access Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/access/ Pushing The Edge for Critical Thinking in Education Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:35 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pushingtheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-PTE-512x512-32x32.png access Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/access/ 32 32 Making Sport Accessible for People with Disabilities with Sam De Leve https://pushingtheedge.org/making-sport-accessible-for-people-with-disabilities/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:00:57 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=10078 How do we go about making sport accessible for people with disabilities? We talk access, equipment, attitudes, and the power of language with Sam De Leve CLICK PLAY to listen to my conversation with Sam De Leve Episode 34 Overview In this episode, we meet dancer, multi-sport athlete and wheelchair user – Sam De Leve. We explore the power of sport and sporting communities to change how disabled people see themselves, their bodies, and their possibilities in life. Also why do access, equipment, and language matter? And what makes a good sports coach? Plus you’ve probably heard people describing their identities

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]]> What to Do if the Technology is Stuffed in your School https://pushingtheedge.org/broken-technology/ Mon, 06 Jun 2016 07:15:51 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=8500 Shiny gadgets, unbridled excitement. It’s awesomeness on overdrive. That’s technology in Education, on the internet. Right? Well it’s definitely not the education institutions I’ve worked in. Perhaps I’m over-stating it somewhat. My partner does say I have a flair for the dramatic. And who am I to disagree?  But in the worlds of education technology twitter chats, it often seems like this gloriously rosy scenario I’ve painted above.  So many ideas and insights.  So many opportunities for connecting online – Did someone say, global connections? So many new tools to try out.   Tools that actually work.   I SO

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]]> Ending White Silence in Education with Greg Michie https://pushingtheedge.org/ending-white-silence-education/ Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:00:29 +0000 http://167.99.27.222/?p=8657 How might we go about ending white silence on the Social Justice front? How can we make twitter chats more inclusive & teach that #BlackLivesMatter?

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