27 Oct 2009
What do young school children, computers and the environment have in common? This Thursday 29 October, over 80 kindergarten and Year 2 pupils from Thurgoona Public School (TPS) will team up with education students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) at the wetlands on the University’s environmentally sensitive Thurgoona location to take photos of their adventures in the wetlands and write a digital story together. The students are taking part in an educational experience developed by CSU early childhood lecturer Dr Noella Mackenzie from the CSU Murray School of Education in collaboration with TPS teacher Ms Alison Maguire. Dr Mackenzie said the exercise aimed to combine reading and writing with the environment and using computers in a fun atmosphere. “For some CSU students this is also their first teaching experience, so it will be a very important experience for them, too,” Dr Mackenzie said.

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Media Note: For interviews and pictures with Dr Noella Mackenzie and the CSU and TPS students, contact CSU Media. The TPS pupils will arrive on the CSU Thurgoona site on Thursday 29 October at 10am and work with the CSU students in pairs until 2pm. For interviews with TPS, contact the principal, Ms Anne Nolan.