My first DFI of term 2 and there was a lot to pick up! The first thing we learned about today was empowerment. Empowering learners to take control of their learning and become creators of content not just consumers. We talked about the ways we can use technology to counter negative impacts in students' lives.
We spent a lot of time talking about computational thinking. We discussed how many of the jobs that exist now have been created in the past 10 years and what the job market will look like in 10 years for our students. The new digital technologies curriculum means we are creating learners that will be savvy with technology by the time they are in the workforce.
There were a couple of activities that we did that I thought were easily transferrable to the classroom. Giving instructions to each other to draw shapes or walk through a grid showed how important and basic computational thinking is. Using Scratch was also something that would translate really well in the classroom. I created a couple of sports based animations using sprites and coding. Here is one og those
The potential to use these animations for presentations for both students and teachers is an exciting prospect that I'll be sure to explore in the coming weeks.
The other Scratch animation i made
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