This is the introduction session presented by Dorothy Burt.
In session one, I went to Greg's activity, which was Cubic papercraft - Creating paper models.
I made a Tardis model!!!
Great skills can be learned from this type of activity :-
- Patience
- Accuracy
- Spacial awareness of how a flat shape can make a 3D form
- Cutting
- Assembling
- Following instructions
- Putting what you have learned into different situations and product design.
Then for session two, I was co leading a session with Russel Dunn about rocket making.
The whole team managed to get their rockets made and launched in our 45 minute time slot. We had all the rockets pre-cut and scored thanks to the laser cutter.
The whole team managed to get their rockets made and launched in our 45 minute time slot. We had all the rockets pre-cut and scored thanks to the laser cutter.
Thanks for this post Karen. We certainly took a leap of faith organising an event of this magnitude to try and get a simple message across. Between the session you went to and the session you co-led, you have nailed it. Every learner should be able to have create experiences that don't take heaps of class time, but lead to some fabulous learning opportunities.
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Thanks Dorothy. It was great to see so many fellow teachers in school having so much fun.
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