Coding, making, robotics workshop for teachers

Integrating STEAM and the revised digital technologies curriculum into your classroom

Come and spend a day working with different coding challenges, making challenges, robotics challenges and see how you can integrate these STEAM related technologies into your classroom program at the new, inspiring and innovative:

Te Ao Mārama School

19 July 2019

This day-long  practical workshop that has been designed for those teachers who are already using Digital Technologies in their classroom programme.  This workshop will show you how you can integrate STEAM, the new Digital Technologies curriculum in subject specific contexts from year 1 - 8. You will be using coding, micro-electronics and robots to deliver these authentic learning activities.

For those of you who are already confident with digital technologies this workshop offers you the opportunity to experience how a straightforward activity can be given greater learning depth and complexity by combining for example, coding, micro-electronics and engineering into a series of layered tasks.

Technologies we will be using are: Edison Robots, MBots, Scratch, Parrot Drones, Arduino Kits, BBC Micro:bits,Tynker, Sketchup, Lightbot/Kodable, Makey Makey, Adafruit Crickits and other peripherals.

Cost: $110 +GST per person

Register and be in to win a Makey Makey for your school.

Morning tea will be provided, please bring your own lunch or if you prefer there are a range of excellent cafes to choose from opposite the school.

Venue details:  33 Hare Puke Drive, Hamilton

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

David is a Waikato based accredited PLD facilitator for both locally funded PLD contracts and the centrally funded Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko PLD contracts.

David has been an e-learning specialist since the 1990's.  Since 2008 David has been providing e-learning consulting services to schools, working in class with teachers as well as building problem based learning and makerspaces within schools. He is currently delivering PLD contracts in Auckland, Taranaki, Westland and the Waikato.