Digital Technologies teacher, mum, gardener, maker, lifelong learner. There is no planet B - let's take care of this one.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined March 2018
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Our Ten Minute Techie Episode for this week is out!
Ep14: DESIGNING & DEVELOPING DIGITAL OUTCOMES
What it looks like, why it's important & how to get started in your classroom.
Listen here or wherever you find your podcasts:
anchor.fm/digital-circus/epi…
#podcast #edtech #edchat
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ALL THE WORLD RELIGIONS, IN ONE TIMELINE CHART! This fantastic map shows the timeline of all the known religions of the world, when and where they originated (years estimated). #Judaism #Christianity #Islam #Hinduism #Buddhism
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Tinkercad is now available as an iPad app and includes an exclusive bonus feature -- an augmented reality viewer! Learn more on the Tinkercad blog. blog.tinkercad.com/introduci…
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"What Climate Change Will Do to the Global Food Supply" Time time.com/5663621/climate-cha…
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Looking for some ways to use digital technologies to celebrate Te Wiki ō te reo Māori?
#kiakahatereomaori #TeWikioteReoMaori
Check out these activities that integrate the #digitaltechnologies curriculum and Te Wiki ō te reo Māori
Bit.ly/maorilanguageweekDC
#edtech #edchat #DigitalCircusNZ
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Way to go, Sasha! The 19-year-old student wrote a coding book to encourage girls of color to study computer science.
“A lot of people aren’t aware of what STEM is and what coding is. I wanted to raise awareness of the acronym, specifically for girls.” buff.ly/2XIGzxm
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"Did you know that at least 20% of Easter eggs on sale in New Zealand this Easter will be made with cocoa grown by kids who are kept out of school to work? Who would want to support that?
Fortunately, you don't have to!"
Full NZ ethical Easter eggs list:
blog.puriri.nz/2019/04/fairl…
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Do NZ teachers work 44 hours a week? saveourschoolsnz.com/2015/07… via @Dianne_Khan
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To help ensure people get home safely after they finish work on Friday 21 December, Auckland Transport is making travel on all buses and trains free from 4pm. Find out more ow.ly/ytxY30n1nhS
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Hey you in tech & design in NZ. Want to help kids learn tech & design? We’re partnering with cool peeps from Datacom, Xero, MYOB, Ministry of Ed, Microsoft and others to build voluntari.ly and it starts with a hackfest. Have skills? we want you
voluntari.ly/hackfest
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This @tinkercad Instructable can be used during Hour of Code (or any other hour!) to get learners coding 3D designs with Codeblocks: instructables.com/id/Hour-of…
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Our new #HourOfCode tutorial is finally here! Do a little dance, make a little code! code.org/dance buff.ly/2FnkSPT
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For #GlobalMakerDay: A reminder that failure is sometimes the beginning of something new and awesome! We are inspired by all the creative-doers out there today learning to think in new ways. #MakeAnything
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It's cool to see how many teacher's have been getting their #DigitalPassport over the holidays! Have you got yours? xitter.cf/sophieteachernz/status…
Combining finishing the second workshop of my @NZDigiPassport with a #sketch50 level up... to create my first ever “real life” #sketchnote 😁
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Remember the impact it had on you when you nervously met your hero as a child? Every day you have the opportunity to be a hero to the next generation & help inspire them to be the best they can be - don’t waste that chance because you think you are ‘too busy’ make time to inspire
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Digital is at its most effective when it’s deployed within core strategies rather than treated as a bolt-on ji.sc/2FCk6hu #digitalcapabilities
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NZ entrepreneurs launch interactive learning ‘games’ for kids futurefive.co.nz/story/nz-en… #FutureFive NZ #Gaming #Education #Learning #AR