Collaborating with the Melbourne Arboretum

Collaborating with the Melbourne Arboretum

This was a nice setting for a meeting yesterday afternoon as our team met with Maggie and Sarah from the Melbourne Arboretum to discuss how we can collaborate to involve our young people in the development of this incredibly exciting new nature engagement project,...
Scicomm with Science Gallery Melbourne

Scicomm with Science Gallery Melbourne

Yesterday, our student ambassadors got the chance to work with our own science communicator, Vhairi, and her old colleagues from Science Gallery Melbourne to develop their communication skills. Claire and Caleb from Science Gallery Melbourne gave students the tricks...
Workshop with Gary Stager

Workshop with Gary Stager

Today we had the privilege of hosting Gary Stager at our Tech School to run a session on project-based learning and the maker movement for our staff and partner school teachers. Following a thought-provoking presentation, Gary then ran a workshop on coding and...
Hummingbird microcontroller teacher PD

Hummingbird microcontroller teacher PD

Today we welcomed teachers from Melbourne’s north for a professional development workshop on Hummingbird microcontrollers. The day was led by our learning technologists at the Whittlesea and Banyule Nillumbik Tech Schools, Carlin and Anthony, and it was lovely...
Opening our doors during Education Week

Opening our doors during Education Week

Last Thursday evening during Education Week, we opened our doors to our local community. It was incredible to see so many people – young, old, teachers, industry, interested locals – exploring what Tech Schools have to offer. The event included tours led...