DFI: Week 9 Reflection

Computational Thinking introduced by OMGTech! Founder was Pam Fergusson paraplegic; a solo Mum of four boys who bought them a computer. From this a family tradition evolved of being a tech entrepreneur and then being able to bring it into the community. One son developed a charitable trust teaching children to innovate using technology (playing with robots, meeting other children, scaffolding and using new tools). Trailblazers: Match students a mentor from the technical industry such as e-Pou, IGD, Mana Tangata, Institute of Awesome, Voluntari.ly Tech and Environment can be fused together in the outdoors/nature. Identifying schools who can use the volunteers to come and implement these mini workshops with hands on practical learning.

10 years ago smartphones/technology was developed and is now used for "everything" in the 21st century. This generation of children (2019) who enter the workforce with digital technology totally embedded into what they do. Ref: 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2019 (Bill Gates). New terms: Error detection (identifies the problem). De-bug (fixes the problem) Robot dexterity, New - wave nuclear power, Predicting premies, Gut probe in a pill, Custom cancer vaccines, The cow-free burger, Carbon dioxide catcher, An ECG on your wrist, Sanitation without sewers ,Smooth - talking AI assistants. Google assist - removing technology (always listening; best software voice recognition)which can be used in a home environment for temperature control, music/sound systems, electricity and more. When you use free apps you lose your privacy. Literacy awareness (use voice to text). Not marking on handwriting, but on language e.g. (story writing). Big dog robot teaching itself to walk on ice. Black Mirror - tv series. The world’s most realistic Sophia the robot (female human). Became the first robotic citizen (has rights, not able to be killed) in Saudi Arabia (The Jimmy Fallon show). She also watches YouTube video clips to learn facial reactions and body language. The ethics of our society are built in at source, this happens through technology SkinVision (1 in 5 people get skin cancer) it can now be detected from an App. Data researched by Melanoma results; low, medium or high risk. Keep training algorithms to continue. Autonomous flying cars - currently being tested in NZ. What you value about yourself and others? Compassion, Loyalty, Patient,Commitment etc...what do other humans look/pay for? Conformity, knowledge, expertise, time management. What does the future of work look like when we’re in a new paradigm? If money got taken out of the equation, what would you do with your time? We don’t have to have stuff made overseas, we can do it in NZ for example Hapara Teacher Dashboard. America (private insurance land). For example a driverless car in the city sponsored by Spark.

We were the first in the world to get Eftpos, (airspace - tested). Launch space rockets in NZ. RocketLab owned by America (satellites sent to outer space)? Finally, I have learnt to use Coding for programmes like Minecraft and Scratch Junior to use with young learners in my class to teach them Computational Thinking and also introduce them to new language. Now I can relate this directly to my planning and implementation into the NZ Curriculum.