Summary
Digital photograph of Tony Jones reading instructions to Odetta Moore (née) Webb and Caitlin O'Connell at the Sunrise School at Melbourne Museum. Photograph was taken by Museum of Victoria photographer Frank Coffa.
Odetta and Caitlin were two of the students from Princes Hill Secondary College selected to participate in the exploratory computing classroom which ran from 1988-1989. This digital image forms part of the Sunrise Collection which includes educational robots, software and multimedia recordings of teachers and students exploring new possibilities with computer programming. 'Computational thinking' in a constructionist environment was emerging in Victoria throughout the 1980s and 90s.
Description of Content
Male teacher seated on floor reading from a booklet to two female students, one with wearing a striped top, seated on the floor, the other wearing a blue jumper and jeans seated on a plywood box.
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth
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Person Depicted
Odetta Moore (Nee Webb) - Princess Hill Secondary College, 1989
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Individuals Identified
Jones, Tony; Moore, Odetta; O'Connell, Caitlin
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Format
Digital file
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Keywords
Computing, Educational Technology, Educational Materials, Teaching Aids, Museums, Students, Classrooms, Computer Accessories, Computer Programming
