Reverse engineering the Roomba
Yes I know, its an old project covered a few times. Most notably, The Hook up did a fantastic use case of the Roomba with MQTT (below) while the Roomba…
Byte Sized AI for teachers
After much thought, I am going to deep-dive into AI. It makes perfect sense. Everyday, my 'X' (I prefer Twitter, but oh well...) is bombarded by developments in the field…
Cybersecurity 101 – version 2
Summary of the 2nd rendition of Cybersecurity 101 day held at VUW Kelburn campus.
Doodly for classroom educators.
Nice software to make instructional videos; but you could easily get the entire Adobe suite and do a lot more for the price. Definitely not for classroom teachers.
Games in Education and Intro to Virtual Reality spaces
This blog post has two videos; Games in Education by Simon McCallum and Intro to VR by Byron Mallett, both aimed at teachers in high school teaching digital technologies.
Outreach in Space!
Not literally. But maybe someday. After learning about World Space Week (https://www.worldspaceweek.org/) in August, I thought an outreach event on this theme was calling, especially in Hawke's Bay, where I…
Cybersecurity 101 – An intro for high school students
30 students from 15 colleges attended the Cybersecurity 101 day held at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington this week. As part of my overall agenda to increase diversity,…
Holiday programmes
Holiday programmes are a fun way to keep kids engaged in activity. I had the opportunity to do a couple and learnt a lot.
Robotics and AR as a combined activity
Recently we had the opportunity to run a STEM workshop at a biannual warplanes event called Wings over Wairarapa in Masterton NZ. There were about 5000 visiting on the STEM…
Microbit Electric Garden
Microbit and Weatherbit + ESP The Microbit is a very versatile little computing module. You can learn how to code using the device, while also using it as an interface…
MIT App Inventor for Year 7 – 10
We had the privilege to host Karen Lang, Business and Education Development Manager for MIT App Inventor, MIT, Boston. Two workshops, one in Wairarapa and the other in Wellington were…
3D printing pen for fast prototyping in the classroom
3D printing models in the classroom takes ages. Especially if your students decide to make some complex shapes which takes long hours to complete, so you decide to leave it…