Stage two... the concept is set, it's time to get creating. With limited time myself and my amazing colleagues (3 Digital Technologies Teachers) set about expanding our plans into some lessons. Topic 1 - It's Happening! Argh, I'm pretty excited and also a bit of a geek who likes pictures to sum up ideas. So each topic was given an animated gif. This one is to represent both the fact that the new course is coming alive and also the reality that Digital Technologies is happening. We need to embrace it and our school, students, whanau need to understand it. This topic is all about giving students the foundation. Get their own devices set up to be efficient for them. Organise their google drives. Learn what each of the google tools is best for. Learn some tricks of google searching. Topic 2 - The Secret. This topic is all about letting students in on some special secrets, in other words, some great tools available on the internet to make some pretty amazing graphical outcomes...
I am the HOD of Digital Technologies at a public school in the Waikato. I love it! It is an ever changing environment and it's a challenge to keep up. Through research and post graduate study I'm attempting to keep it real and interesting. Enjoy reading my journey.