The Educator Online editorial team have recently created an article in regards to our school’s Marble Bar Virtual World (MBVW) program, working on bridging the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Australia.
The Educator’s article outlined our program’s achievements in:
👏🏽 International Gold Medal at the 2022 Australia Pacific ICT Awards
👏🏽 Honoured in the Public Sector Digital Government Category for its pioneering VR world and virtual teacher development centre.
👏🏽 Principal Shane Wilson recognised with a Australian Schools Plus Fellowship for his leadership in culturally responsive STEM education.
👏🏽 CompliSpace Best First Nations Education Program Award
👏🏽 Excellence Award for Grok Academy Best STEM Program.
👏🏽 Prime Minister of Australia’s Excellence in Primary Science Teaching Award, 👏🏽 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award
👏🏽 Asia Pacific ICT Alliance’s Public Sector Digital Government Solution of 2022 Award.
Quotes attributed to Principal, Shane Wilson
“Virtual reality and drone aviation enrich the teaching of Aboriginal and Western Scientific concepts including astronomy, topography, and geology,” Wilson said.
“CSIRO indicates that the greatest gains to increasing the number of people with STEM skills and literacy is to increase the participation by demographics currently underrepresented in STEM.”
Wilson said CSIRO acknowledged Marble Bar Primary School’s STEM program for engaging local students and community members in STEM, language experts at Wangka Maya’s Pilbara Aboriginal Languages Centre and key industry partner, Airborne IT.
“The Marble Bar Virtual World is transforming the concept of a school network in education; connecting local and global audiences,” he said. “A student champion with a delay of five years to her schooling attends and engages in school every day, co-leading the training of over 500 students in BHP’s Pilbara Education Partnership.”
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You can read the full article here. A BIG thank you to the Educator publication team for this opportunity to share our stories.