Day 8 Computational Thinking

 

Day 8 

Computational Thinking

Empowerment

Today's discussion about the perception of the word Agency highlighted how differently the digital journey is for learners and their whanau, as does statistics such as 36 million less words, age 3 v age 6, 1/3.

Manaiakalani is not about providing another learning tool, but to "transform the way we learn, offer new experiences and opportunities" Dean Shareski 2011.

The greatest joy comes from EMPOWERING students to value themselves, their ideas and their learning.

 A priority for me in the classroom is to identify and reflect on how many conversational exchanges I have with my learners that exceed the 5+ a day challenge.  I feel there are several learners I achieve this with easily, and two or three I may not be giving this opportunity.  This also connects to the Opportunities to Respond in a learning context best practice I have been considering as part of my teaching reflection.

Future of Technology

Where is tech taking us?  Where do we want it to take us?  How do we prepare ourselves and our learners for what is coming? Exciting yet daunting questions!  

Digital Technology Curriculum

Having a look at how the Digital Curriculum links with the Technology curriculum, and the examples of Designing and Developing Digital Outcomes was reassuring.  

This presentation is a valuable resource for me as I need to seriously upskill my understanding of the curriculum and how I can facilitate this learning.  I an intending on revisiting this often over the next few months!

Google exam

Hints

Smart chips:

Type @, this will show a pop up menu with what you can attach.

Google Classroom:

I have access so will have a 'play' and create a classroom banner and practice how to set/find Google Meets.

How to send blog reflections to facilitators:

Select DFI from label list/word cloud, copy omnibox from search and email as link to Maria/Vicki.

Minecraft Block Coding/Scratch Block Coding

This was a great opportunity to step into my learners shoes!  I thoroughly enjoyed using both programmes and learning within the tutorials.  I also experienced the utter frustration of not being able to debug my code and make my Pong Ball game run successfully.  If this is how my learners can feel I need to ensure I can be of assistance to them in that moment of 'arrggghh!'  Further experience and building a bank of tutorials for both myself and my learners is my next step in this realm!