Prof Blog DFI.         Week 7.   Empowered Week

The continuing story of Manaiakalani is very enlightening through the stories and case studies. The pathway to equity  is a life long aspiration  for our entire community, more so amongst our disadvantaged.

Access, participation and protection.

"The greatest joy comes from empowering students to discover the treasures that lie with in them."

 - to discover how they can be the best version of themselves

- to discover their identity and place

- to discover life long learning...

- to relate and be a valued member of an ever changing society. ....

Loved Jacobs examples for our digital future. I would love to be around when we all have  a sustainable digitally printed house - My students are already using  this in  Tech in classes. Have they thought about the global implications in their futures.  A reason to empower. So many.

Digitally fluent. Use, when and why

Digitally capable. Create - Tech to solve problems

Computational thinking 

Explore - Coding

Block based- Text based. ....

Explored  - Minecraft, Binary, Unplugged, 

Create with Makaore - Binary

Explained without using a device, connections to language creation, Use of computational thinking.

This was a great session, easily understood, suited my brain - amazed - Something I can use in class. Practiced using numbers, directions and  writing text in binary.

DFI was an insight into a completely foreign world for me where many of my students have already left me behind. In saying this we better not be throwing the baby out with the bath water. Many of my students are far from being consistently connected, comfortably deviced, and feeling safe online.  We need to move them from the limits of Social media where they consume,  to being drivers and creator of learning.