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This unit of work is a strong example of student operating within the new Digital Technologies Curriculum, due to be mandated in 2020.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Dan Goldin was Administrator of NASA from 1992 - 2001. Dan had a strong upbringing in music both playing and listening. His father regularly took him to museums and to planetariums. This was where he discovered his love for space. Dan's passion to work in space and go to space grew through his childhood. He made planes and </span>dreamed<span style="background-color: white;"> of becoming an astronaut. When Dan was a youngster, NASA has not yet been established so space exploration was new and unknown. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;">Doctors advised Dan not to play contact sports due to his extreme myopic eye condition. There was the risk of becoming totally blind if his retina detached so his astronaut dreams were always going to be challenging.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Dan's father taught him to "pick an objective and never give up no matter how difficult it got"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Even to this day, Dan still has a dogmatic approach. His story about his approach to learning to paddleboard resulted in 3 broken ribs and he was black and blue all over BUT he didn't stop until he had mastered it!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Dan believes that the greatest opportunities in the near future are in the life sciences. Leaning how our environment impacts our physical make up - the size of our bodies, shape of the face, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This knowledge can then be used in a weightless space environment - what can we learn from life science that will help us in space?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Currently, there is a lot of research being carried out by geneticists. Crucial decisions are being made by ethicists as we manipulate gene structures. What then if an error were to occur, where do we as humans get to have our say? Society sleepily goes about it's daily business whilst the actions of some scientists are being executed which will have a huge influence the future. Dan believes that "Humans need to be more in charge of their futures."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The purpose of the Space programme has always been for the benefit of humanity. A balance of science and ethics might enable astronauts to transform biology to be better prepared in space. Dan sees manufacturing as something that will be done by bacteria and not human hands.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The concept of being able to "walk and chew gum" is an expression that Dan used often. It means that have the ability to attend to the problems of today but we also must look to the future otherwise concentrating too much on the here and now will stifle exploration and development.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">When you make a change it’s not a popularity contest. Don’t expect to be loved. Accept the consequences</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Believe in yourself and understand you are fully in charge of your destiny. Believe in your version of life and your conduct in life. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Be outstanding in whatever you do. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Don’t lose energy in worrying ab</span>out things you don’t have control over. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t fight the battle of increasing the number of women. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Develop yourself to be the best and then you will be contributing to the world.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Competition is great as long as it is to sharpen the mind; rather to 'win'</span></li>
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When Ms Campbell comes to our class we put on our computer science thinking hats, but today instead we dressed up in our pirate outfits for Pirate Day.</div>
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Throughout the term, we made our own maps, compasses and features for our maps. We learned of North, South, East & West directions and how we can use the directions as an algorithm ( a set of clear and accurate instructions) to get from our pirate ship to find the buried treasure.</div>
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For more information, click the link <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/22/brown-university-3D-printed-hydrogel-robotics/">HERE</a><br />
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Mia and Angelina joined with Charlie and Tim from Christs' College to start this adventure. The evolocity challenge continues outside of school time with specific days set aside for building. These build days provide access to experts who support students to learn skills in welding, programming their controller using code as well as checking that their vehicle meets the criteria for racing. This project provides students who have an interest in engineering, science, and design, mechanical and electronic technology to apply their knowledge to achieve a vehicle fit for racing. The regional competition usually takes place in October and within this challenge are several competitions. We look forward to following their progress.<br />
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To read more about how Nicole Hone has been creating hydrophytes, click on this <a href="https://3dprint.com/237494/interview-with-nicole-hone-who-uses-4d-printing-to-make-tangible-animation/">LINK</a><br />
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<br />smccentreforinnovation1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12894326845289881618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987940203002529293.post-87010647124327099702019-02-28T18:50:00.000-08:002019-02-28T18:50:17.836-08:00Tech Clubs restart for 2019There is a growth in the number of students extending their learning through the co-curricular tech clubs being held during lunchtime and after school. This year St Margaret's College are offering robotics, coding as well as some new clubs aimed at the upper Junior School and Middle School students. Construction Club is designed to enlighten the brains of the girl engineers. Students developing their skills in the Construction Club will get an opportunity to enter the <a href="http://epro8challenge.co.nz/">EPRO8 Challenge</a> later on in the year.<br />
We also hope to introduce a Minecraft club starting in term 2. Planning for this club is well underway and will be student facilitated with Audrey Campbell mentoring these student leaders.<br />
Robotics for year 4 - 13 continues to show keen interest. Girls working on coding and creating their robots will get a chance to enter <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/robocupjuniornewzealand/home">Robocup</a> competing against other students in rescue, theatre or soccer. <br />
Since the introduction of our code club in 2015, we have steadily built on the number of girls getting involved. We now have girls from other schools participating in our code clubs. There are three levels of coding. Our beginners learn Scratch, Intermediate coders are working with Python and our advanced coders are grappling with C++ and creating projects of personal interest.<br />
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Making Maths fun and modifying the context in which children are using their numeracy skills is something that Nicole has introduced to her class this year. Nicole has engaged her students by creating a number of variables that can be manipulated to challenge students. She has used the idea of the dartboard and the areas where the score is doubled and tripled. Velcro balls act as the 'darts' and students throw the ball at the wall that starts the calculations. The first activity today has been to double or triple the outer number, then adding all the numbers together. Functions can vary, as can the numbers around the outside of the target. "Triple Tuesday" will run as a regular activity in Maths.centreforinnovationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05569037657571070642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987940203002529293.post-32426807065651955522018-11-04T19:14:00.000-08:002018-11-04T19:14:25.044-08:00The Future of Education<div>
<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33fd71c5-7fff-3f36-abe1-9ddd6055df7f">Recently, I took the opportunity this week to reconnect with <a href="http://themindlab.com/the-team/">Frances Valintine</a>, founder of the Mindlab in Christchurch. I was keen to hear how her view of technology and innovation had changed since my last encounter with her two years ago. I was not disappointed and her words rang true and reinforced how we need to be rethinking what is possible. <br /><br />Frances reiterated that technology should be used as a tool and not purely for consumption. It is a tool that allows for the creation of content and in developing the creativity. In schools, we need to be mindful that apps are great tools that allow our students to create content, but apps do not necessarily teach children to learn the skills that are required for the future. <br /><br />In the past, looking to the future we had a linear view compared with what we now face which is an exponential future that is unpredictable. We are all challenged by this and we need to move to face the fast-changing world ahead of us. We often talk about “the future” as if its ahead of us but it’s here, right now!<br /><br />We live in a Global world so we need to think globally, even though New Zealand is a small country and we only contribute a slither to the world’s economy. We can examine our economy at a micro level within our communities and in NZ, and at a macro level which looks at what’s happening in the world. Why is technology important to New Zealanders? It ranks the third highest in returns of our GDP behind our primary industries and tourism. <br /><br />Take a look around, technology underpins all jobs today, tomorrow and in our future. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">
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Our children under the age of 13 years are wired differently. They don’t know about the analogue world that existed when I was a child. Some will have never been into a bank, they may not even understand the function of a bank! </div>
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<br />If the phone was ringing, wouldn’t you think that they would answer it? Not so . . . because how would they know who was calling?<br /><br />These children, when put in a room to complete a task, will want to talk, to consult with each other, to problem solve, and they work quickly in short bit size chunks. They will often want to know why they have to complete a task in a specific way.<br /><br />In the digital world there are many ways to get to the end outcome - as teachers should we continue to manipulate the learning journey to the achieve the end result or are we better to guide the learning depending on how which way the child takes?<br /><br />How do our students communicate beyond the school gates? It’s not by the use of emails! Yet this modality of communication continues to be the primary platform for teachers and schools. There are a multitude of platforms that our younger population are using - Trello, Slack, Instagram, Snapchat, Facetime, Hubspot, Sharepoint etc., This begs the question then, why do we limit what we use for learning in schools?<br /><br />Have you asked a primary school student about an iPod? They may correct you and think you mean iPad. iPods are old technology! What about cashless banks? This almost seems an oxymoron. Generation Z is the 19-year-old age group. They have an appreciation and can relate to the world I grew up in during the end of the 20th century. Frances described this group as having “a small rear vision mirror to look back through and a huge forward facing screen.”<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Technology has positive benefits but it also can have negative benefits. The “Fortnite” online game is having a massive negative effect on children and young adults. There is now a leaderboard offering thousands of dollars as daily rewards. Credit Cards are being used to fund online rewards at $20/day or more. Children and young adults are sleep deprived.<br /><br />Explaining to children why screen time should be limited is crucial. When online, you cannot unsee things you accidentally see on the internet. Taking precautions and setting up rules in our homes such as turning off the internet after a specific time, is to help children manage their device and to promote good sleep patterns. <br /><br />Have you ever had a conversation with an artificial intelligent machine? <a href="https://www.soulmachines.com/">Soul machine</a> artificial intelligence technology (ai) is here. <br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Most children under 13 years are happy to engage with a human looking ai. New Zealand developed technology in this field has been developed to be emotive and to relate to humans. This augmentation of the robot into a human form has allowed for the learner to learn faster and to continue to learn beyond foundation knowledge and skills. <br /><br />Are they substitute teachers? Possibly, but imagine going beyond the basics and learning more talking with a machine when the human teacher is unavailable?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />We need to be sharing resources rather than build spaces. ‘Social bump’ spaces are wifi places that anyone can congregate to work and learn. These are shared spaces that don’t have a specifically designated purpose. School is but a fraction of a young person’s learning. NCEA has now recognised this through micro-credentialing. What we learnt in the past may no longer be relevant so reinventing and being flexible and adaptive is what we need to empower in our girls. We live in a world where knowledge and information are readily available to us. We “Google” and “YouTube” if we need to find out how to do something. <br /><br />A personal story Frances shared was about her own son who had a dream to fulfil a job that doesn’t currently exist. He sought chunks of knowledge to create his own credentials to be an expert in the internet of things in residential homes. This meant that he embarked on short courses to gain knowledge in architecture, building, and electrical engineering. <br /><br />Learning a bit of information just in time for a specific purpose is what we face daily. The need for retaining information no longer elevates you over others. The ability to use the information and rethink what is possible is what is now considered more valuable. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Can we do better to prepare our girls for tomorrow?</span></b><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34890015-factfulness" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Factfulness</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> Hans Rosling - looks at the state of the world</span></div>
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