<description>&lt;p&gt;Lois Smethurst and Jenny Ashby discuss:  &lt;strong&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s been happening?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in &lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ruconnected/id323042625"&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tournament Of the Minds &lt;a href="http://www.tom.edu.au/VIC/"&gt;#TOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sphero.com/"&gt;Sphero balls&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/rolling-spider/"&gt;drones&lt;/a&gt; in the classroom using the &lt;a href="https://tickleapp.com/en-us/"&gt;Tickle&lt;/a&gt; app to program them and connecting issues at school.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review of S2L 2015&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://fieldofmarseec.nsw.edu.au/"&gt;Field of Mars&lt;/a&gt; -TV show -Steve Papp  Winning Video - &lt;a href="http://slidetolearn.ning.com/video/slide2learn-appmazing-race-video-the-catherders"&gt;AppMazing&amp;nbsp; Race&lt;/a&gt; The rules -&lt;a href="http://ruconnected.global2.vic.edu.au/files/2015/08/Appmazing-Race-2jrutvq.pdf"&gt;Appmazing Race&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.periscope.tv/about"&gt;Periscope&lt;/a&gt; -  Inspire 2 learn sessions  S2L 2016 Announced and to be in Cairns with an Environment theme -&amp;nbsp; July 2nd-3rd 2016&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Conferences&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://dltv.vic.edu.au/fringe-festival#Spark"&gt;DLTV Fringe Festival&lt;/a&gt; - spark sessions &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2XU-v17e7pARXhWV0ZWckI2blE/view?usp=sharing"&gt;Narissa Leung&lt;/a&gt; Playground -pile of sand unused bricks, risk takers.  ACER Assessment Conference  Dr Rukmini Banerji  &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZZ5zz7KDM&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZZ5zz7KDM&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Future events &lt;a href="http://teachmeetmelbourne.wikispaces.com/2015+-+Sept+10+-+Bendigo"&gt;TeachMeet Bendigo &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Letting GO! &amp;nbsp; Seeing others catching on and giving opportunities for others to lead. &amp;nbsp;Digital leverage.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lois Smethurst and Jenny Ashby discuss:  What&rsquo;s been happening?
You can listen in the play...

Lois Smethurst and Jenny Ashby discuss:  What&rsquo;s been happening?
You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes
Tournament Of the Minds #TOM
Sphero balls and drones in the classroom using the Tickle app to program them and connecting issues at school.
Review of S2L 2015 Field of Mars -TV show -Steve Papp  Winning Video - AppMazing&nbsp; Race The rules -Appmazing Race Periscope -  Inspire 2 learn sessions  S2L 2016 Announced and to be in Cairns with an Environment theme -&nbsp; July 2nd-3rd 2016
Other Conferences DLTV Fringe Festival - spark sessions &nbsp;Narissa Leung Playground -pile of sand unused bricks, risk takers.  ACER Assessment Conference  Dr Rukmini Banerji  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZZ5zz7KDM&amp;feature=youtu.be
Future events TeachMeet Bendigo  Letting GO! &nbsp; Seeing others catching on and giving opportunities for others to lead. &nbsp;Digital leverage.

RUConnected #80 TOM, Reflective Practice & Digital Leverage

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/39/08/f2/lois-jen/3000x3000_9567879.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lois and Jenny talk about Mobile2015, school visits, shopping and slide2learn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenny went to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://mobilelearningexperience.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Mobile 2015&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Tucson, Arizona&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202953" target="_blank"&gt;IPad configuring - redeeming free apps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://slidetolearn.ning.com/page/2015-workshops#CreatingSmethurst" target="_blank"&gt;Creating online student TV&lt;/a&gt; - crucial factors:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;knowing the students what are their strengths,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ability to work in teams,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;writing and elaboration,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;choosing a topic and succinctly but thoroughly presenting the information,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;performing by being engaging and speaking with authority.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shopping- books, robots, drones and Pendo's&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lois Visited&amp;nbsp;Yinnar Primary School - A school so committed to a philosophy about learning and effort rather than compliance and completing a task.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lois's Book Shopping:  Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential, by Carol Dweck&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Challenging Learning, by James Nottingham&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Building Learning Power: Helping Young People Become Better Learners, by Guy Claxton  &lt;a href="http://www.buildinglearningpower.co.uk/how_its_done.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice by Shirley Clark.  &lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2015/05/formative_assessment_the_right_question_at_the_right_time.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Growth Mindset Pocketbook by Barry Hymer (came highly recommended too)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jenny is helping to design her new school and has attended Bastow to find out about learning spaces with Ewan MacIntosh - The&amp;nbsp;learning spaces you need to plan for include:  &lt;strong&gt;watching, secret spaces, performing, collaborative, participation, publishing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can see more extensive notes on the &lt;a href="http://ruconnected.global2.vic.edu.au/"&gt;RUConnected Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lois and Jenny talk about Mobile2015, school visits, shopping and slide2learn.
Jenny went to&nbs...

Lois and Jenny talk about Mobile2015, school visits, shopping and slide2learn.
Jenny went to&nbsp;Mobile 2015&nbsp;in Tucson, Arizona
IPad configuring - redeeming free apps
Creating online student TV - crucial factors:

knowing the students what are their strengths,
ability to work in teams,
writing and elaboration,
choosing a topic and succinctly but thoroughly presenting the information,
performing by being engaging and speaking with authority.

Shopping- books, robots, drones and Pendo's
Lois Visited&nbsp;Yinnar Primary School - A school so committed to a philosophy about learning and effort rather than compliance and completing a task.
Lois's Book Shopping:  Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential, by Carol Dweck&nbsp;
Challenging Learning, by James Nottingham
Building Learning Power: Helping Young People Become Better Learners, by Guy Claxton  
Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice by Shirley Clark.  
Growth Mindset Pocketbook by Barry Hymer (came highly recommended too)
Jenny is helping to design her new school and has attended Bastow to find out about learning spaces with Ewan MacIntosh - The&nbsp;learning spaces you need to plan for include:  watching, secret spaces, performing, collaborative, participation, publishing
You can see more extensive notes on the RUConnected Blog

RUConnected #79 Holiday Catchup

<description>&lt;img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/39/08/f2/lois-jen/3000x3000_9567879.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois and Jenny discuss all things happening lately with their education focus. And the weather of course.

Minecraft Camp
A Saturday spent at minecraft camp.

http://minecrafteps.global2.vic.edu.au
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nhOZkS3hhI Top 10 minecraft songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHG6-0h4fDk  Redstone build designs

Crack the Code in Maths Edn week
A smorgasbpard of activities-

QR code scavenger hunt
Letter scamble from visiting the rooms
iMovie show and tutorials for parents
Minecraft discovery time - student tutorials for parents
Blogging cafe - students helping parents comment
Cracking the code in scratch- students teach parents some basic scratch to draw a shape.

WIM centre news
Use of @periscope https://www.periscope.tv/ and BTN -http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ 
 twitter @behindthenews 
Dominoes fall marble runs Rube Goldberg and domino world records -YOUtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqGcLaE5II Domino world record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w Rube Goldberg machine

Lois Prep /1 Literacy extension group Sharing picture books and developing independent strategies for young students to use in their own classrooms

Maths Olympiad starting this week on May 20th http://www.apsmo.info/apsmo_v2/APSMO_Home.php

pyonkee https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pyonkee/id905012686?mt=8
Full scratch for the iPad.
</description>

Lois and Jenny discuss all things happening lately with their education focus. And the weather of...

Lois and Jenny discuss all things happening lately with their education focus. And the weather of course.

Minecraft Camp
A Saturday spent at minecraft camp.

http://minecrafteps.global2.vic.edu.au
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nhOZkS3hhI Top 10 minecraft songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHG6-0h4fDk  Redstone build designs

Crack the Code in Maths Edn week
A smorgasbpard of activities-

QR code scavenger hunt
Letter scamble from visiting the rooms
iMovie show and tutorials for parents
Minecraft discovery time - student tutorials for parents
Blogging cafe - students helping parents comment
Cracking the code in scratch- students teach parents some basic scratch to draw a shape.

WIM centre news
Use of @periscope https://www.periscope.tv/ and BTN -http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ 
 twitter @behindthenews 
Dominoes fall marble runs Rube Goldberg and domino world records -YOUtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqGcLaE5II Domino world record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w Rube Goldberg machine

Lois Prep /1 Literacy extension group Sharing picture books and developing independent strategies for young students to use in their own classrooms

Maths Olympiad starting this week on May 20th http://www.apsmo.info/apsmo_v2/APSMO_Home.php

pyonkee https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pyonkee/id905012686?mt=8
Full scratch for the iPad.


RUConnected Ep #78

<description>&lt;p&gt;At last we are back.  Lois and Jenny discuss their new roles and schools in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Horizon Centre and the &lt;a href="http://epswim.global2.vic.edu.au"&gt;WIM&lt;/a&gt; Centres are also discussed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scratch - project with grades from DET Vic and a feature for &lt;a href="http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/news/archive/Pages/eduweek15.aspx"&gt;Education week, Cracking the Code&lt;/a&gt; with a Maths theme.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MineCraft club - Jenny keeps us informed about how the minecraft club is coming along.  &lt;a href="http://buddyverse.com/"&gt;BuddyVerse &lt;/a&gt;Minecraft Camp May 16th-17th in Bendigo at Epsom PS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mrsladdsclass.wikispaces.com/24+Hour+Skypathon"&gt;24hr skype PineValley&lt;/a&gt; Jenny's school participated in @beverley_ladd class' #pvskype24 in the US&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NPDL _Jenny outlines the latest Deep Learning&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://event.icebergevents.com.au/slide2learn2015/register/slide2learn-registration"&gt;Slide2Learn - Hobart Tasmania&lt;/a&gt; July 7th &amp;amp; 8th St Virgil's College, register now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Periscope live streaming - allows viewers to interact with video via text and hearts for likes. Many at once.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lois recommended &lt;a href="http://babbledabbledo.com"&gt;BabbleDabbleDo&lt;/a&gt; Web site with lots of ideas for kids to make and create - science, art, design and engineering&lt;/p&gt;</description>

At last we are back.  Lois and Jenny discuss their new roles and schools in 2015.
The Horizon Ce...

At last we are back.  Lois and Jenny discuss their new roles and schools in 2015.
The Horizon Centre and the WIM Centres are also discussed.
Scratch - project with grades from DET Vic and a feature for Education week, Cracking the Code with a Maths theme.
MineCraft club - Jenny keeps us informed about how the minecraft club is coming along.  BuddyVerse Minecraft Camp May 16th-17th in Bendigo at Epsom PS.
24hr skype PineValley Jenny's school participated in @beverley_ladd class' #pvskype24 in the US
NPDL _Jenny outlines the latest Deep Learning
Slide2Learn - Hobart Tasmania July 7th &amp; 8th St Virgil's College, register now.
Periscope live streaming - allows viewers to interact with video via text and hearts for likes. Many at once.
Lois recommended BabbleDabbleDo Web site with lots of ideas for kids to make and create - science, art, design and engineering

RUConnected #77 Reinvention

<description>Lois and Jenny discuss the past, present and future happenings in their schools.

PAST

Jenny attended Miami Device in Nov

at St Stephens episcopal day school -Lead by Felix Jacomino @felixjacomino

Daniel Kim from Canada - Boredom at school and an adversity to boredom lead to Pop DanThology.

Videos - The psychology of PopDanthology

DanVlog -Miami

Keynotes- Kevin Honeycutt - don't hide your genius.

Tony Vincent -

Make it your own....great as usual. http://learninginhand.com/miamidevice

Tony also put together a page with all speakers handouts to sessions.

http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/11/12/resources-from-miami-device

Lisa Johnson - SAMR sassy SAMR

 

PRESENT

What are you doing for the rest of the year?

Hour of Code - We Do Lego

Scratch Christmas message. (a lot of fun now that you can embed the projects so easily)

Tutorials are excellent on web sites.

Generalising with programming and thinking

Mindcraft update New BLog Minecrafteps

FUTURE

New Jobs and New Roles -

April 15-16th Slide2Learn in NZ</description>

Lois and Jenny discuss the past, present and future happenings in their schools.

PAST

Jenny...

Lois and Jenny discuss the past, present and future happenings in their schools.

PAST

Jenny attended Miami Device in Nov

at St Stephens episcopal day school -Lead by Felix Jacomino @felixjacomino

Daniel Kim from Canada - Boredom at school and an adversity to boredom lead to Pop DanThology.

Videos - The psychology of PopDanthology

DanVlog -Miami

Keynotes- Kevin Honeycutt - don't hide your genius.

Tony Vincent -

Make it your own....great as usual. http://learninginhand.com/miamidevice

Tony also put together a page with all speakers handouts to sessions.

http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/11/12/resources-from-miami-device

Lisa Johnson - SAMR sassy SAMR

 

PRESENT

What are you doing for the rest of the year?

Hour of Code - We Do Lego

Scratch Christmas message. (a lot of fun now that you can embed the projects so easily)

Tutorials are excellent on web sites.

Generalising with programming and thinking

Mindcraft update New BLog Minecrafteps

FUTURE

New Jobs and New Roles -

April 15-16th Slide2Learn in NZ

RUConnected #76 Being Bored

Technology in Education, ideas, links and more.  Jenny Ashby and Lois Smethurst are Leading Teachers for ICT in Australian Primary Schools and teach from Prep to Grade 6 children. Jenny and Lois started the RUConnected podcast after attending NECC 09. They work in different parts of Victoria, Australia and have lots to share about integrating ICT into the curriculum.
http://ruconnected.global2.vic.edu.au

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