DattaQueensland's podcast

Today, I'm speaking with Tony Grudinski who kinda does the same thing I do, recording information that is, the difference being that his stuff is so interesting that he is looking into using artificial intelligence to publish his videos in many different languages.  I am telling you that now because it is something we don' talk about in our chat and I don't think he is going to talk about it at th...

Today, I'm speaking with Sally Lawrence. Now, she is probably one of those people that would well and truly deserve one of our teacher excellence awards, that is if she was still in the classroom. That is our good fortune cause now she talks to teachers about the 8 ways of aboriginal learning which has an amazing alignment with our design practices. This year her focus is the bunya nut. You just w...

Today, I'm speaking with Vinesh Chandra now. Vinesh and his co-author, Basil Slynko, are talking to us at this year's conference. You can see them on the first day. My ears pricked up right from the start when I found out that they taught together an eternity ago in one of my old stomping grounds. That's Bundamba and Ipswich many years and many textbooks later, they are here to introduce a new des...

Today, I'm speaking with Beth Welden. Now, Beth is talking to us at this year's conference, and you can see her on the first day. She is talking about our sustainable future using timber and I have to say the few minutes we had together made me realise that I am sadly lacking in my understanding of where our timber comes from and what its influence is. If you are like me this presentation is a mus...

Today, I'm speaking with Mike King. Now, Mike is talking to us at this year's conference,and you can see him on the first day. And if you really want to see, you may have to push me out of the way, because I'll be sitting right up the front, ready to go. Now, over the last few years, he has worked with his students to build some major technology projects,from scrap metal statues to caravans to ele...

Today, I am speaking with Daniel Spat, now Dan is the Queensland chair o the Design Institute of Australia, a working designer at Integral and the speaker at our conference dinner on Thursday evening the 15th of June. Dan is in a rather unique position to talk to what is needed for our kids to aim for a career in and Design. Quite an insightful chat, I know it has me looking at the way I am doing...

Today, I am speaking with Jamie Lay and not to hear about some of the incredible things he has done, though he has done some pretty impressive things. No today we are talking about one of the teachers in his staffroom, the design and technology teacher of the year for 2022, Carol Anne Durkin.  Now there is a reason for this because in this episode we will be launching the race for the 2023 teacher...

Today, I am speaking with Mark McMullin and we are going to chat about a brand new competition pitting schools against schools with the aim of growing fabulous young people who are gaining skills for this new world of renewable energy.  But before we get to I, I would like to tell you about it after our chat. You see mark spends an awful amount of time working with these kids outside of school hou...

Today, I am speaking with two of the organisers of our Qld Pedal Prix events for 2023. We will be chatting about the sport, how it was affected by Covid, how we have lost some of our oldest and much-loved races and how we are moving into the future with a goal to make it bigger and better than ever before.  I hope you enjoy our chat, I sure did.  Thank you John and Graham, I loved every moment of...

Today we are speaking with DATTA Qld Teacher of the year Carol-Anne Durkin. We get to know her some more and suck in the excitement she exudes for this subject area of ours.  She actually started teaching design before she left school. As a senior she was writing lesson plans and taking the role of prac teacher at her school.  We also get to talk about the things she sees as important for the futu...

Today we ask the question, what would you do with 2 million dollars. Carol Flikweerk from James Nash High in Gympie has been given funding to upgrade the technology facilities at her school.  So I thought would be a good Idea to hear just what changes she is going to make and just for the fun of it we invited Corey Gieskens from ferny grove to join the chat and give his thoughts too. Corey is one...

Chelsea Mclean is an advocate for and leader in the move towards a change in the way we look at design into the future.  The push towards a circular economy is one way to change the direction of climate change and frankly our ability to live comfortably or at all on this planet.  Chelsea was the Saturday key note speaker at our conference this year and I have to admit I was expecting a fluffy inte...

Roslyn Richards is the HOD of Technology at Wynnum State High School and has had the job for nearly 30 years. When I heard that she has over seen the transformation of her subject area I just knew I had to sit down for a chat and hear some of the things that she has seen and just how much things have changed. So glad I did, she is just the type of boss I wish I had.       I hope you enjoy this, I...

Roslyn Richards is the HOD of Technology at Wynnum State High School and has had the job for nearly 30 years. When I heard that she has over seen the transformation of her subject area I just knew I had to sit down for a chat and hear some of the things that she has seen and just how much things have changed. So glad I did, she is just the type of boss I wish I had.       I hope you enjoy this, I...

Today, I am speaking with Peter Murphy. Now it seems to be a staple on this show to talk to people who are trying to get more teachers into our area and today is another step along that path.  Peter Murphy is ex chair of the DFATTA Australia and now lecturer at several universities teaching design. But most importantly for us has started running a design masterclass for Queensland teachers. This i...

Today, I am speaking with Rowan Cahill, now Rowan is the Regional Co-Ordinator for the F1 in schools north Queensland. Today we will talk about the program and some of the sensational benefits students gain from being a part of it.  I hope you enjoy our chat, I sure did. Thanks Rowan, for the chat !     About the Bridge Building Podcast "This is the place where we dissect and then discover the man...

Today, I am speaking with Terri Quinn, now Terri is the program manager for the Technologies Teacher Pathway Program. Today she will share a bit about the program and how she is taking steps to help fix the teacher shortage we have in this state Rosie. If you are a HOD looking for staff or a teacher wanting to move across into our field, this is a worthwhile listen. I hope you enjoy this chat, I s...

To keep this podcast going, I need your help. Today, I am speaking with John Joyce, now John Heads up the Queensland Pedal Prix Super Series. Today, we will be chatting about the 2022 series and all of the great things that are ahead for the competition. It is nearly two years since the kids at my school have had a chance to race and I just can't wait for next year. I hope you enjoy this chat, I s...

Today, I am speaking with Jodi Perkins, a teacher from a little town called Wandoen in the south west. Now I met Jodi earlier in the year and was delighted to hear what she is doing.  Virtually every other teacher that I have spoken to about design and tech in primary school has said that it is simply to hard. Now that is not the case here. I hope you enjoy this chat, I sure did. Thanks to John, t...

Today, I am speaking with John Barnes and Matt Davis from Shailer Park State high and the way they run their vocational programs is just brilliant. With six separate pathways heading for quite specific vocations. The kids are trained well and the local community and industry is loving it. I hope you can take something away from this chat, I sure did. Thanks to John and Matt for the chat!   About t...

Today, I am speaking with ITD course organiser from the only university in Queensland to offer Design and Technology as a component of their bachelor of Secondary Education. Brad Connolly has some exciting news if you know, like I do, a Tradie that would like to teach, but can't because four years to complete a degree is just way too much time away from a pay packet.  I hope you find this as excit...

Today, I am speaking with Design and Technology teacher of teachers, Steven Somerfield from New South Wales. When it comes to design this teacher puts his money and several years of his time where his mouth is.  He saw a need to make one of the tools we use in design safer and easier to use. We had a great time and I hope you enjoy my conversation with this inspirational teacher from New South Wal...

Today, I am speaking with DATTA Australia's Teacher of the year. We talk of problem solving, checking cattle feed and simply stunning stem days.  We had a great time and I hope you enjoy my conversation with this inspirational teacher from Western Australia. Thanks to Simon for the chat!   About the Bridge Building Podcast "This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD tea...