Notes | Tell me about your class:
Year 5,6 mostly girls
10,11 years old
Typical day involves managing class workload, assessment, planning
Last thing they did was a project about cultural inclusion - Primary problem with this was that it was really vague, and they don’t know what they want - goals from ERO
Digital passport - mindlab
Mindlab is qualifying teachers in digital technologies
All the teachers at good shepherd have done the mindlab course
Primarily watching videos and asking quiz at the end
Tell me about the onboarding process for guests / volunteers
For guest speakers, Usually just send an email to admin / principal
Last thing they did this for was a project on renewable energy, they had the person that installed their school solar system explain how it worked, and how electricity works
Kids currently learn computational thinking on paper, already learning what algorithms are
Ministry says you have these objectives but doesn’t say how to achieve them
School curriculum
For juniors there’s a year 1-3 program but how to do them
Other Notes:
Someone to basically tell us what they need to know and how to space it out - only limited time to teach it and it’s crammed along subject
Only one hour a week for tech
Kids are more like blank slates at this stage
Hardest part is the introduction
Preparing them for high school
Had to be in context with whatever their teaching atm
Hands on activities when speakers visit
From year 5, to six they jumped from scratch to HTML and css
You don’t have to plan when someone visits your class
No lesson plan needed
Staff room visits
They have this hideous computer program to load information in - etap - one and a half hour staff meeting
A lot of time teachers aren’t given enough material
They aren’t given “here is all you need for the subject”
The ideal course package
Here is all the equipment you need
Composting is easy to get resources
Hard to get electronics, magnets, hard to get equipment
High schools and intermediates get resources but primaries don’t
Lacking certifications as well
Can’t get microscopes
Before chrome books some of the systems were 6+ years old
IT guy only comes in once a week but the type of IT support schools can afford is terrible
Lesson plan
Finishing growth mindset
SunSmart, drowning
Science focus once a term
Draw an inspiration phrase
Informational reports and writing
RE, religious education is hard to tie into tech
Financial focus next term with maths
Teachers find it hard to teach things that they can’t see the usefulness or utility in
If they aren’t confident in something they either avoid it or bring someone else in to do it
Contacting schools directly
Teachers hate LinkedIn - can’t find jobs that way
Jobs legally have to be in the education gazette
Questions / Followup Actions | Person / Group | High School Teacher, Students |
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Notes | Focused around concept of impact projects that students do
6 month projects that extend up to 2 years max - 5 hours a week Teachers on code of conduct? Working with them as students go into internships Onus on students managing that relationship? As we roll out student accounts? Students creating account? CC vly in to keep track of comms? Investigate later Students running 200 projects a year |