Tauranga teachers will have the chance to learn a thing or two themselves, as New Zealand prepares for next year's digital technology curriculum change.

The OMGTech! TrailBlazers Tech Week Tour is taking hands-on fun coding workshops to cities and towns across the country and organisers are encouraging primary and intermediate school teachers to attend for an intense two-hour session.

OMGTech! co-founder and general manager Zoe Timbrell says the workshops are designed to help educators gain confidence in digital technology and in teaching computer science for the ‘Hour of Code'.

'Digital technology is so critical to every aspect of life in the future that the government has made in part of the curriculum in schools starting next year.”

She says turning that into a reality now rests with teachers.

'Teachers are the key to ensuring all children learn digital technology basics and our free workshops aim to support them as they prepare to teach children in 2018.”

Microsoft Schools manager Anne Taylor encourages teachers to attend the workshops.

'It's a great opportunity to start the learning process for teachers which ultimately will deliver for the country's youth.”

The TrailBlazers workshops run with the support of Microsoft, are targeted at teachers teaching years 3 to 8. They will learn how to run an ‘Hour of Cod'e, how to develop what children learn during the hour as well as the basic use of computer programming language Scratch.

The free session will run from 3.30pm to 5.30pm at Te Akau Ki Primary School in Papamoa on Tuesday May 9. Register at eventbrite.co.nz