Future of Schools
In March 2015 I spoke at Future Schools in Sydney. The overall theme for Future Schools was evolving education. Where are we going now. Some of the ideas for the future of education included: Teaching without textbooks Computational Thinking Australian Curriculum - Digital Technologies how can NSW, NT and TAS teach this curriculum? Coding Asking unGoogleable questions Makerspaces and 3D Printing Teaching without textbooks Peter Ward, Delaney College at Granville How to teach without textbooks? Peter Ward from Delaney College in Granville outlined their approach to teaching year 7 without textbooks. Designed a building to cater for 5 year 7 classes and 5 teachers Made the decision to not use text books Redesign units of work to include unGooggleable questions. Modified the timetable and subject names. http://www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au/the-delany-connective