Listen to your 'clients'. When I’m building a new 'virtual experience', I want to get as far away from the traditional view of a classroom as possible. We've already got the bricks and mortar version, right? I wasn't sure this was a shared opinion. Often businesses go straight to the virtual office model. Recreating their physical building in the virtual space. This makes more sense as it’s familiar and productive, but is it the same for education? Today we can go anywhere, l

How can we blame educators for not rushing to the frontlines to fight in the Education revolution? They’re already fighting on the front lines! They’re already in the trenches! The mounting pressure driving them out in droves. We’re hemorrhaging teachers and it’s death by a thousand cuts. Education 3.0 is here, but the bigger picture is so much bigger. Implementing 3.0 now would be like putting a plaster (band-aid) on an arterial cut. There’s so much change needed from the g

Virtual learning spaces ready to go and starting next term! Yes! After many months of imagining, building and planning.. its going to happen! From concept model to reality. The #hybridclassroom in practice! I’m very proud, and beyond excited, to work with my base school and see this finally come to life. I started building worlds for educators and working on the hybrid classroom model in lockdown 5 months ago. Just myself and my dog. Now, in 2022 the school’s Years 4, 5 and 6

Readings from Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream'. Jan 25th 12pm AEST - FREE EVENT Tickets available from EVENTBRITE Visit the set here #metaverse #edumetaverse #shakespeare #thedream #play #experience

A while back I was asked ‘How do you think the Metaverse will change education?’. It's a good question. Let me start by saying it won’t be overnight! In many ways, I feel like we slipped right back into form simply because we were all 'Zoomed out'. Online learning often felt like a chore and everyone was sick of it. Did we miss a trick though? If you thought online learning was going to slip away after COVID.. think again. The Global E-Learning Market is estimated to reach $4

For me, this is what it's what the Metaverse is all about! Being able to link two schools together, across 1,000 km of Australia is going to be amazing. The students are going to lose their minds when it's finally opened. The 'Murray Darling River' is the perfect 'world' for a Virtual Field trip. No headsets are required, just a browser and a spirit of adventure. Frame's ability to switch scenes means we can learn by day and eat virtual marshmallows by the campfire in the eve

Hybrid classrooms, blending the real and the virtual in a post-Covid world. During the NSW Covid lockdowns, the schools I coach were closed. Our students entered into a daily routine of zoom calls and isolation. A routine that would continue for over 3 months. Unable to get to schools, I searched for an alternative to bring us together in one space. An online world that allowed students and teachers a chance to reconnect. As well as reconnecting, to have a presence in that sp

- A call to all teachers The Education revolution that was promised so many years ago is still moving, but are we moving quickly enough? Although it’s shifting, is it keeping up with the real world? We need more momentum, more innovation. These are crazy times, and the ability to be flexible for change will be part of that new momentum. Change can only be truly facilitated by those on the ‘front lines’, those teachers working every day with students. Incorporating innovative

Andrew Wright from iTeacher talks about teaching and learning in an online world. #virtuallearning #metaverse #edumetaverse #iteacher #onlinelearning

'The Farm'' is a great place to learn about sustainablity. A key concept in the Australian Curriculum. Learn about sustainable farming and how we can care and nuture our native fura and flora. Work your way around the activities whilst listening to the peaceful soundtrack of a working farm. #sustainability #australia #farming #virtualworlds #metaverse #edumetaverse #schools #onlinelearning #homeschooling #edutech #innovation #fieldtrip