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Solving digital dilemmas that face young people today
14/04/2021 at 9:00 am - 15/04/2021 at 3:00 pm
- Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2021 to Thursday, 15 April 2021
- Time: 09:00AM to 03:00PM
- Location: Meet at the community hub, Rehua building UC campus, Corner of, Forestry and Arts, Ilam, Christchurch
- Ticket: Free
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- Cheryl Brown
- Associate Professor & Co-Director Te Puna Rangahau i-Ako | Digital Education Futures Lab
- Phone: +64 3 3692933
- cheryl.brown@canterbury.ac.nz
The DIGITAL EDUCATION FUTURES LAB invites Year 11- 13 students to join us in solving digital dilemmas that face young people today.
How? A two day challenge using STEM skills to develop disruptive solutions to digital dilemmas
Facilitated by Te Puna Rangahau i-Ako | Digital Education Futures Lab and UC students as part of a Curious Minds project on Living and learning in a digital world.
Register now by clicking on the link and filling in this form
What’s in it for you?
- Work with passionate peers
- Be part of future problem solving
- Play a role in research
- Get youth voice and ideas heard
- Challenge everyday ideas
- Develop STEM skills
Who you are:
A Year 11- 13 student curious about digital technologies and its impact on young people’s lives.
- Enjoy working with others?
- Want to be part of future problem solving?
- Challenge everyday ideas?
Why join us:
Get your voice and ideas heard by joining our 2 day challenge where we will be using STEAM skills to develop disruptive solutions to digital dilemmas facing young people today.
- Contribute to our understanding of how digital technology affects the lives of youth today
- Play a role in research that aims to create awareness around issues and concerns with digital technologies – problem-solving
What you can expect:
- explore digital issues that interest you (eg screen time, AI, privacy and security, algorithms, access and equity, fake news etc).
- use STEM skills eg problem solving, creativity, critical analysis, teamwork, independent thinking, initiative, communication, digital literacy
How will we achieve this?
- engage in activities that will get you thinking about a range of digital issues
- listen to experts
- brainstorm solutions
- present your ideas
- experience the UC campus
Register now by clicking on the link and filling in this form