Augmented Learning Podcast & Vlog

Today's episode features Amy Kaukau from Rototuna High School! Amy is currently the Poutiaki / Leader of Learning for Health and Physical Education and has over 14 years of experience teaching in New Zealand as well as abroad.
In 2017, she completed a Masters in Educational Leadership and has recently been working with Tertiary leaders developing threshold concepts for Health and Physical education which focus on the jewels of the curriculum and what troublesome knowledge students find in our learning area.
We spend a lot of time unpacking the Rototuna Senior High curriculum approach with a particular focus on threshold concepts - which I feel are a bit of a game changer when it comes to future focused learning and ensuring our students are critical thinkers across multiple learning areas.
Learn a little more about threshold concepts at Rototuna Senior High School here.
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Today we have Andrew Joyce on the podcast!
Andrew is an establishing Health and PE teacher in his 5th year at Aotea College, holding both pastoral and curriculum leadership roles within the school. He has a strong interest in relational pedagogical approaches, restorative practice and game-based learning. Andrew promotes authentic relationship-building with ākonga and is interested in how power relationships are explored/created in learning environments.
We spend a lot of time talking about the many hats Andrew wears, restorative practice, and game based learning. Andrew is a young teacher, but speaks with the maturity of a teacher with many more years of classroom experience.
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Lachie McLellan is a proud Kiwi and Ex New Zealand Sprinter who is currently in his 6th year of teaching Upper Elementary Physical Education at Stamford American International School in Singapore.
He has previously taught an iPad Class at Grade 5 at Raha International School in Abu Dhabi, which has lead to an interest in the different way devices can be used as a tool to share knowledge and help students gain a deeper understanding of topics taught. Ha has a passion for coaching athletics and touch rugby and has completed Post Graduate studies on athlete centred coaching and leadership.
We spend a good amount of time discussing his time as an elite athlete and how that supports him in the classroom, and some good examples of the way he uses technology in Primary PE.
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Crystal Kirch taught high school math in Southern California for seven years before transitioning to a role as a Digital Learning Coach, working with teachers on integrating technology into their classrooms to support student learning.
I stumbled across her work all the way back in around 2011 / 2012 as I begun exploring a flipped approach with my classes. At this point in time, Crystal had an amazing blog detailing her flipped learning journey which included a number of great resources that really supported teachers getting started with the approach. Her creation of the WSQ (Watch, summarise, question) sheet provided a framework for teachers allowing them to ensure students were not only watching the videos, but digesting the content as well.
More recently, Crystal has released a book titled Flipping with Kirch and can be purchased through Amazon at a very reasonable price! I would definitely recommend picking this book up if the things Crystal talks about during this episode are of interest to you.
Please follow Crystal on Twitter (she is a wealth of knowledge) and don't hesitate to jump into our free Introduction to Flipped Learning course over at Augmented Learning.

This week on the podcast we have Scott Hebert from Canada! Scott is a huge advocate for the use of “gamification” in education. Gamification is the application of game mechanics in non game concepts, an approach that is gaining massive traction in education, yet is still heavily misunderstood.
Scott has transformed his classroom into a giant, year-long, RPG-style game where students compete with each other to achieve a common goal. He also shares his ideas on social media under the hashtag #GameMyClass. He has created resources and tools that are free for everyone, spending countless hours building his website, editing videos for his YouTube channel, writing blogs, and creating an online community where educators can share ideas.
A highlight for Scott has been getting up on stage and speaking at a TEDx event with a session titled "The Power of Gamification in Education".
We touch on a number of resources, videos and other tools throughout the episode, so feel free to click through the links below to explore them in more depth:

• Scott's website.
• Follow Scott on Twitter.
• Subscribe to Scott on YouTube.
• Actionable Gamification book by Yu Kai Chou.
• Speed camera lottery video on YouTube.
• Access to Scott's GlideApp template.

This week on the podcast we have Scott Hebert from Canada! Scott is a huge advocate for the use of "gamification" in education. Gamification is the application of game mechanics in non game concepts, an approach that is gaining massive traction in education, yet is still heavily misunderstood.

Scott has transformed his classroom into a giant, year-long, RPG-style game where students compete with each other to achieve a common goal. He also shares his ideas on social media under the hashtag #GameMyClass. He has created resources and tools that are free for everyone, spending countless hours building his website, editing videos for his YouTube channel, writing blogs, and creating an online community where educators can share ideas.

A highlight for Scott has been getting up on stage and speaking at a TEDx event with a session titled "The Power of Gamification in Education".

We touch on a number of resources, videos and other tools throughout the episode, so feel free to click through the links below to explore them in more depth:

•Scott's website.

•Follow Scott on Twitter.

•Subscribe to Scott on YouTube.

•Actionable Gamification book by Yu Kai Chou.

•Speed camera lottery video on YouTube.

•Access to Scott's GlideApp template.

This week on the podcast we welcome Fran McEwen, Active Recreation Lead at Sport NZ, and founder of The Shift Foundation.
Fran has a passion for young people, women and girls, and the vital role that physical activity plays in supporting all dimensions of hauora, especially mental wellbeing.We talk about the importance of engaging young people in the design process when seeking to improve outcomes for young people - get to know them, listen to them, empower them, provide the conditions for them to thrive.
Following what has been a common theme over recent podcasts we talk about the importance of connecting with people, and with communities.
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This week we welcome Lis Wilson onto episode 62 of the Augmented Learning Podcast! Lis comes to us from the Western Academy of Beijing, but is currently back in New Zealand after getting stuck here once the world went into lock down!
Lis has significant experience using a flipped approach with her mathematics classes, and is currently involved in researching this pedagogical approach - writing up her thesis as we speak! We talk a lot about how flipped learning is misunderstood, why this approach works so well in mathematics, some of the challenges teachers might face with a flipped approach, and evidence supporting a flipped approach in the classroom.
If flipped learning is something you want to learn more about, please check out our Introduction to Flipped Learning course providing 60 minutes of PLD across five engaging lessons. A really good introduction to flipped learning for educators.
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This week on the podcast we welcome Craig Kemp from Ignite EdTech!
Craig is a New Zealand born educator with over 14 years experience both in the classroom, in leadership and in consulting. He is an enthusiastic change agent that is passionate about every aspect of education and making a difference. Craig is currently based in Singapore and as a digital learning consultant he supports schools in their digital learning transformation journey.
We spend a lot of time discussing educational technology and how schools go about the process of implementing change. He talks a lot about the strategic, authentic and purposeful use of technology in education and there are a lot of key take aways for teachers, but also school leaders who are going down a path of leveraging technology more. Following a common theme of our podcasts of late, Craig reinforces the point that schools need good people to be successful!
Check out Ignite EdTech.
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Subscribe to Craig's new podcast, The EdTech Chat Podcast.

Jamal Fiso is the 2020 Head Prefect at Rongotai College. Rongotai College is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in the southeastern suburb of Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand. At Rongotai College there is a clear view of what they want to achieve – encouraging young men to be the best that they can be in all areas of their lives.
Jamal Fiso embodies this in everything he does as a leader. His leadership philosophy is all about connecting with others, where he embraces servant leadership. We do a lot reflection throughout the episode, covering topics such as:

• Leadership
• Engaging with staff and students throughout lockdown
• Challenges and opportunities post lockdown
• The habits aspiring young leaders should be embracing

Jamal is an articulate and confident young man who has been inspiring students all year at Rongotai College. Despite his age, he appears to have a strong knowledge and understanding of leadership and is already looking at ways to make the Head Prefect and Student Leadership roles at Rongotai College more sustainable.
It's not often we have students on the podcast, but this is a refreshing listen that all teachers should check out!