Looking forward to presenting as part of the Educational Data Talks Lessons From Lockdown online conference on Thursday 10 September. Sharing the experience of remote learning at Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
I’ll post the slides here and would welcome any comments or questions from attendees.
A long time in the making, pleased to be part of creating and launching the new website of the Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV)
Very pleased to launch the inaugural STAV STEM & LabTech Online Conference. A huge achievement by all involved to bring this innovate new event to fruition in challenging times.
Excited to have my recent contribution published in ACER’s Teacher Magazine.
https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/learning-in-lockdown-rural-schools
Looking forward to being on the panel at the upcoming Evidence 4 Learning webinar on Fostering Student Wellbeing.
Update: Available on YouTube here
Great to see our continuous learning model featured in the School for Tomorrow Continuous Learning Toolkit Volume II: Leading through Crisis.
The quote from me:
Wodonga Senior Secondary College recognises and values the complete picture of student needs. We care deeply about all our students and work in partnership with them to ensure they all have every opportunity to succeed.
Reflecting on two outstanding days of professional learning on metacognition and self-regulation as part of the PEARLs project presented by Evidence 4 Learning and the Science of Learning Research Centre. The guidance report from Evidence 4 Learning is an excellent resource and we look forward to implementing at Wodonga Senior Secondary College. Greatly appreciate of the scholarship that allowed us to take a team of five to this professional learning.
The three key problems identified:
1. Students get stuck (in the learning pit) and do not have the strategies or language.
2. Staff and students are not all explicitly aware of metacognitive strategies.
3. Outcomes are lower across the board due to lowmetacognition (achievement, retention, pathways).
The three hopeful outcomes from this work:
1. Students can articulate where they are at with their learning, making an informed decision of what to do next (and articulating that) – students usingmetacognitive self talk
2. Staff and students share a commonunderstanding of and language for metacognition
3. Outcomes across the board (achievement, retention, pathways) will improve
STAV Physics Conference, 14 February 2020 – Session B5 How do heavy things fly – making the most of this option study .
Powerpoint slides
Questions, Comments, Feedback – Padlet
Prof Pilot Videos – succint, quite simple and accurate, engaging
VCAA Advice to Teachers – good examples of possible activities
Text – Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators – useful teacher reference
Text – Fundamentals of Flight by Shevell – useful teacher reference
Textbooks are published. Even better this time with my name on the front!!
A quick note that this site is under complete overhaul at the moment. Some older content may not be visible for a few weeks.
Sharing teacher developed online resources.
Presented at the Vic Physics and STAV Physics Conference at Monash University on Friday February 19, 2016.
Officially an author of a real live textbook (part thereof) that is sitting on my desk!!
Presented at the STAV and Quantum Victoria ICT-STEM Conference on August 28, 2015.
I had the privilege of presenting some implementation briefings for the new VCAA VCE Physics Study Design (for 2016 to 2021) during early 2015. The video is available on the VCAA Vimeo Channel.
The following is a page set aside for resources from my presentations at the STAV AIP VCE Physics Conference held at Monash University in February 2015. I will also use this page to collect useful resources that I come across from sessions that I attend.
Padlet wall – for backchannel discussion, asking questions, posting ideas, adding reflections before/during/after the presentation
Presentation slides (PDF) – slides used in the presentation, including links within to useful resources
Thanks to Twitter and YouTube, I recently came to watch Vi Hart’s videos on hexaflexagons (her YouTube channel has some fascinating maths in it wrapped up in some very engaging and creative videos!).
A great idea for my Year 10 Maths class. Hence the essential question for the next lesson…
And some flexagation fun ensued!
If you haven’t made one, give it a try! I found this tutorial helpful as it didn’t rely on any templates, just some logical folds.
Now I just need to get some burritos and make a hex flex mex for lunch!
On Friday 14 February 2014 I presented a session on Engaging students through online interactions with Steve Draper at the AIP/STAV Physics Conference in Melbourne. The presentation and related resources are below.
On Thursday 28 November2013 I presented a session on Flipped Learning at STAVCON in Melbourne. The presentation and related resources are below.
Reflection – what will you try in your teaching practice (Padlet)
Feedback – provide feedback on the presentation (PollEV)
If you enjoyed the session and are going to give flipped learning a go in your classes, please get in touch and let me know how it went.
On Friday 30 August 2013 I presented a session on Flipped Learning at the STAV ICT-STEM conference. The presentation and related resources are below.
Presentation slides (Google Drive)
If you enjoyed the session and are going to give flipped learning a go in your classes, please get in touch and let me know how it went.
Watch this video from ESA on Newton’s 3rd Law.
Answer the following questions in the comments (and/or your workbook):
Use this quiz to check your understanding.
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Watch this quick video for a memorable story to remind you that force is a vector quantity.
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In the comments (either here, or on Facebook), post an example of another quantity that is a vector.
After almost two years in the digital wilderness – mrrosenbrock.com is back. Lots of useful teaching and learning resources are on their way!