2020 is a year of challenges for New Zealand schools embracing the new ‘Digital Technology curriculum integration’ initiative from the…
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Sunday 4 November 2018 was officially the first MakerFaire in Wellington. Since I have a subscription with the Make Magazine…
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How do you build a working robot in a day as a holiday programme? Especially when you have a wide…
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Nelson Inspire – an annual 2 day maker workshop in South Island NZ. This annual event is hosted by Ministry…
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On 6 – 7 August, 84 Year 7 and Year 9 students at Chanel College Masterton, NZ were busy soldering…
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It is finished. Well, almost I reckon. The Unit plan, Slideshows for an Arduino unit, 10 plus hours and included…
Continue ReadingLesson 1 – Intro to Arduino – Year 10 Programme
PS: Download link is now updated with the fixed PowerPoint! Thanks for letting me know. Trying to continue what my…
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Teaching students the basics of coding using modular components which are relatively easy to ‘put together’(in a lesson) as well…
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