Yet another new term! Where is this year going!! I'm really excited to be taking part in the Tahi Rua Toru Tech Challenge with my Level 1 NCEA class this term. The in-school component of the challenge is built around the very successful TechHub CREST Challenge, previously operating at Years 9 and 10 but now available at all school levels across years 1-13 as a way of supporting the introduction of the new Digital Technologies curriculum into schools. The Challenge uses a special version of the CREST programme from the Royal Society of NZ. CREST stands for CREativity in Science and Technology and helps students at all levels work through the whole process of problem solving. In a digital technologies context this includes defining a problem, need or opportunity, experimenting on possible solutions, taking guidance from industry mentors, creating a solution and reflecting on it. The really exciting part for me is that this is a way to enable my students to work with people f...