Sanctity Poem

It is a December issue in March, oops!. We discuss Dean’s intervention regarding his podcasting sound and the palace studio he recorded this episode in. We reflect on the end of the 2017 school year and our plans for a reading break. We then take a really deep dive into 3D printing and the peaks and troughs of the approaches we have made in our schools. 

3D printing topics we discuss:

Scalability of 3D printing
Process and solving the problem with the 3D printer.
3D printing isn’t rapid prototyping. It is not a plug and play technology.
How can we make 3D printing as accessible as 2D printing
The need for external partnerships
The challenges of keeping the printers running
How Might We normalise 3D printing to make it accessible for all?
Using the errors as the guideposts for future and as teachable moments.
Who is doing the thinking? Helping students to target the adjustments required for the future.
 

Shownotes
The TeachTechPlay conference - http://teachtechplay.com/
Educational Technology Consortium Victoria (ETCV) - https://www.etcv.vic.edu.au/
Ryan Holiday - https://ryanholiday.net/
Stealing Fire - Jamie Wheal & Steven Kotler - http://www.stealingfirebook.com/
Chris Ly aka the 3D Printing Guy - https://www.facebook.com/the3dprintingguy/
Makerbot - https://www.makerbot.com/
Makers Empire - https://www.makersempire.com/
Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com/
e-NABLE foundation - http://enablingthefuture.org/
Stratasys 3D printers - http://www.stratasys.com/en

Episode 16 - A Deep Into 3D Printing

Where have we been? Steve begins by sharing the behind the scenes of the new University Campus at Ivanhoe. Year 9 is traditionally recognised as the year where students provide the most challenges in terms of disengagement, behaviour, and lack of direction. But is Year 8 the new Year 9? Dean and Steve talk about how their collective schools approach this challenge.

Design thinking pops up again (it does in every episode!) and Dean reflects on his human-centred approach to learning and schooling after appearing at the Leadership Exchange. Networking is a key factor in this approach and Dean and Steve talk about their respective network development journeys. The lone genius is a myth as the greatest ideas of our time have come from people bouncing off each other. Dean proposes 5 key stages of networking from his own experience. 

Stages of networking

Reach out
Twitter - Twitter chats, hashtags, following thought leaders. LinkedIn
Blog - evolve thinking
Giving more - connect with people on a deeper level and work together. Reading
Outside networks - bringing ideas from outside education
The Design and Play podcast began due to a desire to do deep work together. The learning that we do within our networks needs to evolve. We also jump into design inspired archetypes to help break our assumptions about schools and leadership. Do you have a bias towards actions or do you embrace ambiguity? Finally, we discuss 1:1 programs and our questions and worries about the current state of our own programs. The wicked problem - how do we best serve our students’ needs with technology? Is our current approach enough?

Show notes

Ivanhoe Grammar University Campus

Leadership Exchange

David Eagleman

Creativity in the brain podcast

Lauren Sayer

Stephen Heppell

Design Thinking for School Leaders - Five Roles and Mindsets That Ignite Positive Change

TransTech Conference

Steve Glaveski

VUCA

Networking, PLNs & Design Thinking

Dean and Steve dive into a rich conversation about the spectrum of creation. Is the technology in our schools active or passive? Is it a set and get or do we put low floor, high ceiling technology opportunities in front of our students? These questions get mulled around as we talk about the relationship between knowledge transfer and knowledge creation. We explore the power of using deconstruction to explore everyday complexity and how this exploration leads to increased curiosity. Deconstructing everyday items and systems helps students to see how parts interact with other parts and the complexity of the interactions between them. This helps students to find areas where there is friction and helps them become better at problem finding. This conversation then leads us to a conversation on information and sensory overload. How are we shutting off in an age of information abundance? We finish off our great chat with a discussion on how might create online learning opportunities that create community inspired action.

“Learning is a consequence of experience.” - Piaget

“Technology is humanity’s accelerant.” - Kevin Kelly

Show notes
Pi-Top
Agency by Design Thinking routines

Third Space

Float tank - Sensory deprivation

Flow Performance

Flow Genome Project

Microsoft Teams

Lego Play

Consumption Vs Creation

A podcast all about education, technology, innovation, pedagogy, design and creativity. Hosted by Steve Brophy and Dean Pearman.