A collection of the most useful, tactical, and actionable information educators are using to help grow Australia’s education to the frontline of the world. 1% at a time.
This is where the K2AV team does the ground work to find practical information that educators can apply, ponder, and discuss to move the needle 1% further . So here it is:
Grants and competitions that educators are excited about –
- Western Power’s Circuit Breakers program which is a 10 week STEM program for Year 4 – 6 students where each successful school receives 2 x 3D printers and course material to help explore what it takes to provide electricity to the community. Schools can apply until June 22nd via Western Power’s website.
- Promethean’s most creative video competition to win 1 of 15 interactive touch screens. The competition requires a short 5 minute video to be created and submitted before 4th September 2018 which showcases why your class and/or school would benefit from the grant of a Promethean interactive screen. As inspiration there is an example video of last year’s winner.
- And one that just ended – the Australian Aeronautical Velocity Challenge designed to address the shortage of scientists and engineers in Australia. There is a $5,000 student prize pool and two junior (Year 7 – 9) and senior (Year 10 -12) divisions that compete to create a bottle rocket, propellor powered plane, and drone, and battle their creations against others. The national finals were held last week.
A complete list of competitions sorted by curriculum group is here.
Most shared education article –
How To Ensure Students Are Actively Engaged and Not Just Compliant. The article outlines 8 qualities to help measure engagement.
Safest interest browser to use at school –
The Brave Browser. Developed by the creator of the JavaScript programming language with the aim to block all ads, trackers, and other methods that browsers employ to violate a user’s privacy. Also claims to be the fastest browser and one with an ‘incognito’ mode that is actually private.
What’s making educators laugh: A museum trip with 60 school kids –
People can’t contain themselves with this dad’s live tweets of a museum trip.
Most shared Facebook videos around education –
Pitch 1 and Pitch 2 of “Pay Teachers The Same As Politicians” from the Gruen TV show. Pitch 2 seems to have taken the honours, however the segment has further fuelled a discussion around the topic of teacher pay again.
Some Inspo for the Week
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