The Jetsons and The Flintstones

The Jetsons and the Flintstones. Were they right or wrong?

Kia ora koutou.

The Flintstones were the modern Stone Age family. Residing in Bedrock, Fred Flintstone
worked an unsatisfying quarry job, but returned home to lovely wife Wilma and eventually
daughter Pebbles.

Fred, a big fan of golf and bowling, also enjoyed bullying neighbour Barney Rubble, while Barney's saucy wife Betty was best friends with Wilma. During the show's run, Barney and Betty would adopt an unnaturally strong son, Bamm-Bamm, who would become friends with little Pebbles. "The Flintstones," heavily inspired by "The Honeymooners," convinced a generation of children that dinosaurs and humans occupied the planet at the same time.

This popular primetime cartoon show features the Jetson family living in a utopian future.
People live in housing in the sky, work a three-day workweek, drive aerocars that look like
flying saucers and have incredible conveniences that leave them with plenty of leisure time.
George, his homemaker wife Jane, and their children, Judy and Elroy,
also have a robotic maid named Rosie and a talking dog named Astro.

Both of these animated comedies were seen to be well ahead of their time.
Let’s have a look and see how far ahead they were in thinking.
Last week we looked at Artificial intelligence and its relationship to our current lives,
what can you see here that may also be linked to this thinking and the future?

Q1. When do you think these animated comedies were created?

Q2. What inventions do you see in the Jetsons clip that you can see used today?

Q3. Do you see any inventions that are not yet seen in everyday life?

Q4. How many inventions that are everyday tools we use can you see in the Flintstones clip?
Can you name some?

Q5. Can you name some inventions you are looking forward to seeing in the future?

Q6. What tool do you think should be developed further to help us in school?

Q7. What sort people do you think create these inventions?

Q8. Do you think these inventions help our economy?

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday at 2pm.

Danielle

Supercharge Your Year with Goals

Welcome back to KidsedchatNZ!

We hope you had a wonderful summer holiday and have had a fantastic few weeks back at school!

Many of you are probably in the process of setting goals to kick off this term. Here are some challenges you can complete prior to the chat. It does not matter if you are not able to complete them, you will still be able to take part in the chat.

Challenges:
1. Write some goals for this term. Make sure they are SMART Goals and make sure you share them! This video will explain to you what SMART Goals are:

Watch the video below to help you with writing your goals...

2. Create an iStopMotion /  Telagami / Poster / Info-graphic showing how you are planning to keep track of achieving your goals.

Questions:
Q1. Do you think goal setting is important? Why?

Q2. What are the important things to remember when writing goals? What do you need to include?

Q3. What are your goals for this term? Can you share them with us please?

Q4. Why is sharing your goals important? How have you shared your goals this term? How else could you share your goals?

Q5. Can you share with us what you created to show how you are planning to keep track of achieving your goals?

Q6. How and what are you going to do to reach your goals this term? What sacrifices are you going to have to make?

Q7. Positive thinking is important when setting goals. Can you share with us a motivational quote about goal setting?

Q8. Goals don't always go to plan. What are you going to do if you run into a problem?

Q9. What will it look like to reach your goals and how will it feel?

Books

New Zealand's best books for 2016 were chosen at the NZ Book Awards. As 'Books' were one of the topics you've requested within your feedback Google form at the end of Term 3, KidsedchatNZ have decided that Week 3's chat will celebrate the greats books kids from across New Zealand read.

Questions:

Q1. Tell us about your favourite book and why do you like it?

Q2. If you could have dinner with 3 of your favourite book characters who would they be and why?

Q3. Which books do you prefer reading, non-fiction or fictions books.  Give us a reason why.

Q4. If you could be any character in a book, who would you choose to be and why?

Q5. Suggest a book that would be great to read as a class. Tell us why it’s an awesome book.

Q6. If you wrote a book, what would it be about? Why would you choose that?

Q7. Describe what happens in your class that makes reading fun for you?

Q8. Books provide us with lots of new information, can you share with us something you have learnt from a book?

Q9. Can you please share with us any on-line/digital books that you like?

Maths

From 8 - 12 August we have New Zealand Maths Week, therefore KidsedchatNZ will be talking about Maths.

Below is a whole lot of different Maths tasks/challenges that you can complete during the week. You don't have to complete them all, just pick whichever ones suit your level.

The tasks/challenges are:

1. Throw a pack of cards out onto the concrete and put them into order as fast as you can. They need to be placed in suits from 2 to Ace.

Image credit: Pixabay

2. Design your own money!

Image credit: Pixabay

3. Turn this triangle upside down by moving only three of the 'coins'

4. Make 3D shapes using ice-block sticks / toothpicks and play dough

Image credit: sicosico

5. Use ScratchJr and make a short story or conversation

Image credit: ScratchJr.org

Questions:

Q1. Tweet a picture or video of some of your challenges this week.

Q2. Leave a reply on someone's tweet. Remember to comment on their challenge.

Q3. Reflect on your challenges. How do you think you did? What was hard? Easy? Enjoyable?

Q4. Write your own word problem for other people to answer.

Q5. Try and answer someone's word problem. Make sure you reply back saying whether they are right or wrong.

Q6. What have you been learning about in Maths? Tell/Explain a Maths strategy that you have learnt this year?

Q7. What are some of your favourite activities that you have done in Maths this year?

Q8. Why is it important to learn about Maths?

Q9. What are some of your favourite Maths Apps that you use in class? Why do you like them?

Q10. Write a short story or poem using these 4 words: Reflection, Triangle, Half and Money 

YOU Matter!

This week's KidsedchatNZ is inspired by a cool American Teacher called Angela Maiers.

Angela shares a great message, and it is important for all of us. 

The message is  -  YOU MATTER.

KidsedchatNZ want you to think about how you are awesome. We want to know how you are a genius. Everyone has their own unique talents and abilities. What are yours? We would love to hear all about them.

Image attribution: angelamaiers.com

Have a read of the YOU MATTER manifesto. A manifesto is a public announcement or declaration. There are some important points to think about there.

Questions for this week:

Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius?

Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you?

Q3. How do you think that you could do this?

Remember “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love”
– Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you?

Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like.

Q6. Do you have some learning that you are really proud of? Take a picture and tweet it!

Q7. Name five people that you would put on a "Dream Team" to encourage and inspire you.

Q8. Why are these people amazing to you? Are they famous people, successful people, members of your family?

Q9. What makes you feel proud?

Q10. Think about how you could contribute to make the world a better place. Share your idea with us.

Wk 3 - Digital Citizenship

The questions for Wednesday's topic are all based around Digital Citizenship and staying safe online. 

You can have a look at this video, before taking part in this week's chat.

 Digital Safety Video

QUESTIONS

1. How can you be safe on the internet? 
2. How can you keep your computer safe? 
3. Who teaches you about staying safe online? 
4. What are the best ways for learning about online safety?
5. What is a digital footprint and why are they important?
6. What are some important things to consider when taking part in KidsedchatNZ?
7. Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why?
8. How do we know which websites and people to trust on-line?
9. What should you do if your personal information is hacked?
10. Does anyone know any website/resources or Apps to share about Cyber safety?

Wk 3 - Ten Random Questions

This week you will be 'tagged' with some random questions...

Q1. If you could change one rule that your school has, what would you change?

Q2. Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?

Q3. If you were a teacher and the kids in your class would not listen to you, what would you do?

Q4. What is the hardest thing about being a kid?

Q5. If you could travel back in time three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?

Q6. Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?

Q7. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?

Q8. If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?

Q9. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what rule would you make? Why?

Q10. If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you invent?