Tahi Rua Toru Tech in the classroom

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Tahi Rua Toru Tech | NZ’s Digital Challenge in the classroom:

Introductions

Joy Keene

Deputy CE- Operations | IT

Professionals New Zealand

Project lead, Tahi Rua Toru Tech

Mel Sutton

Clyde Quay School

Wellington

Megan Connolly

Arahoe School

Auckland

1. What is Tahi Rua Toru Tech?

2. Megan Connolly 3. Mel Sutton 4. Next steps and key

dates

Webinar content outline

123Tech● 12 Week in-class challenge

● Free to all schools and Kura

● Aligned with progress outcomes

● Four levels of the challenge○ Discovery Y0 – 5○ First Y5 – 8○ Secondary Y9 – 10○ Senior Secondary Y11 –

Y13

● Available in English and te reo Māori

What’s involved● Discovery unplugged

activities○ Resources

● Project based challenge○ Brief○ Platforms○ Support○ Resources

● Celebrations○ Regional○ National

2018 Highlight reel

Introducing Megan Connolly

123Tech @ Arahoe School

● Students in years 4 – 6

● Discovery and First challenges

● In-class and withdrawal models

● Teacher PLD to develop

DiscoveryTips and Tricks

● Teach computational thinking without computers!

● Online resources, easy-to-use

● Create a bank of physical resources

● Suit each challenge to a theme/topic

● Once each activity is taught, can be used as a daily warm-up or game (integration across curriculum)

FirstTips and Tricks

● Students stay engaged if they choose a good topic

● Make it real!

● Industry mentors

● Find a coordinator/s with a balanced skill set (programming knowledge and design process)

● Students don’t need to know how to code!

Introducing Mel Sutton

123Tech @ Clyde Quay School

● Students in years 7 – 8 (and some years 5 – 6)

● Primary and First Challenges

● Full class / options / special projects

Finding your passion● Don’t underestimate how

finding a passion to base a project on influences the outcome

● Try to be open to students ideas – but have some back up ideas

● Be ready to think big and let go of the reins

● Cross curricula appeal● Use tech in many different

ways● Sharing widely – class,

school, and community

Benefits for everyone ● Students can work at their

own level● Teacher led - Student

driven● Boost in student confidence

and independence● Boost in teacher confidence

particularly with “unplugged”

● Community connections / including mentorship

● Structured outline to support, along with 123Tech online support

Technology in the NZC

● Digital

technologies

questions and

answers

Technology in the NZC

● Digital technologies

support

Technology Online newsletter

● See the Technology Online newsletter here

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Kia tūruki whakataha aiHui e Tāiki e

Restrictions are moved asideSo the pathway is clearTo return to everyday activities

Enriched and unified

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