Today at DFI,the topic was Computational thinking. I learned about micro:bit. www.makecode.microbit.org. This was a fun coding app that had quite a few different activities to experiment with. It has a makey makey type of device that you connect your computer to, which Gerhard demonstrated to us. There were excellent training videos to work through. Below is my heads or tails flip code. You click on the A button to get a couple of random throws and then it settles on the image for a head or a tail. I also made a dice and had my name in lights on a loop. I think that the students will love this. We also had fun playing Mindcraft. I haven't tried that for years.
The Manaiakalani kaupapa word for this session was 'empowered'. We have delved quite deeply into this concept at school. Our school ethos aligns well with Manaiakalani's vision of connected, visible and empowered. After a huge amount of consultation with board, staff and community we arrived at our vision; Choosing to be an innovative, Catholic community that inspires and empowers learners to succeed. Each word was carefully selected to contribute to the explanation of our ethos. We choose to be innovative - we want to be overt in our intention about this, unapologetically looking for new ways of thinking and of delivering the curriculum; striving to be research driven and always looking for self improvement. We are distinct in that our special character is Catholic - that is who we are at our core. We want to inspire and empower our learners to be the best learners and the best people that they can be. What drives your vision?
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