Reflections and looking forward
Ok, ok - I can hear you already. It's the school holidays, what on earth am I doing online, creating blog posts about work? It seems I'm not that great at stopping and relaxing, and I have so many ideas bouncing around in my head right now. I'm Ali. I've just completed my Master of Education in eLearning and Digital Technology after 5 years of part time study while working full time. Now do you see why I'm itching to do something - I don't do sitting still very well! From 2020, the Digital Technology addition to the NZ Curriculum is expected to be taught in all schools across New Zealand. We have spent the past 2 years preparing for this. I've also investigated this through my studies. With this blog, I hope to provide tips and tricks for embedding this content into your daily classroom practice. So to begin with - what do we know about the curriculum addition? It's split into 2 strands - Computational Thinking and Designing and De...