Problematic Knowledge Students are encouraged to address multiple perspectives and/or solutions and to recognise that knowledge has been constructed and therefore is open to question. Tasks require students to present and analyse alternative perspectives and/or solutions and to demonstrate how the construction of knowledge relates to their understanding of the task. Pros and Cons, , , , , , If/Then
Element What does it look like in classrooms? What does it look like in assessment tasks? Examples of Teaching and Learning activities Strategies, Systems, Processes Learning Technologies Higher-Order Thinking Students are regularly engaged in thinking that requires them to organise, reorganise, apply, analyse, synthesise and evaluate knowledge and information. Tasks require students to organise, reorganise, apply, analyse, synthesise and evaluate knowledge and information. , , Force Field Analysis, , , Pareto, , , , Metalanguage Lessons explicitly name and analyse knowledge as a specialist language (metalanguage), and provide frequent commentary on language use and the various contexts of differing language uses. require the use of metalanguage, commentary on language use and the various contexts of differing language uses. , Find-a- Word, , P3T , Experts, ,
Substantive Communication Students are regularly engaged in sustained conversations about the concepts and ideas they are encountering. These conversations can be manifest in oral, written or artistic forms. require students to communicate their understanding in an elaborate and substantive fashion. This communication can take oral, written or artistic forms. , Modified Debates, , Find a word, . Make a movie, , Dioramas, Force Field Analysis Quality Teaching – Intellectual Quality
Element What does it look like in classrooms? What does it look like in assessment tasks? Examples of Teaching and Learning activities Strategies, Tools, Systems, Processes Learning Technologies Social Support is strong positive support for learning and mutual respect among teachers and students and others assisting students’ learning. The classroom is free of negative personal comment or put-downs. Not readily observable in written but may be observable in performance-based tasks as it would be in the classroom. PLP’s, , Learning Centres, , VAKT, Left & Right Brain, Human Graph, MI, 6 Thinking Hats, Cooperative Learning, Peer Tutoring, , Merit Systems Students’ Self-Regulation Students demonstrate autonomy and initiative so that minimal attention to the disciplining and regulation of student behaviour is required. Not readily observable in most tasks. Observable in tasks that are structured to promote student self-regulation. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, EQ, HBDI, Clear Group Goals, Brain .
Element What does it look like in classrooms? What does it look like in assessment tasks? Examples of Teaching and Learning activities Strategies, Tools, Systems, Processes Learning Technologies Background, Knowledge Lessons regularly and explicitly from students’ background knowledge, in terms of prior school knowledge as well as other aspects of their personal lives. Tasks explicitly build from students’ background knowledge and require students to demonstrate links between old and new knowledge. Mind Maps. , Learning Continuum, Inspiration Maps, Retrieval Charts, , , Association Trees, , Imagineering Cultural Knowledge Lessons regularly incorporate the cultural knowledge of diverse social groupings (such as economic gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality, disability, language and religion) Tasks incorporate the cultural knowledge of diverse social groupings. Mentoring, , Peer Tutoring, Fishbowl, Cooperative Learning, TMI, , ,
Knowledge Integration Lessons regularly demonstrate links between and within subjects and key learning areas. Tasks require students to build from an understanding of the links between and within subjects and key learning areas. , P3T, , Concept Maps, Webs, Interrelationship Diagram Quality Teaching - Significance
Aggregators An aggregator is an online tool or piece of software that allows you to aggregate or collect updates from various websites, blogs and news sources. Classroom teachers could use an aggregator to collate information from their professional learning networks (PLNs) online e.g. blogs, nings and twitter posts. Document and Presentation Tools Presentation Tools / Sharing Any software application and or web based application that allows the user to present, organise and share information. Adobe Presenter MS PowerPoint Students in lower primary with support could create a simple digital portfolio using MS PowerPoint and Adobe Presenter. This activity could be adjusted to suit all stages of learning. Older students could also use Adobe Acrobat Pro to create a hyperlinked PDF portfolio containing work samples and reflections on learning. Office Tools tools refer to any software application and/ or web based application that allows the user to complete Word, Spreadsheet, Presentations and Database functions as required. Microsoft Office/Live Adobe Arobat Pro Students in all stages of learning access Microsoft Office applications for a range of lower order and higher order tasks such as Microsoft Word to complete an essay for English, Microsoft Excel to construct simple graphs and Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations. A teacher has created an information overview in Microsoft Word and would like to upload this to Moodle and have it accessed by students. This teacher could use Adobe Pro and or Bullzip PDF printer to convert this file from a .doc to .pdf and then upload to Moodle as a resource for the students. Online Storage Cloud Computing Online Storage refers to data and or files being stored online which can be accessed, managed and organised via a web based application. Cloud Computing refers generally to a web based application that allows you to complete basic computing functions via the Internet. NSW DET eBackpack Moodle Assignment Upload LAMs Submit File Activity Students in upper secondary have been completing an assignment through Moodle and have been asked to submit their assessment task through the Moodle Assignment upload tool. The teacher then can access this task either online and/ or download it to his/her computer to provide student feedback. Screen Capture Applications or web based tools that allow the user to capture their Captivate Camtasia Studio A secondary mathematics teacher uses an IWB and IWB Recorder when explaining key concepts to the whole class.
they would use movie editing software to script and sequence their movie overlaying audio or voice track/s as appropriate. Editing/Sharing/Hosting Tools that allow the user to view, capture, edit and publish image files. Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Paint MS PhotoStory Students with diverse learning needs could create a Digital Story using either Animoto or MS PhotoStory to provide a narrative of the person they admire most. They could source images from different websites and /or bring digital images to school. Then using photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements could resize, recolour and crop their images accordingly. Then these images would be sequenced and scripted within Animoto or MS PhotoSory using a recorded voice explanation overlaid on their story. Schools, consultants or classroom teachers could use Animoto to create a quick and simple photo slideshow which could be shown at presentation night, school assemblies and/ or conferences. Animation Animation is the rapid sequence of 2D or 3D images using online tools and or software application. Adobe Flash Students in stage 5 Information Software Technology, as part of the optional Animation elective, could learn how to use Adobe Flash and create a solution to a client’s requirement. Students in the middle years as part of peer tutoring program could create social stories using Kahootz for students in the lower primary years. Communication Instant Messaging Synchronous real time communication occurring between two or more people sharing simple text messages or multimedia elements such as photos, video or audio. Moodle Chat Activity LAMS Chat Activity Teachers and /or consultants who are facilitating units of work within Moodle/LAMS could utilise the chat function to allow students and participants to engage in real time conversation on a set topic. Email Abbreviation for electronic mail sent from one composer to another or a group using an email client via the internet and or computer client. MS Outlook Email can be used by all personnel within the education sector for numerous reasons including distribution of information, simple form of distributing learning content to students and routine communication between all personnel.