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In this episode, Dr. Peter Dalmaris and Marcus Schappi talk with Ariane Skapetis.
Ariane is currently a Learning Technologist in Higher-Ed with qualifications and expertise in e-learning, blended learning, and K-12 Education. She has held numerous roles throughout her lengthy career in Education. Teacher, Computer Coordinator, ICT Consultant in Sydney region schools and now as a Learning Technologist at UTS. Ariane has seen it all: from the introduction of the Internet to schools in the early 1990s to modern game-based learning, “flipping” the classroom and using mobile phones to enhance educational outcomes.
This is Stemiverse episode 11.
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Show notes
[spp-timestamp time=”00:00″] Introduction – Introducing Ariane Skapetis
[spp-timestamp time=”02:13″] Ariane talks about her background in education
[spp-timestamp time=”07:39″] How the new gadgets transformed the students’ learning experience
[spp-timestamp time=”09:17″] The transition from using technology to making it: Explain Everything app, Microsoft Kodu visual programming language
[spp-timestamp time=”13:44″] The initiative and effects of implementing open-ended creative technology in the classroom
[spp-timestamp time=”16:45″] The transition of teacher to mentor
[spp-timestamp time=”17:30″] Current application of the project
[spp-timestamp time=”18:25″] The transition of the project to more schools
[spp-timestamp time=”19:39″] Present-day people’s choice of devices for the classroom
[spp-timestamp time=”20:56″] Ariane’s choice of technology
[spp-timestamp time=”21:36″] The unification of apps
[spp-timestamp time=”22:22″] Educational outcomes have changed
[spp-timestamp time=”23:31″] Creativity as an important outcome in today’s schools
[spp-timestamp time=”23:48″] Other outcomes: More choices of what to create
[spp-timestamp time=”24:21″] Choice and recognition of student diversity as a result of introducing open-ended technology in the classroom
[spp-timestamp time=”25:30″] Where should I start as a new STEM teacher: Scratch or Kodu
[spp-timestamp time=”26:19″] What is Scratch
[spp-timestamp time=”27:58″] What would your ideal classroom look like if you had an infinite budget?
[spp-timestamp time=”30:36″] The teacher’s role inside the ideal classroom: The facilitator
[spp-timestamp time=”31:13″] Advice for new facilitators: Think about your teaching style
[spp-timestamp time=”33:04″] The open society as a marketplace of ideas
[spp-timestamp time=”33:50″] Ariane’s work in UTS: Introducing new tools, moving away from powerpoint, incorporating google drive and kahoot!
[spp-timestamp time=”36:02″] Flipping the classroom
[spp-timestamp time=”36:39″] How do you get students to do the pre-work
[spp-timestamp time=”38:51″] What do you do when students don’t have a smartphone
[spp-timestamp time=”40:49″] Collaborative pods
[spp-timestamp time=”45:24″] Rapid Fire Questions
[spp-timestamp time=”45:40″] Who has been the most influential in shaping the way you teach
[spp-timestamp time=”46:31″] Who do you look up to now
[spp-timestamp time=”48:42″] Professional Development Conferences and Workshops: TeachMeet Website or Twitter: #TeachMeet
[spp-timestamp time=”50:23″] Teachers are lifelong learners
[spp-timestamp time=”50:58″] Advice to Educators just starting out
[spp-timestamp time=”52:52″] Ariane’s Contact Information: Twitter: @ariadne09, Podcast: edtechlunch