The 4th Teacher Professional Development Day at the Queensland College of Art (Gold Coast) was my first real introduction to 3D printing. We had the opportunity to explore some software for creating and rendering images and then the big moment…making a ‘real’ 3D...
” More than just a series of puzzles or point-and-click game, Year Walk merges myths of Swedish folklore, setting you on a “year walk,” which is a tradition of going out on one’s own at midnight at the end of the year to glimpse into the future. The game itself is...
“There’s been a lot of talk about 21st century learners, 21st century teachers, and connected classrooms. There’s a daily influx of new technology into your inbox and your classroom feels woefully behind the times even if you’re flipping your 1:1 iPad classroom that’s...
” When I was a kid, I always thought that teachers were pretty, female, and about 25. My five year old brain was pretty sure that was about all there was to it. And while I’m sure (or I hope?!) that most of us now are aware that that’s a whole lot less than true, there’s...
“People gathered on the piazza of St Peter’s to witness the arrival of Pope Francis I light up the evening with the mass of screens they are holding up: as they stand in this vast public space looking at the distant figures in front of the basilica, they are...
The iPad Art Room is all about the transformational levels of the SAMR model in action. Want to read more? Check out this PDF from Dr. Rueben Puentedura, full of great exemplars here, and see his blog here.
“It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to...
