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2. The Aim:
To investigate and create ICT pre-test
activities which enable targeted
and more effective student
learning.
3. As part of the Next Gen……
“With the development of the
Wants Internet and other sources of
immediate instantaneous information, many
gratification people strive to gain at least a
working knowledge of many
Experiential different subjects. So-called
pancake people no longer
concentrate their energies on one
Optimistic area of interest, but instead choose
to spread themselves thinly over a
large area”
Connected
http://www.wisegeek.com/who-are-pancake-people.htm
Likes technology
SMH “ When two worlds collide and the pupils leave the teachers behind” Oct 1 2005
4. Preferred teaching/ learning style:
- Emphasis on teaching by transmission - Emphasis on learning
- Students are passive recipients - Students are active partners
- Accent on repetition and memorisation - Teachers are facilitators and mentors
- Individual learning - Accent on discovery learning
- Teachers are commanders and controllers - Collaborative learning
SMH “ When two worlds collide and the pupils leave the teachers behind” Oct 1 2005
5. In Year 7 Integrated Learning we need
to quickly assess prior learning.
A key factor is to ‘Know the students’
The focus of my work has been to ‘diagnose’ each
student’s ICT ability in terms of:
Typing
Advanced PowerPoint
Word
With the intention of developing systematic and
individualised instruction.
6. To facilitate 1:1 instruction
• Why Typing was used as an indicator?
- The aim was to discover the level of typing proficiency
early so a more systematic approach to meeting
learning needs could be developed.
- Typing as an indicator is relatively easy to collect and
allows the girls to take ownership of their progress.
Findings:
- The words per minute rate increased
over time, but the number of
characters typed also increased.
Results revealed Typing inefficiency
7. Differentiating the Curriculum
Professional development
When we teach the same thing to all the students at the same time.
1/3 will never get it 1/3 get it 1/3 already know it
So 2/3 of the students are wasting their time…..
Dr Angela Wilson 25032011
8. Typing
- Regular assessment of Typing skill
http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/
- Reinforces the idea that Mistakes are learning opportunities
- Encouraging a ‘Personal Best’ approach to Typing
proficiency
11. Advanced Power Point Pre-test activity..
A Fair Trade pre-test activity provided the students
with an opportunity to demonstrate pre-existing
PowerPoint skills. It also introduced the concept of
Social Justice to the Year 7 group.
Students were given a set time to complete the task
and individual Advisors assessed the efforts based on
the Feedback sheet.
The data derived from the task proved invaluable
for Unit planning. It also provided a profile of
individual student weaknesses and strengths.
12. Fair trade
CHOCOLATE
What can YOU do in a PowerPoint ??
Your Task:
You have been asked by the Social Justice captain
to create 2 to 4 PowerPoint slides that could be
presented to a Loreto assembly about choosing
Fair Trade chocolate this Easter.
13. Advanced Power Point techniques
Pre-test and Feedback sheet
PowerPoint Pre-test name:
X None
Appropriate Font colour
Appropriate Font size
Appropriate Formatting
Pixelated?
Appropriate Image choice
Appropriate Slide layout
Appropriate amount of
Information?
Competent Incompetent None
Transitions
Animations
Audio
Embedded material
Hyperlinks
Timed display
OVERALL PESENTATION QUALITY EXCELLENT GOOD WEAK
14. Results:
Overall presentation quality of Year group
60
50
40
Overall presentation
30
20
10
0
Excellent Good Weak
17. Targeted skill development
Captivate lessons were created and used effectively during History based unit
‘Shapers and Shakers’. In the preparation of a timed Power Point presentation, the
girls could refer the following presentations to assist them:
eg Animations
These 30 second presentations allowed girls to work independently on the
project, and allowed the staff to address the more content based inquiries.
I believe these videos are highly effective in allowing less able girls to experience
the skill so they can reproduce it for themselves. Delivery of this content was
more directly linked to our theme of ‘Discovery’.
The videos are accessible to all students for future reference on the Year 7
Portal site.
18. Word
Task designed to establish pre-existing skill sets
Task 1: O Create Heading 3: The type of music I enjoy.
TYPING TEST (Click this link to open the test.) The heading is to be Bold and left justified.
Record your score for the typing test in the table printout found on Prepare a Statement that identifies the type of music that you enjoy.
your desk. Elaborate on this topic
Locate and paste in an appropriate image.
Task 2: O Create heading 4: My friends would describe me as...
O Open a new blank Word document. Prepare a SEXY paragraph response.
All typing in this document is to be Arial size 12 font.
It is to be left justified. Task 3:
O Save this document in your Year 7 Integrated Folder as:
Using the same document as Task 2
Your initial_yoursurname_ICT1_7Integrated_290311 Create a heading: Task 3- The opening hours of the LRC at Loreto.
E.g.. K_Bowden¬_ICT1_7Integrated_290311
The heading is to be UPPERCASE and to be BOLD and UNDERLINED.
O Enter into the header of the document: Year 7 ICT Skills Review 1 The heading is to be centered.
Return to the main part of the document
O Open the LRC page on the Loreto Normanhurst portal and copy and
O Create Heading 1: About Me. paste the opening times of the LRC under the heading.
The heading is to be Bold and Underlined
This heading is to be centered. Enter your name and the date into the Footer
O Create Heading 2: Save your document
Things I wish someone had told me before starting at Loreto.
This heading is to be Bold and left justified.
Prepare one statement sentence
Create a list of five bullet points
19. Feedback and assessment
- aimed at encouraging skill mastery.
Skills Competent Not Competent Not Completed Marks
Saves Document /1
Header/Footer /1
Font size /1
Font Style /1
Headings /1
Justification /1
Image /1
Bullet Points /1
Submit to Drop Box /1
Total /9
20. Skill Excellent High Substantial Satisfactory Elementary
Typing Has made at least 20% Has made at least Has made at least 10% Has made at least 5% Has made at least no
Proficiency improvement in scores 15% improvement improvement in scores improvement in scores improvement in scores
in scores
5 4 3 2 1
Formatting - Clear
- Concise
- Uncluttered
- Consistent
5 4 3 2 1
Follows Document accurately -
Instructions demonstrates that:
- Instructions are
followed
- Instructions are
applied correctly
5 4 3 2 1
Takes Student efficiently:
Appropriate - Problem Solving Skills
- Student explores a
Initiative/Risk
range of solutions
- Student only seeks
guidance when all
resources are
exhausted
5 4 3 2 1
Time Student is efficient in
Management ensuring they are:
- On Task
- Completes the
document in an
appropriate time
frame
5 4 3 2 1
Total
21. Analysis- based on amount of improvement.
350
Sample Advisory Group 2011
300
250
Number of Characters
200
ICT 1
ICT 2
150
100
50
0
Student
23. 2011 focus..
• New ICT skills were introduced and
opportunities for mastery provided. An
Activity Grid format allowed student choice
within the content framework.
• Students developed confidence in ICT
vocabulary and School Portal language.
24. Reflections..
• A Unit called ‘Coasts’ was developed to
primarily address Geography, Science, English
and Visual Arts outcomes.
• Further work is needed on the Coastal Unit to
create a more systematic and individualised
delivery of content.
• ICT skills were challenged using Unit themes
and revisited and built on throughout the Year.
This allowed Integrated Learning to develop a
‘mastery’ approach to skill development.
27. Future plans…
• This project is sustainable into future years.
- 2011 results provide a valuable planning tool.
The statistics collected this year will establish a
benchmark for comparison and assist in the timing of
tasks.
- Future Integrated activities can be conceptually and ICT
graded. Tasks will be fine tuned to cater to individual
skill levels.
- Profiles of student ICT ability will be refined in 2012 and
shared with the rest of Year 7 staff.
- Promotion of the concept of ‘ICT Angels’. Students
with superior ICT ability that would be recognised in a
more formal way for their skill set.
28. Thank You
I would like to take the opportunity to thank the many people that have
supported my Loreto 5 project.
Thank you to Denise Hillier for supporting my application and guiding me
through the year. I have learnt so much from the experience. To the Leadership
Team, Martin Pluss, Graeme Kachel, Ken McMurtrie and Catherine Reynolds
thanks for providing me with the opportunity to become more confident using
ICT.
Thanks also to Bernadette O’Dwyer for your expertise and to the Year 7 Team.
You have encouraged me to develop new ideas and resources for Year 7
Integrated Learning.
I have enjoyed sharing resources and expertise with the Loreto 5 group.
We have shaped each others project indirectly through our various discussions
and ideas. As a result, the experience has allowed me to grow professionally.
Thank You
Karen Bowden
Editor's Notes
SMH “ When two worlds collide and the pupils leave the teachers behind” Oct 1 2005 When 1:1 introduced last year- I questioned my effectiveness as a teacher of the next Gen.
Dr Angela Wilson 25032011_ Understanding the curriculum.One point made at a recent PD day- I found very confronting….