The Inspire Innovation Podcast

In the final episode of the mini-series, Jamie chats to Humanities teacher Rhianna Hall about her experience in the Inspire Innovation Program at Mother Teresa Catholic College. Rhianna explains how she has taken small steps to implement Keynote and other digital tools to help her student show learning in new ways. Listen to hear how students record audio reflections and make learning more hands-on through photo placeholders and graphic organisers. 

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Drama teacher, Brad Tudor reflects on his transition from theatre to education and explains how technology is transforming his practice at Mother Teresa Catholic College. In this conversation, Jamie and Brad chat about the 'pedagogy first, technology second' mantra and discuss how iPad can be used in a deep and meaningful way to support inquiry and creative projects. As part of his Inspire Innovation project, Brad also talks about his recent integration of Pages workbooks to support students with radio plays. 

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Jamie speaks with Harriet Fettis on her experience with iPad at Mother Teresa Catholic College. Harriet is a passionate Drama teacher who regularly utilises technology in her classroom to allow students to communicate learning in different ways. In this episode, Harriet explains specifically how her students use Apple Pencil to draw, audio to reflect and iWork scaffolds to show understanding of key ideas. Being part of the Apple Inspire Innovation Program, Harriet is new to iPad integration but willing to take risks, make mistakes and push the boundaries of possibility. 

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In this episode, Jamie speaks to Humanities teacher, Owen Wadsworth on his experience as graduate teacher in an aspiring Apple Distinguished School. Owen sheds light on his innovative use of technology in the classroom including his use of Numbers to scaffold class activities and projects. In this conversation, Jamie and Owen also chat about the use of 1:1 iPad in the Secondary space at Mother Teresa Catholic College and offer tips for teachers who are at the beginning of their journey with Apple edtech. 

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In this episode, Jamie speaks to Design & Technology teacher, Angelica Franco on her career as a graphic designer and educator. Angelica is a mature, graduate teacher new to Mother Teresa Catholic College in 2021. Being part of the Apple Inspire Innovation Program, Angelica is already turning-heads and is regarded as an innovative teacher willing to take risks and push the boundaries of possibility. In this conversation, she speaks about her education in South America, her career as a graphic designer and explains how iPad is influencing her practice in her classroom.

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Jamie Clark welcomes you to The Inspire Innovation Podcast and introduces the guests in the mini-series. You can find out more about the Digital Innovation Team Mother Teresa Catholic College by searching the hashtag on Twitter, #MTCCInspireInnovation. Follow us on Twitter:

Jamie Clark @XpatEducator

Angelica Franco @francoangelica_

Brad Tudor @TudorTheatrical

Owen Wadsworth @owengwadsworth

Puppy Love (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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