the Primary years from Joanne Villis
Primary Australian Digital Technologies Scope and Sequence
It has taken a while to put together, and I am constantly updating the document, but below is a scope and sequence for Digital Technologies based on the Australian Curriculum. The document breaks down the Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum into 5 major concepts/areas; Data (representing, managing and analysing), Digital Systems (understanding and using), Creating and Interacting online (cyber safety and digital citizenship), Algorithms (coding and game design) and Information Systems […]
I’m back
What have I been doing since my last post? Teaching of course 🙂 I was studying my PHD but then found the commitment to studying, full time work and family life challenging to manage. I haven’t presented nor conducted any PD for teachers but have been on a learning journey. My life over the past two years in as little words as possible: Continued to work with staff and students […]
Coding: Resources for Y5-6 Teachers and Students
Yesterday I collated coding resources from my Pinterest page for Year 5 and 6 teachers and created the slideshare below. Within the slideshare, you will find software, online games, robots and apps in order to support students learning to code. I have also posted the slide share on my technologies website with links to all of the resources. Here is the link: http://technologiesjvillis.weebly.com/coding.html Year 5-6: Ideas for teaching coding from […]
Resources from SchoolstechOZ 2014 IWBNet Conference
The conference finished today and I have just arrived home. Please find additional sessions which I presented below (refer to my previous blog for the other sessions). The key note speakers were great. The themes throughout the conference (as I perceived them) was a strong focus on the need for teachers to consider our current students’ digital world, the need to not only integrate multi-media but use it as an […]
Schoolstech OZ 2014 Conference
This conference is being held in Melbourne on the 12th to the 14th of September. I am presenting three sessions, two of which I have shared below. I will upload the third once it is finished. There is little text per page in the presentations as I don’t like to read from slide. However, you may find the resources useful. I am happy for any feedback before I actually present, […]
Inter-tech Education: Last PD Session for 2014
The last training session that I will be running for teachers this year is ‘Practical Ideas for teaching and integrating the Australian Technologies Curriculum‘. This training session has been specifically designed for Year 3 to Year 6 teachers and integrates online resources, apps and practical hands on teaching ideas. I am making this my last session for the year so that I can focus on my proposal for my PHD […]
Practical ideas for teaching and integrating the Australian Technologies Curriculum
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS Presented by Joanne Villis This training day has been designed to introduce teachers to the Technologies Curriculum by offering practical ways to teach and integrate both digital and design technologies. Practical, digital and hands on resources will be introduced and explored throughout the day. As the Technologies Curriculum has been designed using Band Levels, this session will also explore possible ways in which Content Descriptors can […]
Term 1 School Holiday Training Sessions 2014
I am running two new session during Term 1 school holidays. TITLE 1: Teaching Computing; How to move beyond the norm Are you looking for something new to teach during computing or do you simply not know what to teach? If so, this session is for you, no prior knowledge or computing skills required! We will explore ideas for teaching coding/programming with a focus on designing, producing and evaluating products. […]
