Rangatiratanga - chieftainship, the right to exercise authority....voice/choice /ownership.
The catch phrases used to start our sessions today. The key idea being education can empower people to boldly step into uncharted experiences and opportunities.
By the end of this session I neither felt empowered nor bold. It still takes relationship and safe parameters to build trust for risk taking, even in a digital educational environment.
We were told about the google exam that it seemed you had to jump through hoops just to be able to set and that you were expected to have the credit card facilities to make happen for yourself. Granted most teacher do but it reminded me of Tanzania; where you have to already have an education to get an education. You have to have paid your own primary schooling to be able to receive the free secondary school education. Therefore the system providing a barrier to participants without actually turning any away.
Above is a 'thing' (I use that phrase because I didn't catch the term for what we were making) by using computational thinking (programme coding). It was my first venture into using 'Scratch'. I do see how some in my class would enjoy the creating aspects of it and sharing it. I also explored using other basic block coding. My class would connect well with the Mindcraft and Flappy Games examples that were shared. As a classroom teacher I need to upskill more to make teaching coding a less dortining reality for me, although I do see how students with lower literacy levels can still achieve success in coding.
