The focus of Week 8 was Computational Thinking which was a little daunting as my previous experiences with coding have been tricky and not a success. 

Comoutational thinking with the school system has been ongoing since 2017, it is only been from 2020 that it has had to be put into place. 

Digital fluency - Impletementing paractice.

Digital Technologies - using the correct technology to allow children to become fluent in using digital devices.

By using digital technologies within the classroom we are shifting from being passive consumers of technolgy to being able to create using digital technology in a compentent manner and being able to make informed decisions on what technology to use according to the activity. 

It becomesa time where teachers and students are working alongside each other. Teachers are standing back and allowing the children take control. 

 
It was interesting to see what the progress outcomes were for the  children that I am teaching. I will be using these outcomes when designing and thinking about activities that I can use in my class. 

Empowerment

Agency      or      Empowerment

In some cases within schools around NZ, when we talk about agency to our whanau they become a litlle scared. An agency is someone who comes in and may make changes to the way you live,  or become involved in things you awould rather keep private.

This was why the Manaiakalani project changed the name to Empowered..

As part of the Manaiakalani pedegogy the thought process around empowerment meant that whanau could become part of the learning process. There are many things in the life that disempower people, money or lack of it, is the biggest cause of disempowerment. 

By having a device they can call their own, people can se what there children have been learning, learn alogside them, use the internet to make their lives easier e.g doctors appts etc. 

Technology in the future

Programs like the Jetsons used to be so far into the furure that we thought as kids it would never happen. Many of the cool technologies that were on this program are now things that we take for granted. except I have not got my robot maid as of yet. 

There have been many breakthrough technologies of 2021, some were developed because of world wide experiences e.g covid. 

As part of todays create I chose to do my mahi as part of a game called game froot. 

I had so much fun creating and will be using this in my program. It was easy to understand and was meaningful. 

I am unable embed a copy of my Mihi as we could not work out how this was done.