Kia ora koutou
Last session today before our 3 hour exam next week! It has been a great journey learning lots of new digital skills and this will definitely continue. As we head to our exam next week I am thinking that one of the biggest reflections for me has been around "being a learner" again. I am constantly putting myself into the situation of our tamariki and wondering how learning looks and feels for them. The pressure of a test situation certainly affects most people's stress levels, and this emphasises the importance of learning being aimed at the appropriate level of individuals. We can do this by knowing how tamariki.
Back to today. Dorothy talked about EMPOWERING Learners and Teachers. I liked this quote from Pat Sneddon "The Manaiakalani Kaupapa of empowerment is about the advancing of Rangatiratanga; "taking back control of their own lives". Money and housing can be disempowering for communities.
The Future of Tech and what it means for our tamariki. Gerhard shared some interesting ideas round robotics, facial recognition and the moral dilemma around self-drive cars.
Kerry discussed Computational Thinking in the new Digital Technology Curriculum. She showed us some examples of implementation by teachers. We need to be equipping students with confidence to learn and re-learn as technology changes. I have joined the Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko - Digital Readiness Programme. This looks very useful with toolkits and resources.
We had a bit of time to explore coding. I chose SCRATCH and created a little one to share. This was fun and I can see that there are lots of coding opportunities. (this example is pretty basic)
studio.code looks like a great resource too. What appealed to me was the Minecraft challenge and Dance Party. Check it out.
One more week and our exam will be over and it's the holidays, yippee! Hoping for some sunshine.
Ka kite ano.
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