MelindaMurray

Hello I am Melinda I have the basic ICT knowledge which gets me by in the day to day use of ICT, I would like to get better at using the Interactive whiteboard in the classroom everyday. I love ebay and Facebook and searching Google. I would like to get 4 completed units for level 2 with this course it would be fantastic.

** FOCUS QUESTION **

Australia! Your standing in it, Where are we and where do we live?

What are the states and territories of Australia? what are the important landmarks/ capital cities within each state? What is the flora/fauna/flags of each state and territory?
 * Contributing Questions **

Physical, Personal and Social learning.
 * ** VELS CONTENT ** ||
 * ** Domain **

Discipline based learning.

Discipline based learning. || ** Dimensions ** Civics and Citizenship

Humanities

English || ** Standards ** They describe symbols and emblems of national life in Australia and identify values related to symbols and national celebrations and commemorations.

Students draw simple maps and plans of familiar environments observing basic mapping conventions. They identify the location of places on a simple map using an alphanumeric grid and describe direction using the four cardinal compass points. Using atlas maps and a globe, they locate and name the states and territories of Australia.

Level 2 ||

Using internet and travel agent catologes and having the children share their experiences about visiting particular places which makes it real as we all live in Victoria which is part of Australia. Talk about my own experiences show photos etc. Civics and citzenship and being part of Australia mapping and and idea of where we are and where we live.
 * What real world connections are you considering?**

Active participants and guiding the learning, questions they pose will be addressed and get an understanding of prior learning. They are also responsible for peer assessment of the State presentation by other students.
 * What would be the role of the students?**

Each week students will learn and discover about all states and territories in Australia (see big question). Then at the completion of the topic i will have all the students to all have a state and find out information in relation to the state and present in poster form and verbally about something they learnt and something they liked about the project. Have the other students assessing their peers in the presentation.
 * What project scenario are you considering?**

Date 8th June 2010 VISUAL RANKING TOOL- Sharing your results Q1- we used visual ranking for our current topic of dinosaurs with the class to rank best dinosaurs between groups and then compile a class ranking Q2- yes it was great the discussion that came out and how people were able to convince others of how to order the dinosaurs. WE we even able to share between all 4 classes and explain our choices. Q3- fitting in to have higher order thinking and allow for discussions that may have not necessarily happen withou the use of the visual ranking tool Q4- the discussions and persuassion we excellent and everyone was able to have a say and was more confident in sharing their ideas etc, they also enjoyed the fact that we as the teachers had been working on this and now they we having a go at it to. Q5- ?????