Design thinking: Disrupting teachers
Coding tips, For teachers Coding tips, For teachers

Design thinking: Disrupting teachers

Design thinking is forcing a paradigm shift for Australian teachers, students and the entire education system. I attended a design thinking workshop for teachers at DigiTech by Design, held at Oakleigh State School. We were working in groups to solve a community problem by using the design thinking process. I overheard a teacher say, “I want to see the answer. So I can cheat and see what to work towards.”

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5 principles of learning to code
Coding tips, for 10-15 year olds, for 7-10 year olds, For parents, For teachers Coding tips, for 10-15 year olds, for 7-10 year olds, For parents, For teachers

5 principles of learning to code

Learning to code involves learning an approach to problem solving where we break down complex problems into a series of smaller, achievable problems to solve and use trial and error to identify a suitable solution to each problem. Our problem solving approach requires resilience and a delicate balance of being methodical and creative.

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