Bridge Building Podcast Episode 11: Geography Teacher, Brett Dascombe Prepares Students For Surveying

Today, I am speaking with Brett Dascombe, a geography teacher at Wavell State High and some of the stuff he does is just sensational.   Why a geography teacher?  Well Brett tells me that one of the careers he is preparing his students for is surveying and that overlaps with us just beautifully.  We will be talking about spatial technologies, story maps, competitions, promoting students' work but the most important thing I got out of it all is that passionate teachers tend to turn out passionate kids.  Thanks to Brett  for the chat!   Contact: Brett DascombeYouTube Channel: BD StorymapsArcGIS Online: esriaustralia.com.au/requesting-gis-for-your-school Email: [email protected] Downloads: 2020 EOI for Spatial Technology PD.pdf     About the Bridge Building Podcast "This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do." So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"   About the Podcast Host Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.   Over To You To keep this podcast going, I need your help. If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them. Contact me through my email [email protected]   Music by: Viola Pink My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.