LEARN:
1. Connecting with each other
2. Connecting with Manaiakalani
- Empowered
- supporting learners and teacher therefore our whānau and our kura
- agency (oh how I dislike that word!) vs empowered
- tech is "just a tool" - this should not be the case "It's not just a tool" It should be transformative!
- Nigel Latta documentary - lack of money takes away choice - rubbish removal, batts in your walls, health issues
- incredible how well whānau do when so many aspects of their lives have disempowered them
- 5+ a day conversation interaction activity - build this into our blogging
3. Deep Dive: Vicki
- The Future of Technology
- fascinating to see the 10 breakthrough technologies from 2019/2020/2021
- 'Sophia' was a bit freaky!
- Ethics and Morals - how does this all work and who makes the decisions behind how all this is used?
- The Moral Machine
- Who programmed the car?
- Who makes the decisions about what rules it follows?
- who gets in trouble if someone gets hurt?
4. Chalk 'n Talk: Kerry
- Introduction to computational thinking and Hangarau Matihiko
- At home in a digital world - moving beyond solely being users and consumers of digital technologies
5. Explore
- The New Digital Technologies Curriculum
- CS Unplugged site is awesome! lots of cool lessons using the terminology for DT
6. Chalk 'n Talk: registering for theGoogle Certification Exams: Vicki
7. Hāpara Hot Tips
- Community
- join the community and get notifications of things that change
8. Explore: Coding / Tui Waehere
CREATE:
9. Making meaning of content
- Creating with Coding
- Had a lovely time exploring Scratch Jr with Kelsey and others on the iPad. It is a very cool app! Lots of fun to have there with all sorts of ages.
SHARE:
10. Blogging / Rangitaiki - Jeremy
- Sharing via Social Media and Display Names
REFLECTIONS:
1. What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
- I felt myself getting quite emotional hearing Dorothy this morning talking and watching the Nigel Latta video about the lack of choice some of our whānau experience. We live in a beautiful land... full of inequity.
2. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
- I really enjoyed digging into coding today. It is something I have skirted around the edges of for a long time, probably because I felt it was beyond my skill set. But the most encouraging thing was a video where the presenter stated that even university level learners begin with the basics we were exploring!
3. What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
- Scratched Jr - can see heaps of uses in lots of different areas... maths, reading, art
- Didn't quite get my animation connected but keen to keep having another play with this app
- Still working out how to upload onto this blog... watch this space!
4. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
- I think coming to the end of this course I have probably covered the full A-Z range of emotions... apprehension, bravery, fear, excitement, encouragement, exhilaration, frustration, panic(!), relief, zeal... but mainly gratitude for the opportunity to explore everything we have over the last eight weeks. What a journey!
Kia ora Meryn,
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed reading your blog post this week. Coding is a tricky one as we are often aprehensive about leaping in, but there are so many fabulous resources out there. I really enjoyed using some of the unplugged activities with a junior class I was working with last year. I am really glad you have enjoyed the DFI - it's been great to have a new facilitator in our bubble group.
Ngā mihi nui
Vicki
Very thorough post Meryn. I like your summary of the whole day's presentations.
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