Lessons learned from a life online
Over the last two years, boardrooms have become dining tables and classrooms have become bedrooms, as the world shifted to an unprecedented life online…
Spatial Reasoning Skills: What are they? Why are they Important? How can we help our students improve them?
Written by Mandi Dimitriadis, Director of Learning, Makers Empire Mandi will be presenting in the STEM across the Curriculum Conference in Melbourne (17 & 18 June 2022) and Brisbane (5 & 6 August 2022). We go to the gym to improve our fitness, take short courses to learn new skills, and read books to increase […]
Creating Positive Conversations
All too often, many conversations that we have with each other fall short of being built on meaning, purpose and substance. We engage in conversations that not only fail to draw in the person we are speaking to, but also retain their attention for longer than that of 35 seconds.
3D Creation and Visualisation for Learning
Visualising information can be important in learning new concepts, for many students it is necessary to gain a good understanding. This might be an image to set a context or a diagram to help explain function.
Brain Based Educational Story Books – A wellbeing resource for children from 5 to 12 years of age
This series of picture story books is a revolutionary approach for educating young children about ‘brain fitness’ and its positive impact on wellbeing
Dedicated To The Cause For The Greater Good Of You!
If like me, you are juggling so many things from day to day, and you often forget what day of the week it is, then there is no better time like the present to stop, take a big deep breathe, and give yourself permission to slow down a little.
Online Programs Changing Literacy Education (2019)
LiteracyPlanet, a comprehensive program which works alongside traditional teaching methods, is seeing encouraging results from school users. Students are seen to build confidence in their literacy skills after using the program, particularly when they’ve started below their grade standard.