I am excited to come away with some resources, and this post is just really a way for me to remember where I have saved these.
First session: OJC Future Focussed Curriculum
Led by Luke Sumich with support from Viv Mallabar, Tracey Greenwood and Fred Strickson
Led by Luke Sumich with support from Viv Mallabar, Tracey Greenwood and Fred Strickson
This was a talk about the journey at Ormiston Junior College and the way they have designed their curriculum in a secondary school context. They teach years 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Here is the slideshow from this session.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YB_lR3GTQUvIq9RJo9EJUFtTt-lPtipGork5fjHlDR8/edit#slide=id.p1
The second session was about Huntly College (Decide 1 in Auckland).
It was led by Barbara Cavanagh (Principal) and Michaela Pinkerton (Deputy Principal)
They are doing amazing things for their students and have absolutely transformed their school as a result of their curriculum design. I found this talk extremely inspirational.
I have a printed version of the slide show. Need to photograph pages and upload, or see if I can get link to digital slideshow.
The third session was with Janelle Riki Waaka from Core Education. I shared a video of hers on a previous post of mine, so I felt like I was meeting a celebrity going to this session.
It was about Maori innovation/innovators. I was in awe of this lady. She was amazing. If it made me as a Maori feel proud, imagine how this kaupapa could enhance the feelings of self worth in Maori children and their belief in their own potential. Just WOW!
There are a whole lot of videos I am yet to watch sharing examples of Successful Maori Innovators.
Also she shared an amazing resource- the tech design process created from a Maori perspective. IT was based around the Maori creation story of Ranginui and Papatuaanuku.
I WILL be using this. Doc is featured in her slideshow.
Here is the link to the slideshow from her session.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eIzRL5IiXpUADI2OrPowtNBLS5SknxmxmfKLvVnuCWg/edit
Next I went to a workshop with Tracey Greenwood and Lesley Mansell from OJC. The focuse was on the project based learning aspect of their curriculum, which they call TAIP.
The provided and AMAZING resource here, which I will definitely be using.
Here is the link to the Google Site they shared.
https://sites.google.com/ojc.school.nz/taip-sprint/project-overview
Lastly I attended a super long but awesome session on Game design from OMGTech.
I managed to take home some sweet resources and have a play on Scratch designing a game myself.
One of the key messages for me was how game design provides so many career options and there are currently not enough people to fill all the available positions. Jobs include game designers, programmers, artists and more.
Here is a link to their awesome site which includes lesson plans.
https://omgtech.co.nz/
It was led by Barbara Cavanagh (Principal) and Michaela Pinkerton (Deputy Principal)
They are doing amazing things for their students and have absolutely transformed their school as a result of their curriculum design. I found this talk extremely inspirational.
I have a printed version of the slide show. Need to photograph pages and upload, or see if I can get link to digital slideshow.
The third session was with Janelle Riki Waaka from Core Education. I shared a video of hers on a previous post of mine, so I felt like I was meeting a celebrity going to this session.
It was about Maori innovation/innovators. I was in awe of this lady. She was amazing. If it made me as a Maori feel proud, imagine how this kaupapa could enhance the feelings of self worth in Maori children and their belief in their own potential. Just WOW!
There are a whole lot of videos I am yet to watch sharing examples of Successful Maori Innovators.
Also she shared an amazing resource- the tech design process created from a Maori perspective. IT was based around the Maori creation story of Ranginui and Papatuaanuku.
I WILL be using this. Doc is featured in her slideshow.
Here is the link to the slideshow from her session.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eIzRL5IiXpUADI2OrPowtNBLS5SknxmxmfKLvVnuCWg/edit
Next I went to a workshop with Tracey Greenwood and Lesley Mansell from OJC. The focuse was on the project based learning aspect of their curriculum, which they call TAIP.
The provided and AMAZING resource here, which I will definitely be using.
Here is the link to the Google Site they shared.
https://sites.google.com/ojc.school.nz/taip-sprint/project-overview
Lastly I attended a super long but awesome session on Game design from OMGTech.
I managed to take home some sweet resources and have a play on Scratch designing a game myself.
One of the key messages for me was how game design provides so many career options and there are currently not enough people to fill all the available positions. Jobs include game designers, programmers, artists and more.
Here is a link to their awesome site which includes lesson plans.
https://omgtech.co.nz/
