This year I have taken on a new challenge! After ten years of teaching Year 7 & 8 homerooms (with a couple of babies and a study break thrown in) I decided it was time for a change. When the TiC Digital Technologies position came up towards the end of last year I decided to take the leap and thankfully my principal took the leap of faith with me!
I've been running our GATE programme for 4 years and a large component of that has been facilitating a team to enter the First Lego League tournament using EV3 technology, so I'd dabbled in robotics and really enjoyed it and seen the amazing learning the students had taken from the experience. I saw this new challenge as an opportunity to take this amazing learning medium and provide the opportunity to more students given 2018 sees the introduction of the new Digital Technologies curriculum. Again, luckily my principal and BOT shared this vision and were able to provide the resources necessary to get us set up to deliver my vision.
After months of planning, this week I finally had students in my classroom. The look of delight on their faces when they mastered the challenge that I had set was priceless. The level of thinking that goes into programming a device to do what you want it to do is high but through play-based learning, it is amazing what students of all abilities can achieve!
I've been running our GATE programme for 4 years and a large component of that has been facilitating a team to enter the First Lego League tournament using EV3 technology, so I'd dabbled in robotics and really enjoyed it and seen the amazing learning the students had taken from the experience. I saw this new challenge as an opportunity to take this amazing learning medium and provide the opportunity to more students given 2018 sees the introduction of the new Digital Technologies curriculum. Again, luckily my principal and BOT shared this vision and were able to provide the resources necessary to get us set up to deliver my vision.
After months of planning, this week I finally had students in my classroom. The look of delight on their faces when they mastered the challenge that I had set was priceless. The level of thinking that goes into programming a device to do what you want it to do is high but through play-based learning, it is amazing what students of all abilities can achieve!
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