This deep dive is a timely reminder of the speed in which technology moves. I was amazed at the clip showing Sophia on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Her expressions and ability to show this and have some wit was incredible. It seems that the time frame is shorting from an idea to conception. I don't know if I should be excited or terrified of what may come.
It shows us the importance of preparing our learners to be good problem solvers and digital citizens as we teach them for jobs that have not been invented yet.
A digitally fluent person can decide when and why to use specific digital technologies to achieve a specific task or solve problems.
A digitally capable person can create their own digital technologies solution.
Teachers who are confident to deliver lessons online-turbo charge the tamariki learning. Understanding Computational Thinking is an approach to problem solving. Taking apart a problem and figuring out how to attack it. The four stages are;
- Decomposition -breaking something down.
- Pattern Recognition -finding similarities to make predictions.
- Abstraction -finding general principals that generate this patterns.
- Algorithm Design -developing the step by step instructions that solve similar problems.
A highlight for me today was exploring coding. I have been to Mind-Lab several times with the tamariki and enjoyed watching them create using coding many times. I have a basic understanding of it but was super keen to give it a go. I decide to try Flappy Bird as I had played around with Scratch in the classroom. Well I was immediately hooked. It became quite addictive and I enjoyed myself. In fact you could have heard a pin drop in our regional group as we were all concentrating and were determined to complete this task in the time frame and share. Click here if you would like to have a go at my Flappy Bird Game!
Super excited I even got a certificate!
This coming week provides the challenge of online teaching, teaching on site in a bubble for two days for our essential workers tamariki and exam prep.
Busy week ahead!
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