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 Developing Digital Outcomes. These are an addition to the Technology curriculum.
Computational thinking, in it's simplest form, means learning to think how a computer thinks. It's based on the idea that all computers are 'dumb' and need to be told what to do. They follow a set of commands (a programme) to create a solution.
Designing and Developing Digital Outcomes is about becoming a creator of technological outcomes, rather than just a user.
In my next post, I'll go into more detail about these strands and how they apply in our classrooms.
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 Developing Digital Outcomes. These are an addition to the Technology curriculum.
Computational thinking, in it's simplest form, means learning to think how a computer thinks. It's based on the idea that all computers are 'dumb' and need to be told what to do. They follow a set of commands (a programme) to create a solution.
Designing and Developing Digital Outcomes is about becoming a creator of technological outcomes, rather than just a user.
In my next post, I'll go into more detail about these strands and how they apply in our classrooms.
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