I was lucky enough to attend the NZTech Education Summit on the 26th and 27th of June. And can speak to even cooler changes happening in NZ classrooms. In Camp

I was lucky enough to attend the NZTech Education Summit on the 26th and 27th of June. And can speak to even cooler changes happening in NZ classrooms. In Campbell's Bay school they are running their classrooms similar to how scrum teams work. Teachers act as facilitators and the learning is student led. At the start of the week students get to choose their learning outcomes from things that must be done this week and optional subject areas. And the week plays out like a sprint where students plan it out, some like to do the most difficult things first others unwind on a Monday with group activities with friends. There a 4 classes that all share the same space for this, which is broken in a quiet zone, a collaborative zone, the makerspace and a few smaller glass rooms dotted around. Once kids are happy they have completed a learning outcome they just supply their learning evidence to their teacher and it gets ticked off (BAT). I also got to here about Kauri Flats primary school that uses design thinking and works with local communities on projects as part of their learning. These big changes are limited to primary school levels for now largely because of the regulatory assessments put in place at a secondary level. But after hearing from representatives of the ministry of education and the NZ Qualifications Authority, there is definitely room for change in the coming years. Super cool stuff. And a big step towards the kind of skills needed to succeed in today's society.