The Virtual Staffroom

The Virtual Staffroom

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The Virtual Staffroom episodes

  • Ep 7: EduTECH Special - Riding the 2020 Rollercoaster
    The team recaps day two of the EduTECH conference with its highlights and picks. Professor Pasi Sahlberg - Deputy Director, Research with the Gonski Institute For Education at UNSW joins us as we reflect on the rollercoaster ride of 2020 and what we can learn for the future.
    42 min
  • Ep 5: The road to EduTECH
    This episode Yvette gives you all the goss on EduTECH and how you can score one of 10 free tickets for your school. We head to Wilcannia to hear one teachers’ story on the power of networking and her EduTECH 2019 story. Joe challenges you to think about how smart EdTECH AI really is. Lastly Linda heads deep into Sydney Harbour with a great resource from The Sydney Opera House. All this and more on the Virtual Staffroom.
    42 min
  • Ep. 4: Reaching for the Stars
    We hope you're ready to go intergalactic as we explore outer space with Professor Lisa Harvey Smith. Joe challenges you to give augmented reality a try for homework. Linda talks about LifeLauncher, a tool to help students plan for the future and Yvette takes us on a Big Data journey starring tomatoes!
    All this and more on the Virtual Staffroom.
    For all the show notes and additional information visit https://t4l.link/VirtualStaffroom for more.
    39 min
  • Ep. 3: Special Edition - Excursion - Virtual Celebrations
    On this episode we get geeky with our own Papa Tech Greig as he talks all the tech you need to take your celebrations online.
    We hear from Billabong High School’s Nim Weerakoon about their ‘Lockdown Getdown Online Disco’.
    Learn how Sylvania Heights Public School Principal Clint White used Brightcove to take his assemblies virtual.
    Finally we take a trip across the pond to hear how schools in the US are graduating online with Director of Technology and Media from Newtown County Schools Dr. Adam Phyall.
    For all the show notes and additional information visit https://t4l.link/VirtualStaffroom for more.
    49 min
  • Ep. 2: Eddie Woo + EdTECH = Magic
    On today's episode we dive in and hear about Eddie Woo’s passion for Maths and also his top tips and tricks for engaging students. Joe introduces you to NSW’s Smart Digital Twin. Linda takes us on an adventure with ‘Imagineering in a Box’ from Khan Academy and Yvette retells a story of the power of telepresence and 3D Printing to do good in Northern NSW.
    For all the show notes and additional information visit https://t4l.link/VirtualStaffroom for more.
    36 min
  • Ep. 1: Class is in Session
    Welcome to the Virtual Staffroom. Join the team this week as we head to Cockatoo Island virtually with Yvette. Dive in and hear about one schools journey to harness the power of LinkedIn Learning to flip their classrooms. After we chat with drone guru Dr. Catherine Ball about World of Drones Education and her awe inspiring journey and Linda talks about her love of T4L Kids TV. All this and more on the first ever edition of The Virtual Staffroom...class is in session.
    For all the show notes and additional information visit https://t4l.link/VirtualStaffroom for more
    33 min

About The Virtual Staffroom

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Welcome to the Virtual Staffroom. Join the Technology 4 Learning team of teachers as they explore the latest in educational technology minus the ‘geek speak’. What can you expect? Each episode follows the school day all the way from assembly to the car park and everything in-between!