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Welcome to the new CSER MOOC 7-8 Next Steps WordPress Community! We look forward to seeing your wonderful insights on the DT Curriculum!
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Jason Johns▸ Discussion
Stop, Breathe and Think – calmness app. In our busy lives we often forget to take stock, this app helps us re-centre #cserApps2
Tracy Mackenzie▸ Discussion
HI Deb, Welcome to Port Macquarie #CSERdigitaltechnologiesMOOC
Ian Harrison▸ Discussion
Hi All,
I am completely new to delivering Digital Technologies and am desperately trying to get myself up to speed and ready for week 1. I come from 17 years of teaching in the Manual Arts & D&T space in NSW.
Can anyone give me some good tips/resources for the first week to engage my 3 year 7 classes? At this stage I feel as though I will be getting off on the wrong foot come lesson 1.
Ben Edwards▸ Discussion
Our biggest challenge is the students have little to no programming experience or understanding of computational thinking. We have begun by introducing them to programming concepts in Year 8 using Lego Robots, then we progress to Web Design using HTML, CSS and some JavaScript in Year 9 and next year will introduce Python in Year 10.
Isaak Bovell▸ Discussion
Hello MOOC! My name's Isaak, I'm a first year maths teacher at St Joseph's in Katherine. My background is Physics, Philosophy and Comp Sci and looking forward to learning how to teach CS in high school.
Michael Matthews▸ Discussion
#DataTask1
Three areas where Digital Technologies have benefitted society.
1.Medicine – using technology to create prosthetic limbs for the victims of war.
2. Agriculture
Technology is used to determine best practice for cane farmers in the Ingham district.
3. Humanitarian work.
Using data to help target countries affected by diseases/famine etc.
Michael Matthews▸ Discussion
Hello,
I am a secondary school teacher, trained in English and Legal Studies. I have been thrown in the deep end with Digital Technologies and I am enjoying the challenges that this brings.
I look forward to learning more so that I can effectively teach my year 7, 8 and 10 Digital Technology classes.
Bring it on!
#networking #coding
Lora Bance▸ Discussion
#DataTask1 Find a problem in your daily life and think about how Digital Technology could solve it. Write down an example solution.
With a busy working life I have started online shopping. I always look for specials, but I would like to compare the cost of my shopping basket between stores. I would create an App where I can enter a shopping list, and compare the cost between local shops, before placing the order.
YY Kim▸ Discussion
#DataTask1
1. Email/VoIP: enabling remote communication
2. EFTPOS: enabling transactions without cash
3. VoD: enabling personalised access to media
Daily problem: how to communicate with family and friends living in different continents?
Possible solutions: ringing, sending an email, posting a message through SNS