[Yr7-10it] New Yr10IT Course - Construct-ion-ivist Approach

[Pamela Wright]

It's such a comprehensive unit of work Keith. This is the sort of thing I have been aiming for my students to produce, but find that often they don't have enough knowledge of other subject areas to do it well. So my research is leaning toward team teaching to get them to produce the sort of thing you've done.
 
What are your opinions (and other people's) of team teaching or whole school curriculum planning?
 
Pam Wright
Lecturer
School of Educational Studies
La Trobe University

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Subject: [Yr7-10it] New Yr10IT Course - Construct-ion-ivist Approach



I have been impressed by the various approaches to ITC discussed
recently on these lists, and so decided to create an experimental
learning setting for my Year10IT class for Semester 2. I have played
with various forms of scenario-based integrative units before, as I
guess we all have, but decided to go all out with this one, utilizing
full-immersion lasting a full semester.
My kids seem to work best in situations where they are involved in the
content, where there are clearly defined expectations, yet where there
is also 'room-to-move'. I have built each of these elements into the
course.
I would like to eventually move towards a Moodle style of course
delivery, but at this point in time the learning curve (for me) is
toweringly steep, so have decided to be more conventional and during the
semester in my own time try adapting it across to Moodle. We will see...
Please feel free to modify and adapt in any which way (all I ask is that
credit be given for original authorship). It should be easy to change
the cultural setting to suit your kids, and to adjust the various
software and tasks to suit what you prefer to do.
My whole thesis is that ICT and associated software programs should be
there to serve other purposes. There will be times when it is essential
to pause from the theme and teach just software but just sufficient to
put them onto the right track with correct procedures and the discipline
of organized logic particularly in the field of file management.
As an aside I recommend taking a look at the Florida Gulf Coast
University tutorials for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access, as well as
Wikipaedia for definitions and extended explanations.
Attached please find a copy of the course.
I would be very interested in and appreciative of critical feedback
please.
Regards, Keith Richardson
Keith Richardson
Leibler Yavneh College
Elsternwick Ph (03)9528 4911
keithcr at fastmail.fm

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