Stemiverse 0038 – Seven Vinton, the inventor teacher 

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In this episode, Dr. Peter Dalmaris and Marcus Schappi talk with Seven Vinton.

Seven is Co-inventor of the ARD2-INNOV8 shield for Arduino. He has dedicated the past six years to providing support for students and teachers with Digital technologies and creating solutions which make coding easier for students. He presents annually at the DATTA Vic and DLTV conferences, co-authored the Digital Technologies textbook for Nelson Cengage, and is currently designing work units for the new Geelong Technical School.

In this episode, Seven, who is a victim of mechanical typewriters from the previous century, talks STEM curricula and their attributes, increasing literacy performance, using data analysis tools to help with planning in the school environment, best-use cases for end-of-year reports, educating parents, writing a STEM book for a large publisher, being a Youtuber, and much more!

This is Stemiverse Podcast episode 38.

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Show Notes

• [spp-timestamp time=”00:00″] Introduction – Introducing Seven Vinton
• [spp-timestamp time=”04:00″] About the name Seven
• [spp-timestamp time=”05:37″] Seven’s teaching training in Arts and Technology
• [spp-timestamp time=”07:21″] About Geelong, where Seven is based, and Oberon High School where he teaches
• [spp-timestamp time=”08:51″] Australian students go backward in maths, reading and science: report – What differentiates the students in Oberon High School
• [spp-timestamp time=”09:58″] Professional Development at Oberon High School – Professor John Hattie‘s Research
• [spp-timestamp time=”10:27″] Implementing strategies – Being a curriculum leader
• [spp-timestamp time=”11:09″] What are the obstacles or problems across the educational sector that cause the drop in Australian students’ performance in STEM?
• [spp-timestamp time=”12:58″] The NAPLAN results tell one side of the story
• [spp-timestamp time=”13:35″] Data Analysis Tool: Accelerus
  • [spp-timestamp time=”15:37″] How popular is the Accelerus software package?
  • [spp-timestamp time=”16:13″] Are teacher observations fed into the Accelerus?
  • [spp-timestamp time=”16:37″] Tips & Tricks about Accelerus
• [spp-timestamp time=”18:05″] Parent Portals and Ongoing Reporting
• [spp-timestamp time=”19:08″] Recommendations for teachers who would like to do ongoing reporting
• [spp-timestamp time=”21:37″] Identifying student performance flatlining through the data
• [spp-timestamp time=”23:34″] Having the parents on board and taking into consideration their experience in school
• [spp-timestamp time=”24:46″] Australian of the Year: Eddie Woo
• [spp-timestamp time=”25:15″] Making Educational YouTube videos
• [spp-timestamp time=”28:44″] What is an Arduino?
• [spp-timestamp time=”29:53″] Enumerating some of the things one can learn around the Arduino
• [spp-timestamp time=”32:52″] The Arduino and similar technologies as a way to expose students to problems they need to find ways to solve
• [spp-timestamp time=”35:51″] Seven Vinton and Mark Trezise’s invention, the ARD2-INNOV8 Shield, that can help teachers who find some aspects of Arduino daunting
• [spp-timestamp time=”36:43″] Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of TV
• [spp-timestamp time=”38:10″] Thinkershield – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
• [spp-timestamp time=”38:37″] Wiltronics
• [spp-timestamp time=”39:07″] The process of making and designing the invention, narrowing down the requirements
• [spp-timestamp time=”43:09″] What should be the purpose of a curriculum?
• [spp-timestamp time=”45:51″] Marzano Research
• [spp-timestamp time=”46:08″] Carol S. Dweck
• [spp-timestamp time=”48:00″] From Scratch and Snap4Arduino to Arduino text-based code
• [spp-timestamp time=”48:46″] Books by David Grover and Seven Vinton published by Nelson Cengage:
  • Digital Technologies for the Australian Curriculum 7&8 Workbook
  • Digital Technologies for the Australian Curriculum 9&10 Workbook
• [spp-timestamp time=”52:38″] Additional resources at the Nelson Cengage website
• [spp-timestamp time=”53:22″] What was the process of writing the books like for Seven?
• [spp-timestamp time=”56:23″] Reading Recommendations: Maker Education Revolution, by Peter Dalmaris, Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python, by Simon Monk, Peter’s courses on Udemy, material by Professor Hattie, Ken Robinson, Carol Dweck, James Anderson, Make Magazine
• [spp-timestamp time=”58:29″] It’s easy to become overwhelmed with so much out there
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:00:41″] Why the Maker Revolution died off in the 90s
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:03:00″] Rapid Fire Questions
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:03:06″] Seven’s Programming Language of choice: C++
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:04:32″] Books related to teaching that Seven has given as a gift
• [spp-timestamp time=”01:05:30″] Seven’s Contact Information: Email, ICT Tools for Teachers Facebook Page, ICT Tools for Teachers YouTube channel