The Language of the Future?

In this week's KidsedchatNZ we are wondering abut the future. What do you think your future holds? What skills do you think you will need? Do you have any ideas about what you want to do?

What problems do you want to solve when you grow up?

This clip talks about coding, which is a skill that people believe will be very sought after in the future.



1. Tell us about the clip. Was there anyone that inspired you to give coding a go?

2. Have you been learning coding in your school? If so, what do you use to do it? Why do you like it?

3. Have you created anything before using coding? What was it? 

(Include your photos)

4. How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode ?

5. Can you think of any problems that you could solve with coding?

6. What do you want to do in the future? Does this job exist now?

8. Do you think that schools need to buy more technology like Dot and Dash?

9. What do you think you could create that would help people in the future?

See you on Wednesday

Juliet Revell

Tweet of the Week - Digital Citizenship

Thanks for a fantastic chat. Lots of great ideas shared, and clearly some excellent learning focussed on Digital Citizenship.

Congratulations to Hunter of the @Room1Wonderers.

Your tweet was simple, but seemed to say it all. Superb.

Thanks for joining us once again.

See you next week.

Juliet Revell

Tweet of the week

Tremendous effort this week everyone! 

There were heaps of tweets sent today, 15 classes took part in today's session and its really positive to see that several schools now have more than 1 class taking part.

I was really impressed by the quality of tweets this week and noticed many conversations happening between the tweeters. There were a number of students who were tweeting some great ideas and it was fantastic to see that so many of you take your online safety seriously.

It was quite hard picking a 'Tweet of the Week' so I think that these ones demonstrate just how switched on you all were this week. Congratulations to all who took part.

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Week 6 Topic: Digital Safety

The questions for Thursday's topic are all based around Digital Safety or staying safe online. It is sometimes called being a good digital citizen or cybersafety.

Before taking part in this weeks topic please try to watch the following video.

 Digital Safety Video

When we learn about a topic before the lesson we call this a Flipped Lesson.

The questions for Thursday's topic are as follows:

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

If you have enjoyed this weeks Kidsedchatnz topic and want to learn more you could visit the Privacy Pirates to play a game about staying safe online.

Hope you all enjoy Kidsedchatnz this week.