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Digital Technologies in the NZ classroom
This document discusses digital learning and the importance of developing students' soft skills and preparing them for future careers. It emphasizes student-centered and constructionist approaches to learning using computational thinking and digital technologies. Key points include developing students' agency, embracing pedagogical disruption, focusing on principles of 21st century learning, and implementing the new Digital Technologies curriculum through cross-curricular and unplugged activities. Examples provided aim to move beyond traditional teaching and empower students as creators through innovative and constructionist learning experiences.
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- 1. ITE Students –Digital Learning Massey University August 2019 david@dakinane.com www.dakinane.com
- 2. Facilitator or teacher? “Ithink it’s an exaggeration, but that there’s a lot of truth in saying that when you go to school, the trauma is that you must stop learning and you must now accept being taught.” —Seymour Papert
- 3. Are you alreadyirrelevant?
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- 5. We have aWorld Class Curriculum WEF report Lets make it a world class learning experience for our students….
- 6. Soft Skills WEF employeeskills report
- 7. Will your practicum/practice utilise these skills?
- 8. NZC - promotingsoft skills since 2007
- 9. Most Likely toSucceed https://vimeo.com/271901749/db0f8a4915
- 10. Disruptive Technology andStudent Learning How safe is my chosen career?
- 11. Preparing them fortheir future, not our past http://bit.ly/1P4JRS9 “…the typical knowledge and skills in the areas of reading, writing, and arithmetic (the three Rs) are no longer sufficient…” ritical thinking and problem solving skills ommunication skills ollaboration skills reativity and innovation skills
- 12. National Standards Post monochromaticlearning era
- 13. An Innovative Curriculum Credit:@EduWells
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- 15. The Nature ofLearning • 7 Principles of Learning • Key Shifts in the 21st Century
- 16. The Principles oflearning Learners at the centre Social Nature of learning Emotions are integral to learning Recognising individual differences Stretching all students Assessment for learning Building horizontal learning
- 17. “If you havenot learnt anything new in the twenty first century how can you possibly teach twenty first century learners effectively?” – Gary Stager
- 18. Constructionist Manifesto –unlearning school ”We seek to liberate learners from their dependency on being taught.” ”Too often, kids are hooked on teachers and teachers have a faith-based relationship with the textbook.”
- 19. Disobedient Teaching http://bit.ly/2odfBOx • Peopleprefer to create when learning • The resources of 25 people are greater than the resources of one • People will take risks if you take away assessment • People prefer to solve problems than to receive solutions • People will put an inordinate amount of effort into ideas or solutions that they believe are unique to themselves
- 20. Student Centred Learning http://bit.ly/gcouros8 “EngagingStudents means getting kids excited about our content, interests and curricula.” Empowering students “means giving kids the knowledge and skills to pursue their passions, interests and future.” Bill Ferrier
- 21. Being stuck iswhat learning is all about! http://www.jamesnottingham.co.uk/learning-pit/
- 22. A pledge forinnovation https://padlet.com/dakinane1/MasseyITE2019
- 23. The NZC andDT/HM
- 24. 20 Things todo with a computer http://www.stager.org/articles/twentythings.pdf
- 25. 20 Things todo with a computer http://www.stager.org/articles/twentythings.pdf Make a robot Program the robot to draw a man, draw a house Make the robot sense its surroundings and react to it Create a computer game Write a program to code any 2D shape – geometry, explore variables Explore spirals Create a heart and learn to debug Explore fractals – make flowers Make a movie Make a music composition Build a crane to sort blocks – Tower of Hanoi Make a computer controlled light show Create a maths quiz Create and prove optical illusions Explore balance, make a self balancing robot Create a computer controlled puppet
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- 27. Digital Technologies Curriculum- Rationale This change signals the need for greater focus on our students building their skills so they can be innovative creators of digital solutions, beyond being solely users and consumers of digital technologies.
- 28. Draft Digital TechnologiesCurriculum At primary school, teachers will generally take a cross- curricular approach, with students learning in the technological areas as part of a topic or theme that encompasses several curriculum learning areas.
- 29. Draft Digital TechnologiesCurriculum
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- 34. Computational Thinking -unplugged Students shall give and receive a sequence of precise, unambiguous, step by step instructions
- 35. CT is afoundational skill From Forward 100 Right 90 Fd 100 rt 90
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- 45. Computational Thinking Decompose theproblem How many sides does the next shape in the sequence have? How many sides does the 10th shape have?
- 46. Computational Thinking 5 5739 Pattern matching – identify patterns, apply prior knowledge
- 47. Computational Thinking 5 5739 Create rules – algorithms (and test) 7
- 48. Computational Thinking 5 5739 Abstract 1 2 3 4 5Place in sequence - N Number of sides N+4 N+1 N+4 N+1 N+4 If N is odd – N+4 If N is even – N+1 7 6 N+1
- 49. CT – BrainGym
- 50. Marching Ants Rules: • Redants can only move to the right • Blue ants can only move to the left • No ant can go backwards • An ant can only move one space at a time • An ant can jump the ant in front of them, if there is an empty space after the ant they wish to jump
- 51. Marching Ants –unplugged solution
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- 54. Remember your pledgefor innovation… https://padlet.com/dakinane1/MasseyITE2019