This document provides guidance on developing an authentic learning journey (ALJ) including essential aspects such as fertile questions, sub-questions, a rich task, student voice, and reflection. It discusses each aspect in more detail and provides examples and tips for implementation. The key aspects of an ALJ are establishing a fertile main question and sub-questions to guide inquiry, creating an engaging rich task, incorporating student voice and choice, and including ongoing and final reflection such as an odyssey to document the learning journey. Differentiation is also highlighted as an essential component that should be planned for within each aspect.

1. Authentic Learning Journey
Narrative and Reflection

2. About this presentation

3. About this presentation
Ideas that may help with developing your ALJ.

4. About this presentation
Ideas that may help with developing your ALJ.
Not the only way of approaching things.

5. About this presentation
Ideas that may help with developing your ALJ.
Not the only way of approaching things.
Text based so you can refer back to it in your
syndicates.
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6. Essential Aspects of the ALJ

7. Essential Aspects of the ALJ
Fertile questions and sub-questions

8. Essential Aspects of the ALJ
Fertile questions and sub-questions
Rich task

9. Essential Aspects of the ALJ
Fertile questions and sub-questions
Rich task
Student voice

10. Essential Aspects of the ALJ
Fertile questions and sub-questions
Rich task
Student voice
Reflection (ongoing and final i.e. Odyssey)

11. FERTILE QUESTION
& RICH TASK
SUB QUESTIONS
STUDENT VOICE ODYSSEY

12. FERTILE QUESTION
& RICH TASK
SUB QUESTIONS
STUDENT VOICE ODYSSEY

13. February - Planning
FERTILE QUESTION
RICH TASK
&
SUB QUESTIONS
ODYSSEY
STUDENT
VOICE

14. Fertile Question
Where will our journey take us?
How can our question encapsulate where we
think we are heading?

15. Example of questions...
HOW CAN WE UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE OUR LIVES
AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS?
TERM 1:
TEXT
HOW CAN WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE CAUSES IN OUR
WORLD?
TERM 2:
TECHNOLOGY: BLESSING, BEAST OR BURDEN?

16. March - Beginning
FERTILE QUESTION
& RICH TASK
SUB QUESTIONS
STUDENT
VOICE
ODYSSEY

17. Student Voice

18. Student Voice
Include student voice on a micro level rather that
a macro level.

19. Student Voice
Include student voice on a micro level rather that
a macro level.
Activity: Frame research questions
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html

20. October - Concluding
FERTILE QUESTION
& RICH TASK
SUB QUESTIONS
STUDENT ODYSSEY
VOICE

21. Rich Task

22. Rich Task
A good starting point.

23. Rich Task
A good starting point.
Must be established before Term 2 or earlier.
Preferably earlier, so there is a ‘working towards’
component.

24. Rich Task
A good starting point.
Must be established before Term 2 or earlier.
Preferably earlier, so there is a ‘working towards’
component.
Examples...

25. Odyssey

26. Odyssey
Shouldn’t be a difficult undertaking if everything
else is done well.

27. Odyssey
Shouldn’t be a difficult undertaking if everything
else is done well.
A show or documentation of your learning
journey?

28. Differentiation

29. Differentiation
Is an essential component.

30. Differentiation
Is an essential component.
Should be planned for.

31. Differentiation
Is an essential component.
Should be planned for.
Must be present in the rich task.