Teaching

Course Design Principles

• Pedagogy / Andragogy
  • Student-led learning / Experiential learning
  • Assessment for learning / Authentic assessment
• Teaching / Mentoring
  • Face-to-face
  • Remote - online / by distance
  • Blended
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Low-floor, high-ceiling tasks

AI in Education

• Link to Michael's analysis and experience.

Teaching - Primary to Postgraduate

• Level 7 Grad Dip.Tchg Science and Mathematics Education and Education Leadership.
• Level 5 Dip.ICT and B.App.I.S degree level computer science courses.
• Green School New Zealand - leader of science and mathematics programmes (Year 7 - 13).
• Intermediate - Digital Technology - robotics and game design (Years 7 - 8).
• Secondary - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space, Mathematics, Calculus, Robotics & Game design (Years 9 - 13).

Teaching Leadership

• New Zealand Ministry of Education E-learning Fellow: Michael's report & the state of Science education in New Zealand.
• Education Lead - Private Training Establishment (PTE); Agriculture and Construction.
• Programme Leader - Open Polytechnic and the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki.
• Green School New Zealand - leader of Science and Mathematics programmes (Year 7 - 13). Cross-curricula course design and assessment.
• Workshop Developer and Facilitator - CORE Education. Science Teacher Fellowship programmes.
• Workshop Developer and Facilitator - Focus Consultancy. Assessment design & moderation.
• Instructional Designer - EarnLearn. Assessment design & learning resources. Mathematics and Science expert.
• Writer/Instructional Designer - World Interactive Software: Year 12 Interactive Physics.

Combined STEM for old and young - TV and movie props

Link to B9 robot and other props

“Technology should disappear into the learning experience while making thinking visible.”

More to be added soon...