Futures Learning lets me have so many opportunities to share my passion with others and explore more of my interests. You also get free travel to so many places and share your voice with others. So it's been exactly five weeks since I have posted on my blog, but lots has been happening. Most of … Continue reading Why I LOVE Futures Learning
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Class recounts of what we did, learned and achieved.
Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes! No!
Today we played communication games! For the first half of the lesson, in pairs we performed an improvised scene, except without dialogue. We only had one word - yes or no. One person had yes, the other had no. The pair would be given a stimulus, then would act it out in front of the … Continue reading Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes! No!
Changing the Education System
As many of my previous blog posts show, I am very passionate about changing education within Australia. I find myself and every other student in my grade to be unengaged from learning and bored. All year, my school has been involved with Fusion Labs, attending a leadership advisory board on changing education. It is based … Continue reading Changing the Education System
Videos For Change
This term we're doing a group project called 'Videos For Change' by High Resolves. We have to work as a group to create a video on a certain topic, and aim to make an impact on others. My group is doing a video on mental illness in teens. The rest of the class has made … Continue reading Videos For Change
Instructor vs Constructor
Lesson 15 Today we tested our ability to interpret instructions from images and verbally work as a team to build a mini block animal. After the activity, I realised how hard things can be without words! Especially for visually impaired people, constructing things and applying instructions can be really hard. With two people, one person … Continue reading Instructor vs Constructor
My School Made Me Do Something Illegal…
So for the last ten years I've been at school, my teachers and staff around me have been 'encouraging' and 'praising' all the work and presentations I've made. But recently I have just discovered that what I've been doing (aka, my homework!) could have landed me sued if I were an adult! Logbook - FL … Continue reading My School Made Me Do Something Illegal…
School Strike 4 Climate
On March 15th, myself and 30,000 other students and adults around Sydney went to Town Hall to protest about the government's inaction on climate change. We got to watch people perform, chant and march down the city. Many people were angry and upset that we were protesting. A lady stormed pass myself and other students … Continue reading School Strike 4 Climate
Curating Communication
Futures Learning - Lesson 10 Communication is a very multi-layered, confusing and tricky skill we deal with everyday. From greeting the bus driver, to delivering your life-changing speech at work that may or may not cause the biggest talk in the office. When people come together to branch out their ideas and thoughts, it can … Continue reading Curating Communication
Futures Learning – Lesson 3
How can we represent FL in a logo? Activity: Class Coat of ArmsPurpose: Team BondingIn small teams, we created the Futures Learning class coat of arms. In three spaces, we drew something that represents a recent achievement, something that reflects your class values and something that represents where we saw the class going in the … Continue reading Futures Learning – Lesson 3
Why Is Futures Learning Important?
Lesson 2 Logbook: Second lesson of the year, doing my now-favourite subject. We watched a TEDTalk about the education system and all the flaws within it. Sir Ken Robinson's 'Bring On the Revolution' raised ideas and problems we all face at school. It was upsetting, seeing how little the education system has revolved, but knowing … Continue reading Why Is Futures Learning Important?
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