Year 7 German program

1. Year 7 German Catholic Ladies’ College A magical learning journey Tina Wilkinson, LOTE KLA Team Leader – twilkinson@clc.vic.edu.au

2. Challenges and Research “almost all students are bored in school, even those who score well” (Krajcik and Blumenfeld, 2009) ENGAGEMENT Prensky (2005) identifies three categories of students: those who are “truly self-motivated”, “students who go through the motions” and those who “tune us out”. “a deep and persistent malaise afflicts language education in Australia” (LoBianco, 2009)

3. Parents and policymakers remember being taught that way, and are often uncomfortable when their children have different learning experiences. Many teachers have spent an entire career mastering the skills required to manage an instructionist classroom, and they understandably have trouble envisioning a different kind of school. (Sawyer 2009) Instructionism versus Constructivism

5. Collaborative/ social learning

8. Challenges and super challenges

9. Sense of achievement

10. Individual and collaborative learning

11. Infusion of various technologies

12. Intercultural adventures

13. CreativityPersonalised learning http://dachl-schule.wikispaces.com

15. Encouragement

16. Team work

17. Creativity

18. Fun

19. Face-to-face interaction

20. Digital technologies:Video and still cameras Easi-speak microphone iPods

21. Epals Connection to global peers Intercultural learning Authenticity!

22. www.wikispaces.com www.voki.com www.wallwisher.com https://docs.google.com http://www.epals.com/ http://grou.ps/ iPods/iPads Web 2.0 Digital Video Easi Speak microphones Technologies

23. Tina WilkinsonLOTE KLA Team Leader twilkinson@clc.vic.edu.au