Digital Technologies ​in the NZ Curriculum
This site contains resources to support the new Digital Technologies  content in the Technology Curriculum.

 Introduction

• The new Digital Technologies content for the NZ curriculum and  Te Marautanga o Aotearoa has been released.  Schools are expected to introduce it from term one 2018 and  fully implement it by term one 2020.  This is the announcement on Education.govt page, the NZ and the NZ Curriculum online page.
• MoE. D.T. Curriculum Support Booklet.
• The Enabling eLearning page  has links to information and resources.
• Each area has progress outcomes that describe the learning step. Exemplars have also been developed. 
•  This page has examples of Authentic Contexts for the new content.
• Computer Science is about more than just coding. ​Find out more about Computational Thinking and why the introduction of digital technologies to the curriculum is so important.
• Finding the vocabulary in the progress outcomes confusing? This page has definitions and examples.​​
• Check out the Curriculum page to see what other countries are doing. ​
• The resources here are mainly aimed at years 1 - 10 although some will be relevant in years 11 - 13.

Children at Riverdowns Playcentre coding with Cubetto.

Join the 'Learning With and About Digital Technologies (NZ teachers)' Facebook group to discuss and share resources. 
Check out the blog for articles related to computational thinking, coding and digital design.

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Areas:
Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies

• ​Algorithms
• Data Representation
• Computational Thinking
• Programming​​

Designing and Developing Digital Outcomes​

• Humans & Computers
• Digital Applications
• Digital Devices & Infrastructure
• Designing & Creating

Scratch Jnr interface.

​This site is being continually updated so check back regularly.

This site has been developed  by Jan-Marie Kellow with support from the Digital Technologies Curriculum team of the Institute of Professional Learning at the University of Waikato to provide supporting resources for schools. The site is not affiliated with the Ministry of Education. Links to,  or mention of any sites or products are suggestions to explore and should not be taken as an endorsement.
Other sites supporting Digital Technologies

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P.L.D.
Not sure which PLD to apply for? Information and application information can be found here.  If you need help filling out an application  contact me or the I.P.L. Digital Fluencies team.
We have several facilitators on the MoE approved list for delivering PLD on the new curriculum content.  
Some of the workshops we can facilitate are here.  If you are wanting tailored PLD on the new Digital Technologies areas  contact me.

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