Podcast: Teaching digital technologies with Russell Cairns Follow Us: Comments 0 Podcast: Teaching digital technologies with Russell Cairns About Meet Russell Cairns, an amazingly energetic primary digital technologies teacher with a real flair for getting things done. From teaching robotics to over 900 students a week at his school through to driving change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces, Russell is making a huge difference in helping people discover & adopt Edtech in their classrooms. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Russell Cairns Russell with fellow teachers at a teachmeet Currently Rusty is developing a range of community-based STEM opportunities to nurture underrepresented students in coding, robotics, making and experiential learning through play and hybrid delivery of programs with LEGO, VEX, Dash and Micro:bit robotics. Working as a K-6 RFF teacher, Rusty is a specialist STEAM Coach, who teaches the subject digital technology – coding and robotics to over 900 K-6 students each week. He also runs lunchtime Minecraft, Robotics, 3D printing, Digital Arts and supports STEAM clubs. Russell strives to drive change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces and Edtech. He believes computational thinking and robotics when employed in classrooms makes coding more tangible. He encourages all educators should be active innovators in technology-infused classrooms. Russel’s wish is to see schools transform into places of student wonder where a creative and innovative growth mindset is celebrated. He feels student voice and agency requires the learning to be real-world, authentic, centred around students interests and enriched by the 6 C’s and an empowered teacher is the key driver of this process. NSWICTE Leader of the Year Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Wonder Squad Robotics Coach Sphero Lead Educator Maker Empire 3D Learning Ambassador co-creator of STEAMing in the Hills Piloted a Girls in STEAM, Hybrid Robotics competition with 12 metropolitan and regional Schools, using free demo kits, remote teacher training, student video submissions, engineering drawing journals and showcase Currently exploring hybrid and virtual remote robotics platforms such as Kais Clan, VEX VR, Wonder workshop Class connect and Block 42 World for AR and ED prototyping. Coding ambassador for Osmo Play Sphero and KoddyBlock interactive education platforms. Working with learning content providers Tynker Jnr, Tynker Pro, Education Perfect and ClickView, Rusty enrolled all students in online science, mathematics and computational thinking competitions and activities to supplement other content. Russell on Twitter With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome Other Episodes Episode: 99 " Connecting ideas through art " Comments 0 Podcast: Poetry & Science Combined Ben Newsome May 22, 2020 Education Podcasts Scicomm Teaching literacy Here's a challenge to take up - why not try combining poetry with your science programs? We chat the positive impact this has on learning and about how this can be done with Dr Sam Illingworth, a Senior Lecturer in science communication at the University of Western Australia. Read More Listen Episode: 98 " Inquiry-based STEM! 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Meet Russell Cairns, an amazingly energetic primary digital technologies teacher with a real flair for getting things done. From teaching robotics to over 900 students a week at his school through to driving change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces, Russell is making a huge difference in helping people discover & adopt Edtech in their classrooms. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Russell Cairns Russell with fellow teachers at a teachmeet Currently Rusty is developing a range of community-based STEM opportunities to nurture underrepresented students in coding, robotics, making and experiential learning through play and hybrid delivery of programs with LEGO, VEX, Dash and Micro:bit robotics. Working as a K-6 RFF teacher, Rusty is a specialist STEAM Coach, who teaches the subject digital technology – coding and robotics to over 900 K-6 students each week. He also runs lunchtime Minecraft, Robotics, 3D printing, Digital Arts and supports STEAM clubs. Russell strives to drive change through community-building events for teachers and students in Makerspaces and Edtech. He believes computational thinking and robotics when employed in classrooms makes coding more tangible. He encourages all educators should be active innovators in technology-infused classrooms. Russel’s wish is to see schools transform into places of student wonder where a creative and innovative growth mindset is celebrated. He feels student voice and agency requires the learning to be real-world, authentic, centred around students interests and enriched by the 6 C’s and an empowered teacher is the key driver of this process. NSWICTE Leader of the Year Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Wonder Squad Robotics Coach Sphero Lead Educator Maker Empire 3D Learning Ambassador co-creator of STEAMing in the Hills Piloted a Girls in STEAM, Hybrid Robotics competition with 12 metropolitan and regional Schools, using free demo kits, remote teacher training, student video submissions, engineering drawing journals and showcase Currently exploring hybrid and virtual remote robotics platforms such as Kais Clan, VEX VR, Wonder workshop Class connect and Block 42 World for AR and ED prototyping. Coding ambassador for Osmo Play Sphero and KoddyBlock interactive education platforms. Working with learning content providers Tynker Jnr, Tynker Pro, Education Perfect and ClickView, Rusty enrolled all students in online science, mathematics and computational thinking competitions and activities to supplement other content. Russell on Twitter
With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome
Here's a challenge to take up - why not try combining poetry with your science programs? We chat the positive impact this has on learning and about how this can be done with Dr Sam Illingworth, a Senior Lecturer in science communication at the University of Western Australia.
Hang out with Chris Woods, the host of The STEM Everyday Podcast and mathematics teacher of 20+ years! Find out his thoughts on helping students get engaged in STEM through inquiry-based learning and also how he integrates maths into everyday lessons.
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