How playing gives children digital empowerment
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how
children get digital empowerment
by playing i like to play
i like to be silly doing useless things
it’s great to immerse yourself forget
the time and just play
just be present in something exciting
and forget about time and place
when i was a kid i played every day i
played games
inside and outside we played all and was
running around doing nothing and
everything we played with dolls and
train tracks
and sometimes we were astronauts
but i forgot to play i grew up
then luckily i had kids and then i could
play again
then they grew up and i did not play
anymore
but then i became part of the curling
pirates and now
i’m playing again i’m an adult now
mad teacher and crazy about technology
in school
i teach math as a math teacher and
technology comprehension
technology comprehension is teaching
children about the good life in a
digital age
they give them digital skills to be
children in a time where technology is
taking up more and more space
in our everyday lives to have an amazing
childhood
to live the good safe life with
technology
but what is play play
is activities without purpose
it’s a way to practice life in school we
can play
but it’s often with a professional
purpose
we always need to do something we always
have
tests trials and exams in front of us
everyone wants to do well but we are not
teaching the children to be participants
in a future society
but in a society that no longer exists
we can use the plane to change the
school
we can provide space to play not only
during
recess but also during classes
we can do experiments studies and solve
open tasks
and tasks from the reality playing our
experiments it’s driven by curiosity
it’s often essential it’s out in the
world
it makes use of materials in time and
space
requires concepts and knowledge remember
the experiment
said one of my wise friends steen icing
doomed from the university of alba
she had made soap bubbles in frosty
weather
i play at home it is to dance during a
break at a team’s meeting
to knit a hat without a pattern to do
experiments in the kitchen
to make your own soap to do something
something crazy just because you can do
it
and then hope it goes well but laugh
when it goes wrong
i needed a santa hat for my grandson
walter he’s so small
it grew so big that he can grow in it
for the next
10 or 20 years
every day i see children playing with
technology
i see them producing movies playing
games make animation coding apps
they have replaced the draft booklet
with the technological
possibilities but we still give them
notebooks and
copy sheets in school books and homework
the technology is natural for the kids
because they are curious about it
they are digital brave they are creative
they have
imagination they love to hear good
stories about technology and stupid ways
to use it
i bought a green screen for my school
and the children said
wow you have a green screen and they saw
the opportunities
the adults said what is it it takes off
too much space
then the children had to make movies
with a green screen about
online safety they played with the
possibilities
they were creative they failed they
tried in a new way
they had different roles some were
frozen crafters actors
assistants sound people etc they were in
flow and community
they became wise about online security
they learned new words and concept about
online
safety while playing
the children have transferred the
playing to the technology
they are now practicing becoming digital
competent children
and later adults during playing
do children leave school with the right
and modern competences
this school does not always equip the
children for the future
this school must keep up with the times
and the reflect the surrounding
community
this school must ensure equal
opportunities for all children
so we must look at the academic content
in school
what skills do the children need to have
i believe that children must be good at
getting ideas
being creative and innovative they must
be good at making digital productions
work together they must be able to
communicate their results and knowledge
they must be good at seeking out
knowledge
they must understand technology green
transition
climate consumption nutrition and
physical and mental health
education and relationship in relation
to their own lives
it’s important for our democracy that
the schools keep up with the times
and the student becomes competent
citizens in
our society i think the schools need a
proper cleaning and updating to
contemporary standards
school hasn’t changed society have
changed
what would you have liked to learn in
school
what is digital empowerment for children
digital empowerment is when children
understand digital artifacts
opportunities
intentions and consequences they know
what you find
in the machine room behind the
technology
they know the consequences of cookies
and understand why
alex is not just a good friend we pay
with our data
for the free services because nothing is
free
online they can work with digital
productions
and even make their own inventions they
can
imagine what they can use the technology
for when they
develop with it themselves and it’s
important knowledge for children and
young people
who have grown up with direct access to
the internet
sometimes without filters
i volunteer at coding pirate and here i
see children
learn to cope by being curious and by
playing
they are playing and learning they have
great digital
courage they learn faster and faster and
have
imaginations and ideas they get a
language so
they can talk to others about technology
and engineering
i just tell you a good story we just got
a new department of coding parts in new
greenland
we held online meeting with the
volunteers in nuke and in copenhagen
and then workshops on saturdays with
children in denmark and green lane
the children of the two countries worked
on the same tasks and program
and we created creative and fun fantasy
worlds in co-spaces
the teacher our instructor was in
denmark that
the children were happy and curious
about each other
we saw the snow in green lane and they
saw the rain in denmark
the kids showed each other their digital
productions
and we clapped together because we
learned together because we have the
internet
we need to be healthy in body and mind
have a life and balance we must learn to
set the boundaries for technology
so it that it does not take over our
lives
but make our lives better if we use the
technology smartly we can have more time
to be together
play be family if we do not use the
technology smartly
it takes over our lives and we only know
each other through a screen
we become addicted to technology and it
limits our lives and steals our time
we need to teach the children to use
computers and mobile phones in school
for life for many children it’s just
entertainment and a pastime but it can
easily be used for play
math communication production knowledge
sharing learning and much more in common
with peers
the schools focuses on exam
grades and tests but the children need
skills knowledge motivation and
curiosity
and they can learn this through
technology play and community
community we need the students to be
competent
and able to act to develop and work with
experiments
think independently be critical be
innovative
we need the girls to take a
technological education as well
we need the girls to be able to create
the technology
have knowledge of technology and help
shape our common digital future
all children and young people have the
right to be taught technology
comprehension
it’s a perfect way to show a student
what you can do with technology
and for some it may be the start of the
dream education
most important is to have a good life in
a digital age
it’s the most important thing i have a
class with students
age 15 16 in technology comprehension
and i see students who have learned to
code
they have learned it because they are
interested and because they have
discovered
how smart it is to have digital skills
for life
for education for the future they did
not learn
it in school they learned it on the
internet
i dream about a life and a school for
all children
where they will be prepared for the
future where they will become
competent and ready a good life
where all their dreams can be fulfilled
and where there is a place in society
for
all of them we must take care of our
democracy
and our lives i often find that they
do not talk to other adults about their
digital life
the pa the parents ask the children how
it went to school today
but they must also ask how was your
digital
life today it’s not good for children to
be alone on the internet
the adults must be part of the
children’s digital life
this school should not be exam test
grades but
learning well-being play and necessary
and
present and future skills this school
needs a major cleaning so that a solid
platform can be found for technology
comprehension
practice and culture need to change in
school
the children are brave they’re
researching and experimenting with
technology they’re curious and full of
great ideas
they have a open mindset towards
technology
but it is the adult suicide
and the adults have forgotten to play
the adults use technology in an adult
way
but perhaps the children’s way of using
the technology
is much smarter and creates much more
learning
they try and fail and try again
have you ever been challenged by
technology
my best advice is to think and learn
like a curious child
children are still playing
but they are also playing with the
technology
computers robots programming drones
coding virtual reality
and we all must play more
in schools thank you