I attended a teacher PD recently about Quantum Girls a STEM learning initiative connected to the Einstein First project from the University of WA. After learning a little and seeing some activities in action I decided to see if I could get chatGPT to give me some usable instructions about constructing a game similar to […]
WELCOME TO THE TIDES PROGRAM The TIDES program is probably going to be a little bit different than many of your other courses across all the Learning Areas. TIDES is built on the principles of CRITICAL PEDAGOGY. First up, it’s not the same as STEM but does have many connections. The vision is to connect deep […]
I wanted to test a proposition put forward in a LinkedIn comment by Jan Owen, that said: What chatgpt will likely never be able to do of course is provide the stories, just in time observations and deep personal experience individuals have from a lifetime of knowledge and learning in real life, in the […]
The return to the classroom has been an interesting experience. I am in a fortunate situation to have high levels of autonomy and am unshackled from a specific curriculum as a determinant of the work students undertake. The key focus of the work is learner development – and that is geared towards personal shifts for […]
I recently read with interest an article titled “The Messy and Unpredictable Classroom”. I was struck by the overlaps between the qualities of the messy and unpredictable classroom and the type of challenge-based learning I use across my classes. The consensus is that creating ambiguity for students to work through is essential to their development […]
I’ve been thinking about the importance of creating the opportunities for requisite diversity in challenge-based learning. Back in the 1990s when I was still teaching Drama, even production work became project-oriented and my students never had lock-step content-driven pathways to follow. They were regularly expected to forge their own pathways, assess each situation, and approach […]
DramatARGy from Kim Flintoff
In 2015 I was one of the international learning designers advising Pearson Education Research and Innovation Network on the development of a new project-based learning experience entitled SCORCH. Rob Kadel produced this slideset to outline the principles and processes that underpinned SCORCH The TECH and LEARNING Magazine featured the project in April 2015: https://www.techlearning.com/tl-advisor-blog/9248 […]
THE EXPERIENCE On Wednesday May 28, we had a closed video session with Professor Fiona Wood organised in collaboration with the WA Innovation Hub and the iThink team – we were able to visit two operating theatres at Fiona Stanley Hospital – one that was set up to be COVID-19 ready – a small group of students got some great insights […]
WELCOME TO THE TIDES PROGRAM The TIDES program is probably going to be a little bit different than many of your other courses across all the Learning Areas. TIDES emphasises interdisciplinary, cross-curricular, collaborative, and community-linked learning experiences to foster increased learner engagement, development, and autonomy through the frames of Technology Innovation Design Enterprise Sustainability. Now […]