Session 8- Computational Thinking

 Again we started this session by sharing what went well for us last week. It has been great to hear what others have been up to and how they are using learn, create, share in their classrooms. 

Empowered

Agency or empowered? - Agency a word that we started out using and when we talk to whanau around this they froze as all the agency's they had experiences with were not empowering. Therefore they changed to the word empowered. 

Average students are arriving at school with a mean performance of a 3-year-old. Fewer locomotive skills, they hear fewer words at home. These students also move about schools and around a 1/3 a year of low decile students change schools a year. 

Take the 5 plus a day challenge- are we having conversations with students that have responses and go back and forth? This helps their language development. Are they reading 5 books a day at school? These things can help them make accelerated progress. 

Google exam

- Register 24hours beforehand 

- Three min multi-choice and 10 min for scenarios 

- You can review questions later- only do this if you really don't know

- Youtube can I make a playlist

-Google classroom- how to use this 

- Headphones needed and bring the Ipad 

- Shut down the computer before the test

- Use copy and paste 

-Using incognito window 

- Youtube playlists to revise make sure you create your channel first 

-Groups note you must invite 

OMG tech trust 

Others

• EXPLORING CODING - Intro to Coding resource from Manaiakalani

• Some resources from OMGTech!

• Self-led Intro to Minecraft

• Self-led Intro to Scratch

• Self-Led intro to Scratch Jr (Years 2 - 4)

• Self-led intro to Co-Spaces

• Check out Gamefroot

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New Digitial Technology 

Need to be more than consumers and users our students should be creators as well. 

Websites to get ideas from for coding and unplugged lessons 

Explore: Coding | Tuhi Waehere

To end with we all had a go at coding via the website twine- Link to Twin. 

This was a fun interactive way that we could create a pick a path like literacy story. 

Reflection 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

I learnt a lot about coding today. To be honest all of it felt a bit overwhelming. It was great to learn the basics and know about some sites we can use to create learning experiences around digital science for our students. I will have to look into how to use twinery with my literacy group. 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

I learnt how to teach coding and how to introduce this to juniors. Lastly, I am slightly apprehensive about the google exam next week and need to start to do some of the practice tests online.