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Students use 3D scanners to record their emotional responses outside Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition, Te Papa

Changing the narrative: Exploring Gallipoli through empathy

‘The range of emotions that students come up with is confronting and powerful.’ Learning Innovation Specialist Donald James describes how the Learning Team at Te Papa have helped children empathise with war.Read more

2018-11-01
By: Donald James
On: 1 Nov 2018
In: Education, History
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When does success look like failure? The important lessons found in robotics

If you were a fly on the wall in the Robotics After School Club, you would see a messy, noisy room of kids and the facilitators bouncing around like bearings in a pinball machine. Learning Innovation Special Donald James talks about learning through failing.Read more

2018-07-04
By: Te Papa
On: 4 Jul 2018
In: Education
A learner interacts with their own 3D designed Vaka (ocean canoe) prototype in VR, 2017. Te Papa

The art of ako: Teaching kids to teach kids to use virtual reality

Learning innovation specialist Ewan MacLeod looks at how the Māori concept of ako guides pedagogy inside a 21st century learning lab.Read more

2017-05-19
By: Ewan MacLeod
On: 19 May 2017
In: Behind the scenes, Education
Children photographing illustration

Young photographers display their work in a virtual gallery

Te Papa Senior Advisor, Museum Education Tara Fagan spends some time with young children as they get creative in virtual reality.Read more

2017-03-23
By: Tara Fagan
On: 23 Mar 2017
In: Education
Students in the Learning Lab at Te Papa

How to create a high tech Learning Lab in a museum

Educator Matt Richards talks about his experience creating a Learning Lab for Te Papa and seeing students engage with the space for the first time. Read more

2016-12-21
By: Matt Richards
On: 21 Dec 2016
In: Education

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