Today Dorothy went over how we can empower our children. She started talking more about why it is important to empower children. The background of many of the children in the area she works in come from very low-income families. This impacts on many areas of their life some of which I hadn't even thought of. We are using more and more technology in our everyday life and if you could imagine what it would be like to not to be able to use a computer or have access to the internet this would definitely make some things in life tricky. It is also such a barrier for many things. Having good access to technology can empower not only the children but also the families.
I really liked this poster as digital technology can be all these things and this is something that needs to be remembered when planning and discussing with parents.
We went over how to use Scratch and Hour of Code and given a few ideas on how to include these in your class programme. It was great to have an opportunity to look at Hour of Code and I found this quite easy to use I would like to include this in my programme at some stage.
Nicola,
ReplyDeleteI agree that digital technologies need to be on our mind constantly when we are planning learning opportunities. I am excited at the changes and new resources that are now part of Hour of Code that will be useful when implementing the new Digital Curriculum Learning Objectives.
It is great to see how open minded you are to the possibilities of implementing digital technologies in the way we deliver the curriculum at SFOA Nicola.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Nicola,
ReplyDeleteLike you I have been thinking about how empowering having access to technology is. I think when Dorothy talked about how the students are supporting their parents to access online shopping and how this is stopping the terrible debt cycle some of their community gets into with loan organisations.
Even in our communities there will be students that having access to technology and teachers who know how to teach with it will be a game changer for them and their families.
Nga mihi,
Mark