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Centre for Innovation<br />
Sharing the Power of Technology<br />
In December 2016, St Margaret’s College was extremely proud to partner with Tait<br />
Communication to provide children of Christchurch an opportunity to experience a range<br />
of projects that would inspire them to participate in technology. The power of students delivering<br />
programmes to other students was phenomenal. SMC had students from year 6 - 10 supporting and<br />
facilitating workshops. Children from other local schools were able to share our facilities and resources<br />
as well as gain knowledge from our girls who were developing their personal growth, by enabling other<br />
children to positively experience and extend their thinking.<br />
All participants were challenged in their problem-solving, teamwork, communication and creativity.<br />
These are skills we have identified as essential for future learning and employment. The workshops<br />
provided projects that required the children to work on their perseverance and mental focus.<br />
Too often we scaffold activities for instant student success; seldom do we get to be an expert<br />
on our first attempt. The process of planning, creating, testing and re-creating is repeated throughout<br />
the robotics, 3D printing, makerspace and coding workshops. These workshops built on the concept<br />
of giving children permission to fail, and through feedback, learn what and how to improve so that<br />
their next attempt is an improvement on the one before.<br />
St Margaret’s College acknowledges the mutual benefit of working with our wider community. We welcome<br />
challenges to foster closer relationships with others and we look forward to collaborating and providing<br />
further opportunities for students and adults in future initiatives and co-curricular programmes.<br />
Linda Chong – Head of Centre for Innovation<br />
AUTUMN <strong>2017</strong> 5.