We have developed these draft guides for students to help with their understanding about the progress outcomes for both Computational thinking and Designing and developing for digital outcomes. You can download these here or look at the PDFs below. We are keen to know what you think. Please let us know your feedback. You can… Read More
Museum learning brings tech to life in Te Papa’s Raranga Matihiko programme
A programme combining museum treasures with high tech is proving a hit with children across New Zealand. Raranga Matihiko is offers schools a two-year programme involving visits to their local museum, access to the museum treasures, and the chance to tell their own stories while accessing the latest technology. Te Papa created the programme working… Read More
Marae Project - work from Bay of Islands College
Ben and Kiro talk about the work their year 9M Social Studies class from Bay of Islands College created as part of the Raranga Matihiko programme. Having spent two full days in Waitangi earlier this term, the students and their teacher got to work and get familiar with applications such as Paint 3D, Tinkercad, SculptGL,… Read More
The Life Cycle of a Star
Using Stop-Motion Studio and iMovie, students at Ranui School created this informative and creative video when they visited Auckland Museum. Their inquiry topic was space systems and exploration.
Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Ko te kaupapa matua mō tēnei kura “Ka ora te reo i ahau”, I au e wānanga ana ki te taha i tēnei kaiako mō tōnā kaupapa whāiti ka puta te hiahia i a ia kia aro nui ki te reo Māori. Nā reira I whakaritea kia aro ki ngā piki me ngā heke o… Read More
Manu Aute
A class at Koraunui School in Wellington was investigating Flight at school. When the class visited Te Papa, some students created this observational drawing of Manu aute examples in the museum.
Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Ko te kaupapa matua mō tēnei kura “Ka ora te reo i ahau”, I au e wānanga ana ki te taha i tēnei kaiako mō tōnā kaupapa whāiti ka puta te hiahia i a ia kia aro nui ki te reo Māori. Nā reira I whakaritea kia aro ki ngā piki me ngā heke o… Read More
Wearable Arts - Glove
A student from Papatoetoe East School in Auckland was inspired by shape and colour. He created his own ‘Infinity Gauntlet’ using Tinkercad, and used a Green-screen to help film this video. This class had ‘Wearable Arts’ as their inquiry topic.