24/06/2021

Kia ora Koutou

Day 8 of Digital Fluency Intensive

Computational Thinking. 

For me this is the last session of DFI. 

Computational Thinking

A digitally capable person can 

• create their own digital technologies solutions
• decide what technology to use to solve problems
• become innovative creators and designers
• understand programming fundamentals and transfer these skills to various programs

MANAIAKALANI -PEDAGOGY   Empowered

"The Manaiakalani kaupapa  of empowerment is about advancing of Rangatiratanga;  helping them the control back of their lives." Pat Sneddon, Chair, MET

The New Digital Technologies Curriculum

It was informative to get a deeper understanding of what is required in the curriculum area. Some of the early activities are similar to those we are touching on in class just more specific to coding. It is confirming  that Y 1-6 are only expected to be achieving Progress Outcomes 1 & 2. The exemplars are useful models. 

Exploring Coding

I can see the development of problem-solving, collaboration, resilience as well as technical skills being developed here. The need to understand a common language becomes very obvious if these skills are to be transferable. A whole new vocabulary. Gamers must find this much easier to pick up, because they

are used to manoeuvring their way around other domains. My level of frustration was quite high.

Mihi Maker - Gamefroot

Fun! I enjoyed creating this game because the skills required were at my level. Unfortunately it would not save and so it lost. But I will do this with my class because we have just learned our mihi for assembly tomorrow and it will be a fun way to finish this learning. 

REFECTION

At the end of 8 Weeks; Questions to reflect on: 

1. How has completing an eight week intensive digital fluency course had a positive impact on my learners?
2. What have I learnt to improve my confidence and efficiency in my workflow and efficiency?

My confidence to plan and teach with digital devices has quadrupled. I no longer see devices as the problem, but see the problem that I may be able to solve with a device. I still get frustrated when I am unable to do what I want to do on a device but this is now more evenly balanced with pride and excitement when I can. This shift in self believe, increased basic skills and digital pedagogy has definitely had a positive impact on my classroom.  Is this positive impact measurable - I'm not sure how to do this? 

PROBLEMS to work through next: 

SHARE - I find it hard to want to share with the world which is weird because I pride myself in being a good mentor of younger teachers and a colleague who is happy to share and collaborate with others. 

DIGITAL CAPABILITIES - my digital skill set is low and I need to keep developing these. I find it frustrating spending time exploring - I just want to get the job done quickly.

LEARNING STYLE - I really enjoyed the presentations on Pedagogy and general overviews on Zoom. I did not enjoy learning and using specific skills and creating tasks in a zoom meeting. The demonstrations were too fast for me to keep up and there was often too much new learning in one bite. I would prefer to learn where I could watch others and have the time to repeat a new skill several times before moving on - my problem is to find some place that facilitates this type of learning.

Thanks  Phil, Andrea, Zoe, Louise, Deb, Lisa and my colleague Nic for your expertise, patience and sharing. 

Nga mihi

Sally