Category Archives: Project Based Learning

TER #178 – Kitchen Gardens with Josephene Duffy – 18 August 2021

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Main Feature: Josephene Duffy, CEO of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, talks about the kitchen garden program in schools; the goals, methods, amd intended outcomes.

Regular Features: Kolber’s Corner – Steven Kolber discusses the challenges facing teachers who use social media; Ideology in Education – Tom Mahoney concludes the series with a consideration of what Ideology is, and how it affects teachers and teaching more broadly.

Timecodes:
00:00 Opening Credits
01:31 Intro
11:03 Kolber’s Corner
20:22 Ideology in Education
35:56 Feature Intro
38:33 Feature Interview – Josephene Duffy01:03:49 SIgn Off

Links
– Steven Kolber on Twitter
– Tom Mahoney on Twitter
– Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

TER Topics – Project Based Learning

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This episode brings together feature interviews from episodes #024 and #046 of the TER Podcast.

First, Laura McBain discusses the whole-school approach to PBL taken at High Tech high in California, then David Price, OBE,  discusses his experiences leading PBL initiatives in different school contexts.

Timecodes:

00.00 Opening Credits
00.33 Intro
01:42 Interview – Laura McBain
37:28 Interview – David Price
1:14:34 Sign Off

TER Live #010 – #GirlsInTech at Vivid Ideas

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As part of the 2016 Vivid Sydney Festival, Intel held #GirlsInTech as part of the Vivid Ideas presentations, with research and panel discussions about girls in STEM subjects and the challenges – both personal and systemic – that need to be overcome to improve the number of women participating in tech fields such as coding and engineering.

This TER live episode presents the entire event with minimal editing.

00.00 Opening Credits & Intro
02:12 Welcome – Katie Ford – @KatherineLFord
07:57 Kate Burleigh – General Manager Intel A-NZ – @Kate_Burleigh
36:20 Research Presentation

53:40 Panel Discussion 1

1:17:17 Panel Discussion 2

1:45:24 Acknowledgements and Sign Off

Special thanks to Joachim Cohen @JoachimCohen123 and @IntelANZ

TER #066 – Gifted & Talented Students with Shirley Koch – 20 March 2016

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Main Feature: Shirley Koch talks about strategies for identifying and teaching gifted students, and about the particular needs ot gifted student sin an education system.

Regular Features: Cameron and Corinne discuss technology in education and the recent cuts to the Safe Schools program; Donelle Batty reports on recent proposed changes to the Tasmanian school system.

Timecodes:

00.00 – Opening Credits
01:19 – Intro – ICTENSW Conference
10:39 – Safe Schools Review
35:12 – Donelle Batty on Tasmanian Schools
38:38 – Feature Introduction
40:20 – Interview – Shirley Kock
1:12:02 – Discussion
1:34:07 – Quote & Sign Off

TER #051 – Computational Thinking with Meredith Ebbs – 12 July 2015

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Join us for our 2nd Anniversary at TeachMeet: Engage!

Main feature: Meredith Ebbs discusses computational thinking in an interview recorded at Edutech 2015.

Regular Features: Off Campus, Dan Haesler discusses the issue of ‘The System’ being a perceived obstacle to innovation; Education in the News, Cameron and Corinne discuss literacy and numeracy tests for teachers and the recent National Summit on Student Engagement.

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TER #046 – Project Based Learning with David Price, OBE – 03 May 2015

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Cameron is coming to Brisbane in late May/early June. If you have an idea for a person, person to be interviewed about an interesting project, event or idea in education, then send us your suggestion here!

Main Feature: Cameron and Corinne catch up with David Price, OBE, to discuss Project Based Learning, and the potential impact it can have on student learning, schools and communities.

Regular Features: Education in the news, Cameron and Corinne discuss NAPLAN marking and industrial issues; Spotlight on Special Education, Tim Connell discusses Universal Design for Learning. Continue reading →