Anne Sinclair

                Curriculum Progress Tools  Seminar 152 The Terrace, Wellington 20th September 8.30 - 3.30 PACT Looking at the big picture of literacy and where it sits with everything. Big picture of progress and use ICT to track individual progress Life chances, socially and economically, life skills, well being in mental health Tools for power to come out with basic skills What does progress look like Purpose: PACT needs to be flexible. Had a feel of NAT standards so needed to be changed to be more flexible and organic without huge checklists. Developing a website with self-service so teachers can be independent and use resources. Needed to have consistency - singing form the same song sheet with video, PLD activities - adds value and clear messages with less is more design principles and not complex but have real value. PLD for tools - peer to peer support Pitfalls - support school network Resources have a yr 1 - 8 focus and now yr 9/10 what works, more emp

LAST DAY OF DFI The last day of the DFI was a mixture of regret, joy, disappointment, determination and humility.  Regret that we are finishing today as w e have had such an amazing 9 weeks with a really committed group of people, that it will be sad not to share a Thursdays of Learn, Create and Share with them next week . Joy because there is something about working with teachers who are forward thinkers, positive, innovative, caring and excited to be part of a movement, which genuinely wants to make a difference for children in our communities. Disappointment because I failed my exam by not taking advice from those who have done it before and I did not complete 3 scenarios. Determination because I will redo the exam and fill in the gaps.  H umility because I have never failed an exam before, so now knows what it feels like! This journey has been like being on the top of a mountain (Mt Victoria), where you look out and see some parts, which are recognisable and visible and

Cybersmart and Castify The potential of linking cyber smart to every part of the curriculum is endless and provides an authentic way of contextualising content to the current subject the class may be working on. It then becomes integrated naturally and not an add on. Today there were many lightbulb moments but also a better understanding of the power of LCS in guiding what we do. I really liked the thought of sharing and connecting wider and harnessing the ideas of others to share ideas, solve problems of practice, to korero further and to collaborate. One of our MIT teachers will contribute her tool from her project to the Cybersmart curriculum next year, which uses learners to help co-construct material currently not available. It was useful to be able to share Class On Air episodes to fit with many of the work being done on IPADs. These will provide many ideas for the teachers in the DFI to try with their classes. It was good to see the excitement from the group on the possibilitie

Anne Sinclair : Computational Thinking : COMPUTATIONAL THINKING Can she move? How many paces? Do we have to move? How many paces or places? A day of thinking aloud (allowed)...

COMPUTATIONAL THINKING Can she move? How many paces? Do we have to move? How many paces or places? A day of thinking aloud (allowed) and using the combined power (not internet) to come up with solutions and ways to work through a problem, which was empowering. OMG tech whizz Viv, came and unpacked her bag of tricks and took us through a veritable maze of understandings, links to sites, discussions, provocations and challenges that we will face in the unknown of the future. As always there is ambiguity and moral mazes to negotiate in this new world. The korero we participated in, uncovered a number of dilemmas we need to consider when we are planning our pathways for the future. The opportunities for linking with Smart Relationships of the Cybermart curriculum using Scratch offer possibilities for new learning.    Could company directors be replaced by artificial intelligence?   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12265211&ref=twitter These examples from C