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Using Glogster to include diversity in the classroom
KWL – Final update
I will keep this post short and sweet, here is my final update on my KWL, the final column is now complete, “What I have learnt”. Its been an interesting journey, check it out for yourself. KWL v3
Assessment Programming
This week our group got together to undertake an activity creating of an assessment task and criteria. The documents below follow the process that we went through, including some of the challenges that we faced. We had found some gaps in our … Continue reading
Marking HSC exams and creating criterias for the answers
In this tutorial we had a chance to look at a previous HSC exam in order to have a go at creating our own marking criteria and also give a sample answer for a few questions. The 2002 HSC Standards … Continue reading
Our own project
This week it was time to go solo, the task was to come up with a project of our own. This time I have created my own template that starts with the big ideas, unit question and content questions. I then drill down on … Continue reading
Construction of a Stage 6 PBL unit of work
In our teams we constructed units of work for IPT and SDD based on the project based learning framework. The project construction illustrates our “thinking” as we work through constructing the actual project, such as coming up with a “big question” … Continue reading
Teaching and Learning Cycles
Last week we looked at implementing Stage 6 syllabus using PBL. This week we took the implementation one step further, through the use the constructivism approach we used it to improve our units of work and hopefully make the implementation … Continue reading
Syllabus Implementation using Project Based Learning
In class this week we worked in teams of 3 to implement the Stage 6 syllabus using Project Based Learning (PBL) concepts, we focused on the preliminary course. We used the preliminary sample unit programs from the curriculum support site … Continue reading
KWL – Update TWO, post Focus Week
How to be a reflective teacher? Reflection, this is the word that has driven me up the wall, especially in the previous semester as the concept was new to me. So what does it mean to be a reflective teacher? In … Continue reading
KWL – Setting personal goals!
This is my first entry into the KWL chart. I have also been a bit more thoughtful with my personal goals in the “What would I like to learn?” column. Just like a marathon runner, training 4 to 6 days … Continue reading
Syllabus Concept Map
Mind Omo Concept Mapping Tool IPT Syllabus Concept Map SDD Syllabus Concept Map As a result of going through the two syllabus’ I have listed some of the big ideas that I see arise from them, these have also also been … Continue reading
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