This document discusses reframing LIFE as a preferred online resource for teachers and students. LIFE aims to enrich learning environments by enabling collaboration, communication, and creation. It provides digital tools and spaces for students to demonstrate and track their learning. Teachers can use LIFE to activate learning, provide feedback, and network with colleagues. Professional development in 2014 will help teachers build skills in using LIFE.

1. LIFE is about learning and
Learning Is For Everyone
LIFE Focused Work
for 2014
Reframe LIFE as a
preferred quality
resource
for teachers to enrich
and shape learning
environments

2. Reframe LIFE as a preferred quality resource
for teachers to enrich and shape learning environments
Objectives of Focused Work
Teachers and students will favour this resource for collaboration, communication and
creation to support the principles and practices of effective learning and teaching
described through the model of pedagogy.
The use of this resource by teachers and students across schools to:
• Collaborate between teacher and teacher, student and student and student and
teacher in developing and choosing appropriate tools in LIFE to support learning
progress against the achievement standard of the curriculum.
• Communicate between teacher and teacher, student and student and student
and teacher using tools in LIFE to demonstrate learning and cycles of feedback to
move learning forward
• Creation and construction of knowledge by teachers and students using tools in
LIFE to demonstrate understanding and provide evidence of learning progress
against the achievement standard.
• Students are acting as instructional and supportive resources for other students
• Teachers find opportunities to network with other teachers to share online
resources for planning and teaching.

3. Why LIFE?
LIFE is used as a key resource by teachers to technology enrich and
shape learning environments enabling progress to be personalised,
visible, explicit and responsive for each student.
Key activities of LIFE resource activate collaboration, communication
and creation and promote a learning environment that enables
active, interactive and personalised engagement of each student in
their learning.

4. What benefits and opportunities
does LIFE provide?
Students will have access to online
spaces and resources:
 to collate and showcase their
learning
 to reflect on progress and
success
 to access a personalised
curriculum
 to demonstrate learning
through the use of
collaboration; communication
and creation tools
 to be resources for one another
 to embed web 2 tools to
demonstrate learning
Teachers will have access to
online spaces and resources:
 to activate student learning
 to provide and gather
feedback about progress and
success
 to network with colleagues
 to technology enrich and
shape learning environments
 to embed web 2 tools to
activate learning

5. Collaboration &
Creation Tools
Postie
Blog
Conversation
Wiki

6. Communication
and
Organisational
Tools
Sound Recorder
Calendar
LIFE Pages
Student Email
Life Learning Exchange

7. Presentation
and
Research
Tools
Slideshow
Multimedia Presentations
Embedded Digital Objects
Uploaded Files
RSS Feed
WWW Links
Quiz
Survey

8. Student Voice
and
Assessment
Tools
MyLife
MyStuff – MY Life file storage
Learning Activities

9. Activating
Learning
Australian Curriculum
Scootle
Web 2 tools
iPad Apps

10. Professional Learning for LIFE in 2014
Professional Learning in 2014 will be provided from School Service
Centre North and will include: Skill development events, Networking
and sharing workshops, Masterclasses and strategic in-school
support.

11. This site provides the BCE
Community with resources to
build skills and opportunity to
network ideas in an online
environment.
You will find in this site:
• Ideas on how to use LIFE in
the classroom
• Youtube clips and
documents to build skill
• How to’s…
• Forums
• Resources for LIFE
implementation in your
school
This site provides a collaborative
space for schools, teachers and
students to share ideas and
work together. To build a
collaborative space you will first
need to apply for a space. This
form is found on the site page.