Discussion Boards

From April to July, 2021, the STEAM Preservice teacher group conducted two rounds of weekly meetings via Zoom , which science education researchers, and participating school teachers from Australia and Korea collaborated to select lesson topics and syllabus outcomes, and develop unit/lesson plans and instructional materials for the STEAM program.  

Below is the Padlet discussion board, which the members recorded and make notes during the project. 

Students from Korea and Australia used  zoom, google docs and padlet to work together from August to Septmer 2021. Together the students worked hard to create a collaborative video detailed the envrionmental problems found in Korea and Australia and how they can be addressed. 

Below is the padlet discussion board, which the students used to communicate and made notes about thier project. 

From December 2022 to March 2023, preservice teachers were invited to participate in discussion their thoughts after completing various modules on systems thinking in STEAM. 

Below is the Padlet discussion board, where the pre-service teachers shared their thoughts. 

Weekly meetings on Skype were held between our members to create the Forest Around Our School Program. Over the course of time, the meetings covered various topics including learning about STEAM, system thinking, analysing Australian curriculum, worksheet and resource preparation, presentations on new innovations and research.