Digital Technologies and the NZC - whats it all about

Today I joined my colleagues at Puketapu School for a CORE breakfast. Tim Bell led us through a presentation of how students can engage in activities around digits (Digital Technology). We all use digital technology everyday, programmes are written for people.
Some key points from further reflection...

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Tim Bell - http://csunplugged.org/

Hashing numbers (Barcode)
9 1 9 2 2 2   ----   5
4 4 5 2 0 7  ------ 2 always x 3  = 1 what bring it up to 0 (10)  = 9 last letter of barcode

Digital Technology: digits 

Students - Can add barcode's 

You can use Scratch to create a programme, to calculate your formula/barcode. 

What is special about digital technology? Digits 

Pixels - picture element (RGB numbers for each pixel) human eye can see red, blue, green. 

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Digital technologies to become part of the national curriculum

http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=9323

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Computational Thinking :

http://barefootcas.org.uk/barefoot-primary-computing-resources/concepts/computational-thinking/

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Diversity is celebrated in the technology field. Students should have opportunities to learn more to be able to work in this field. How am I doing this in my teaching?

Coding and more...

This week I attended at PLD event hosted by Noel Leeming. I had heard about Osmo before on Twitter, but it was exciting to get to have a play at the event.

The highlight of the event was learning about coding using Ozobot. Users take control of the Ozobot's movement by using colour codes. This is the starting point for teaching the basics of coding.

Osmo is a interactive system that allows you to work alongside an iPad.

Google Cardboard is a great way to view 3D videos.

3D printing