As we know, exciting things are on the horizon for digital technologies in our education for both NZC and TMOA and what a beautiful metaphor – a cluster of whetū (stars) as the visual representation of plotting or navigating Hangarau Matihiko.
E rua ngā Anga Tupuranga Hangarau Matihiko me ōna whakatupuranga ka taka iho i te aho Hangarau Matihiko.
Te Ao Māori me te Hangarau Matihiko, is the understanding, that computational thinking is nothing new, it has always been a way of life for Māori. Think Tāne, Māui, Kupe, then we think about tipuna (ancestors), and we realise just how fundamental resilience, problem solving, collaboration and creativity (pakirehua) have been for Māori to respond to real world issues and needs; to succeed and become a strong, proud, resourceful people of today.
As we gaze to the stars and navigate a new way forward, how will our young people call on the skills, knowledge of their ancestors and create new possibilities that is, Te Ao Māori me te Hangarau Matihiko?
http://hangaraumatihiko.tki.org.nz/
Image source: Wikipedia
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I was in a kura this week talking about the new Dt & HM content and talking about the opportunities for the learners and community. I shared the Hangarau Matihiko website and in particular the examples.
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- By Anaru White
Tēnā koutou e hoa mā
I was in a kura this week talking about the new Dt & HM content and talking about the opportunities for the learners and community. I shared the Hangarau Matihiko website and in particular the examples.
Hei konā
Anaru
Kia ora, I’ve just been looking into maps about ethnic migration and in particular fascinated by the history and stories (some we’ve got wrong) about Māori migration to New Zealand. A couple of things struck me, early Māori arrived in Aotearoa:
Māori have long had a close affinity and relationship with the earth and the skies, the lands and the seas, as well as with all the creatures of the earth which also becomes an integral part of introducing creative ways to problem solve using the modern tools and digital technologies of the day. Now jump forward a thousand years or so...
In 2016, Microsoft New Zealand partnered with technology education group OMGTech! and CORE Education to translate the Minecraft coding sessions into te reo Māori for the ‘hour of code’. They all wanted to make sure young Māori were being encouraged to engage in digital technology by having digital resources available in Te Reo Māori. Our very own, Wawaro Te Whaiti of CORE Education says;
Anne Taylor, Schools Manager for Microsoft New Zealand, says
Here’s a taster of some of those resources in Te Reo Māori, for more about their purpose and potential see, Microsoft tutorials now available in Te Reo for 'Hour of Code' and the resources @ https://code.org/learn
Coding doesn't just have to happen once a year (or in an hour), it can become a regular part of a learning day. In Rotorua, tamariki and rangatahi have been learning about computer science and coding through making games - like building a marae in Minecraft to show how tikanga Māori can be used in a digital space.
Are there any other resources, top tips or ideas you'd like to share where students have dabbled in computer science, the language of digital technologies as well as Te Reo Māori and Te Ao Maori?
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Image source: Māori waka at Waitangi Dirk Pons
Kia ora Tessa
I agree the cluster metaphor is perfect and computational thinking is nothing new when we think of our tīpuna. The Hangarau Matihiko site has a series of pictures of the whetū and was a great discussion starter at a recent hui I attended about Hangarau Matihiko.
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