Casa Stories

#05 - LE-UE Digi Lessons

SUMMARY
In this Casa Behind the Scenes episode, the White Rabbit has a follow-up conversation with Niek, the Digi Wizard behind the Digi lessons offered to the Lower and Upper Elementary classrooms at Casa.
This time, Niek explains how the digi lessons work, and presents the program that he is developing to equip children to face the digital world.
 
TIME STAMPS
(00:00) Episode Introduction
(00:25) Physical Classroom environment for Digi lessons in LE
(02:24) Physical Classroom environment for Digi lessons in UE
(03:52) Children's Google accounts
(05:47) Digital Classroom environmet
(07:17) Connecting Digi with Cosmic Themes
(08:08) Basic Digi Skills
(11:21) Digital Creation
(13:31) Computational thinking
(18:14) Digital Cityzenship and Media Literacy
(20:53) Collaboration between Niek and the other classroom guides
(22:06) How can parents and guides help with Digi
(25:53) Episode Closure
 
EPISODE SHOW NOTES
Digi Curriculum categories:1) Basic Digi SkillsLearning how to handle computer hardware (computer, mouse, headset) and their google account
2) Digital CreationCreating digital things with digital tools (videos, podcast, minecraft...)
3) Computational ThinkingLearning about (programming) logic with robots and drones using live programming, visual programing with Blockly, MakeCode or Python.
4) Digital Citizenship and Media LiteracyHow to find and challenge information on internet, respectful/civilized online communication, digital communication challenges (fake news, hacking, ... )Physical Materials:- Cubetto: https://www.primotoys.com/
- Robot with buttons: https://www.clementoni.com/be/66799-mind-designer/
- Robot ball : https://sphero.com/collections/coding-robots
- Quadcopter: https://www.ryzerobotics.com/tello
- Picoo: https://www.picoo.com/ (digitally assisted outside games)
 
Digital Materials:- Safe Google account for all children with basic tools (email, calendar, meet, chat, docs): https://myaccount.google.com- LE and UE digital google classroom environments: https://classroom.google.com- Programming exercises: https://studio.code.org/s/express-2019?section_id=3481751- Minecraft Education: https://education.minecraft.net/en-us- Typing Club:  https://casaschool.typingclub.com/signup/GUZJY65- Video editing software: https://filmora.wondershare.com/
- Canva: https://www.canva.com/brand/join?token=u0YvbuB-Qg-bs6mtpaW1ZQ&brandingVariant=edu&referrer=team-invite
- Skillsdojo: https://www.skillsdojo.nl/echt-of-fake/
 
- Blockly: https://developers.google.com/blockly or Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/- Python: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)
- Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc/
- Microbit: https://microbit.org/
 
 

#04 - Meet the LE-UE Digi Guide

SUMMARY
In this Meet the Casa Community episode, the White Rabbit has a conversation with Niek, the Digi Wizard at Casa School. His mission: to empower the Casa students to responsibly interact with the digital world.
This story starts with Niek sharing his childhood adventures as a student, and then... a magical conversation happened.
 
TIME STAMPS
(00:00) Episode Introduction
(00:35) Why Niek chose Casa for his daughter
(04:21) Aiming for a 6 rather than a 10
(07:25) Developing intrinsic motivation in children
(08:38) How Digi lessons started at Casa
(11:07) The challenge of "Screen Time"
(12:49) Aligning Digi lessons with Montessori education
(14:38) Take aways from the corona pandemic
(17:19) Casa is how an online school could be shaped
(18:24) Episode Closure

#03 - LE-UE Gym Lessons

SUMMARY
In this Casa Behind the Scenes episode, the White Rabbit has a follow-up conversation with Panji, the gym guide of the Lower and Upper Elementary classrooms at the Casa School.
This time, they focus on the current operational aspects of the gym lessons at Casa, and continue talking about what these lessons look like under the surface.
 
TIME STAMPS
(00:00) Episode Introduction
(00:24) Gym guides and frequency of gym lessons
(01:35) Gym shoes and clothing
(03:27) Panji's funny dance
(04:50) Going to the gym's locations
(05:29) Changing clothes and hygiene
(06:54) Physical safety
(10:19) Emotional safety
(12:39) Difference between LE and UE gym lessons
(14:35) Channeling the drive to win in a constructive way
(15:24) Panji's new approach for UE gym lessons (revisited)
(17:36) Episode closure

#02 - Meet the LE-UE Gym Guide

SUMMARY
In this Meet the Casa Community episode, the White Rabbit has a conversation with Panji, the gym guide of the Lower and Upper Elementary classrooms at the Casa School.
Together, they go over some aspects of Panji's background and provide a first impression about the way he approaches gym lessons.
 
TIME STAMPS
(00:00) Episode Introduction
(00:37) Panji's name
(01:17) Panji’s primary school Montessori education
(02:26) Lessons from boxing
(04:46) Sports teacher training
(05:54) Montessori training for Gym Lessons
(07:16) Panji’s new approach for UE Gym lessons
(08:30) Tailoring gym lessons to the children’s individual needs
(11:40) Helping children to deal with winning and losing
(14:10) Wrap up and looking towards the future
(16:02) Episode Closure
 

#01 - Impact of the Corona Pandemic on the Casa Comunity

SUMMARY
In this Special Edition Episode, the White Rabbit has a conversation with Jetteke, the Team Lead of the Lower and Upper Elementary teams at the Casa School.
Together, they reflect on what the Casa Community has been through during the corona pandemic.
 
TIME STAMPS
- (00:00) Episode Introduction (00:00)- (00:31) Looking back at the start of the pandemic: March 16 2020- (02:28) The challenge of making a Montessori environment online- (03:20) Reflection about parents educating children at home- (07:25) Impact on the younger children- (10:29) The lack of contact between the parents and the guides- (13:07) Some families struggled more than others- (15:42) Parents support towards the school- (17:29) Episode Closure

Follow the White Rabbit

SUMMARY
Join Alicia as she visits the White Rabbit, and discover what the Casa Stories Podcast is about.