PDSP – Workshop 1 Developing assessment tools on PDAs for SAL

Session Overview Morning About PDSP funding Aim of SAL (School Apprenticeship Link) project Workshop Timeline Skills Self Assessment Survey Introduction to assessment using PDAs

About PDSP funding

Aim of SAL (School Apprenticeship Link) project

Workshop Timeline

Skills Self Assessment Survey

Introduction to assessment using PDAs

Aim of PDSP funding PDSP = Professional Development Support Program Promote and support project-based professional development activities Improve skills, practices, and/or processes to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and assessment

PDSP = Professional Development Support Program

Promote and support project-based professional development activities

Improve skills, practices, and/or processes to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and assessment

Aim of your PDSP Project Gain skills to use PDAs for assessing Improve your ability to use PDAs as a management tool Acquire skills to develop content for PDAs Gain skills to use PDAs with students

Gain skills to use PDAs for assessing

Improve your ability to use PDAs as a management tool

Acquire skills to develop content for PDAs

Gain skills to use PDAs with students

Workshop Timeline Workshop 1 - Full Day Road test logistics workplaces assessment database Create video for PDA Workshop 2 – Full Day Overview use of mobile technology in TAFE Road test SAL assessment database Create content for PDA Workshop 3 – Half Day Review SAL assessment database progress Review content creation for PDAs

Workshop 1 - Full Day

Road test logistics workplaces assessment database

Create video for PDA

Workshop 2 – Full Day

Overview use of mobile technology in TAFE

Road test SAL assessment database

Create content for PDA

Workshop 3 – Half Day

Review SAL assessment database progress

Review content creation for PDAs

Skills self assessment survey It is a requirement of PSPD funding that we determine the skills level of participants at the beginning and end of the project. Your responses at the beginning of the project will be used to determine how to tailor the activities to best meet your needs. Your responses will be kept confidential.

It is a requirement of PSPD funding that we determine the skills level of participants at the beginning and end of the project.

Your responses at the beginning of the project will be used to determine how to tailor the activities to best meet your needs.

Your responses will be kept confidential.

Start Survey The information will only be reported in summary form. No individual responses will be reported. Please go to: http:// visagepda.wikispaces.com /survey

The information will only be reported in summary form.

No individual responses will be reported.

Please go to:

http:// visagepda.wikispaces.com /survey

Overview of assessing using PDAs Contact details, contact records, assessment tools in paper based form Documents on PDA in a Visual CE database Sync PDA with PC Documents stored electronically on PC in Access database

Logistics workplace assessor database Database developed by Elisabeth Elsmann Currently being trialed by Rhoda Takiwa Rhoda Takiwa

Database developed by Elisabeth Elsmann

Currently being trialed by Rhoda Takiwa

SAL Database Will be developed by Elisabeth Elsmann using your feedback You will road test your database at the next workshop Between workshop 2 and 3 you will trial it with students

Will be developed by Elisabeth Elsmann using your feedback

You will road test your database at the next workshop

Between workshop 2 and 3 you will trial it with students

Goals of road testing logistic database Learn how to database works on PDA and how to input/change data Become skilled at inputting/changing data in logistics Access database on PC Identify requirements of SAL database Provide feedback on additional PD required to effectively use databases on PDAs and PCs

Learn how to database works on PDA and how to input/change data

Become skilled at inputting/changing data in logistics Access database on PC

Identify requirements of SAL database

Provide feedback on additional PD required to effectively use databases on PDAs and PCs

Frances’s turn – Road test database on PC

Session Overview Afternoon Setting up PDA with correct time and date Creating shortcut to database on PDA Road test logistics database on PDA Feedback on database Reporting requirement of PDSP projects Insert information about yourself on Project Wiki

Setting up PDA with correct time and date

Creating shortcut to database on PDA

Road test logistics database on PDA

Feedback on database

Reporting requirement of PDSP projects

Insert information about yourself on Project Wiki

Frances’s – Road test logistics database on PDA

Feedback on logistics database road test What changes do we need to make to the logistics database so that it suits your needs? Is there any additional PD required for you to effectively use these databases on PDAs and PCs?

What changes do we need to make to the logistics database so that it suits your needs?

Is there any additional PD required for you to effectively use these databases on PDAs and PCs?

PDSP Project Wiki Required to document the progress of our project which can be shared with others We will do this using a wiki http:// visagepda.wikispaces.com /

Required to document the progress of our project which can be shared with others

We will do this using a wiki

http:// visagepda.wikispaces.com /

Participant details Log into http://visagepda.wikispaces.com/ Write information on your page: About yourself Your role at Challenger TAFE What you would like to get out of this project Insert photo if you have one

Log into http://visagepda.wikispaces.com/

Write information on your page:

About yourself

Your role at Challenger TAFE

What you would like to get out of this project

Insert photo if you have one