Today we learned more about the Maniakalani kaupapa of empowered. The kaupapa of empowerment is about the advancing of Rangatiratangi - Taking back control of their lives (direct quote). Again an interesting chat.
As far as improving my workflow/confidence as a professional, I guess being introduced to coding as I was today, allows me to understand the concepts my students are learning, when they attend weekly sessions at the high school for technology - which includes Digitech. Their major focus in these classes seems to be on coding.
With my learners, I will be experimenting with many of the sites that were introduced to us today for coding. I also had a chance to dig around in Khan Academy, which is a resource I used to use a lot with my extension classes a few years back. I will definitely also be using Gamefroot when it comes to creating their mihi, using Mihi Maker. While I seemed to have some issues with that today, I am hoping I will figure these out, and then share the site with my class. My intention is to revisit this so the game is a success, and share it on here over the long weekend.
Overall, I learnt a lot today, however I will need to go back and try a few coding sites out, so I can feel competent when working with my class.
Ka pai Sharon. I'm glad you found the session today useful. It's always good to be able to connect with what students are learning in other subject areas (like their sessions at the high school). Let us know if you have any further challenges with the mihi maker.
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