FREE Digital Technologies Workshop - Dunedin
When: 10:00 - 14:15, 7 Nov 2017
Venue: TBC
Organiser: Cyclone
Contact: kimberley.walker@cyclone.co.nz
In consultation with CS Unplugged and in partnership with Apple, Cyclone is offering free workshops around New Zealand to support schools to take the plunge into the new Digital Technologies strand of the NZ Curriculum. Special attention will be given to how the Apple solution can support this new strand.
On the roadshow, Kimberley Walker - Cyclone’s Digital Learning Specialist, will run an overview of what the Digital Technologies strand involves, how this will affect our teachers and also provide some ideas for what it may look like with learners from Year 1-8.
Special guest presenter, James Petronelli from Apple, will also support attendees to understand leadership implications whilst working in the digital world.
What will we cover:
Computational Thinking
Coding
Robotics
Leadership in the Digital World
Event Timings:
10am Start
Kimberley: Intro to Digital Technologies | Hangarau Matihiko in the NZ curriculum
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CS Unplugged
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BINARY Numbers - Computational Thinking - Data representation
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Kidbots
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Sorting Networks
11:30am - 12:30pm
Break outs:
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Designing and developing digital outcomes on iPads
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Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies using Swift Playgrounds
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Leadership in the digital realm
12:30 - 1:15pm Catered lunch
1:15 - 2:15pm
Break outs:
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Designing and developing digital outcomes on iPads
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Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies using Robotics
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Leadership in the digital realm
*Limit to 2 people from each kura
This is a FREE EVENT presented by Cyclone, in partnership with Apple.
