"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Personal Mission and Bio
Personal Mission Statement
To develop in students the love of learning, the nitty-gritty of making it stick, a win-win attitude and confidence in making a difference.
Bio
Eric McCarron is a lifelong learner and educator whose passion is to create fun learning experiences in which people are inspired to make their mark with their ideas and imagination. He believes that educators and leaders are responsible for creating playful learning environments by including game elements into as many aspects of learning, training and work. He has taught in many contexts from secondary to tertiary levels, and now teaches to the experts of play, children in primary education. He has been recognised for his work in innovative education, especially in his use of technology and game-based learning by Apple as Apple Distinguished Educator 2013, P.L.A.N.E. as a Highly Accomplished Innovative Teacher 2012 and by the Department of Education as a Google Champion (2012). He now serves as a STEM leader across the thousands of NSW public schools, especially in supporting the teaching and learning of technologies such as AR/VR, coding, robotics, 3D design and print, video & audio production and optimised use of ICT skills.
To develop in students the love of learning, the nitty-gritty of making it stick, a win-win attitude and confidence in making a difference.
Bio
Eric McCarron is a lifelong learner and educator whose passion is to create fun learning experiences in which people are inspired to make their mark with their ideas and imagination. He believes that educators and leaders are responsible for creating playful learning environments by including game elements into as many aspects of learning, training and work. He has taught in many contexts from secondary to tertiary levels, and now teaches to the experts of play, children in primary education. He has been recognised for his work in innovative education, especially in his use of technology and game-based learning by Apple as Apple Distinguished Educator 2013, P.L.A.N.E. as a Highly Accomplished Innovative Teacher 2012 and by the Department of Education as a Google Champion (2012). He now serves as a STEM leader across the thousands of NSW public schools, especially in supporting the teaching and learning of technologies such as AR/VR, coding, robotics, 3D design and print, video & audio production and optimised use of ICT skills.
Whether it be learning another webtool, app or use of the word defenestrate, it is fascinating to learn something new to redefine what we can do.
From gamification to implementing tablet devices across whole schools, we have learnt, developed and led the way to make learning WITH and THROUGH technology significant and fun. Some ways we are trying to do this is by marrying technology with powerful pedagogies, such as BYOD, gamification of learning, learning through content creation and collaborative Challenge/Inquiry/Project Based Learning. I see my role on this journey as learner/sharer; to be the best I can at learning from the great ideas and people around me, and to reiterate that learning for my students and my peers in their context and for their needs.
From gamification to implementing tablet devices across whole schools, we have learnt, developed and led the way to make learning WITH and THROUGH technology significant and fun. Some ways we are trying to do this is by marrying technology with powerful pedagogies, such as BYOD, gamification of learning, learning through content creation and collaborative Challenge/Inquiry/Project Based Learning. I see my role on this journey as learner/sharer; to be the best I can at learning from the great ideas and people around me, and to reiterate that learning for my students and my peers in their context and for their needs.
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This website is for my students, peers and parents. It is for educational purposes only. If you have any feedback please feel free to let me know below. All opinions are my own.
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