Coffee and registration

Start the day with a cup of coffee or tea. Register and pick up your goodie bag

Karakia Timatanga and Welcome.

We'll say Karakia together, introduce ourselves.

Industry Panel

Chat with Technology industry experts. What are the skills and competencies they want learners to leave school with? What sort of experiences should we be giving our learners?

George Phillips - Cloud Cannon, Cheryl Adams - Animation Research Ltd, Jon Wilson - Film Maker, Michael Findlay - Museograph

Keynote: The Curriculum & Computational Thinking Principles

What's the difference? Success examples etc.

Understanding the principles of Computational Thinking

Grab a Coffee and Have a Break

Karakia Kai and lunch

Take the time to reflect on coming together over kai.

Let's Teach Unplugged! (All together rotation)

Hands on and practical ways to teach computational thinking through sorting networks, fitness unplugged, kid-bots, algorithms, numbers

Wrap up of the day and Karakia Whakamutunga

End the day with a wrap up of a Q and A session and a karakia to wish each other well and reflect on our day together.

Keynote: Design Thinking

What is Design Thinking and how do we incorporate it into our classroom programmes?

Take a break - have a coffee or tea

Karakia Kai and lunch

Take the time to reflect on coming together over kai.

Keynote: Kiatakatu

Find out about the Digital Readiness Programme for teachers and how this can help you prepare for new curriculum content.

The Gig City Lending Library!

Introduction to how the lending library will work. See what equipment is available for schools to borrow. Have your say about what could be added.

Explore teaching resources to support the tools you can borrow.