Sentral Station

Amanda White is a senior lecturer in accounting at the University of Technology in Sydney, with a research focus on the teaching and learning aspects of accounting education. She speaks widely at conferences on accounting education, loves technology, and runs her own YouTube channel called Amanda Loves to Audit. Amanda is presenting at the 2020 Microsoft Eduday on the topic of "Do we need a traditional LMS?"

Peter Barnes is a learning innovator who has helped countless students with software-based approaches to learning difficulties. He's also a grandparent and had the chance to observe how the sudden change to schooling caused by COVID-19 has impacted the experiences of his grandchildren. What have we gained, lost and learned during this time? Peter provides a unique perspective.

Tony Vallance (Teacher of the Year 2019) talks about STEAM / STEM education and what it all means. Tony shares practical tips to help schools get started with STEM programs by creating student centred project which are engaging and relevant for our rapidly changing world. Tony brings enormous energy and enthusiasm to this exciting area of learning.

David Summerville is the Head Teacher, Technology, at Callaghan College Wallsend Campus, in Newcastle NSW. When it comes to using Sentral, few people are better qualified to talk about the platform than David. He was there from the beginning, and still there now many years later. In this episode I briefly retrace some of the history of Sentral and how the product has matured to what it is today. David explains the positive transformation that Sentral brings to schools and the many benefits of moving to Sentral in the Cloud. It's not just the administrative and technical benefits of Sentral, but also the cultural and collegial improvements it encourages. For David, running a school without Sentral is just about unimaginable.

Assistant Principal Kristy Sutton describes the improvements and efficiencies gained by adopting Sentral as the student management platform for Weston Public School.

It's the end of year holiday season again and time to take a break. Have a listen to these highlights as we take a quick look back over a few episodes from 2019.

Lubna Haddad helps teachers get the most out of their modern history students by developing higher order thinking skills. Practical advice for the classroom.

Block practise has its place when learning new concepts and procedures. But is it over-used, and could this actually be harmful to the learning process? Richard Andrew discusses with respect to learning maths.

Also, check out Richard's article for more information.

https://www.learnimplementshare.com/we-need-less-block-practice-and-more-interleaving.html

To contact Richard, you can send him an email.

This podcast is brought to you by Sentral. To find out more, visit the website,

http://www.sentral.com.au

Kylie Fabri describes the landscape for wellbeing in the age of mobile technology, and provides practical insight for parents and teachers.

Kylie Fabri describes aspects of creating effective wellbeing categories with Sentral. Staff buy in, collaboration and ownership of categories is essential to achieving a result the generates positive outcomes.