Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Lena ArenaProject Coordinator, DER Sydney Region
Carmelina.arena@det.nsw.edu.au
Year 10 History class – Caringbah High School
11 schools engaged in Action Learning Projects
Over 80 teachers involved
Action Learning Project
13 schools with in-school DER Curriculum Leaders
Over 18 in-school DER Curriculum Leaders
In-school DER Leaders
What’s Happening?
Newton’s Laws Explained using Flash Animation – Kingsgrove High School
Kingsgrove High School
• Year 10 Science class– Using Flash to explain newton’s laws.
• Year 11 Studies of Religion– Audacity and Premiere Elements – major project
Student Engagement
Student Learning – Student Work Samples
Curriculum Content
Innovative use of Technology
Caringbah High School
• Faculty based teams – teacher mentors trained• History/English Year 10 class:– Edmodo (communication within class and with a
school outside the region)– Glogster – posters– Dreamweaver – websites (Australia and the wars)– Freemind – mind mapping– Audacity – record narration– Premiere Elements – video editing
Caringbah High School
• Creating and filming documentaries• Weekly VC’s with Macquarie University• Use of LAMS by students to create their own
learning pathway
New ways of learning
Year 10 History work samples - websites
Task Focused
FOCUS ON TEACHING & LEARNING
Science
Geography
Context
Assessment task
ICT
NumeracyLiteracy
Skills
Teachers assess their own subject outcomes and
explicit feedback through the marking rubric
Teachers teach their subject content and give
regular meaningful feedback on progress throughout the unit.
Cross faculty Rich Assessment Task – ICT skills assessed
ICT skills assessed
Pedagogy enriched by technology integration
What technology is being used by schools?
Penshurst Girls’ High School
• All Year 9 History task• Original task adapted to include use of
technology and DER netbooks• The Depression – students use webcam to
video their speech about life in the Depression• Student engagement in task – even students
who usually not engaged in completing tasks• Quality of student work very pleasing
Penshurst Girls’ High School
• Adobe Portfolio distributed to students– Task – Task scaffold– Instructional videos on use of webcam– Marking criteria
• Teacher created work sample
Penshurst Girls’ High School
In-school DER Leaders
More examples
• Lucas Heights Community School– Mentoring by in-school DER leader– Cross faculty– Teachers developing KLA specific classroom resources
• Menai High School– All Year 9 multi-media assessment task -
Sustainability – open ended task– Use of Edmodo, blogEd, Audacity, OnenOte, Premiere
Elements
More Examples
• Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design– Team of mentors– Allocated professional learning afternoons– Choice of content– Beginner group– Sharing experiences/resources at end of program
Teacher Professional Learning
DER Specific 4 Day ProjectSoftware Skills Workshops
What teachers are learning
STUDENT VOICE …WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING...
Coming…
The future?
• Funding to support DER until the end of 2012• Sydney Region will be funded to provide
support till the end of 2012• Funding available to schools for DER related
projects in the next financial year.