About MyPlace
Our students’ immediate future will be unlike anything we have experienced:
- the World Wide Web is set to morph into a personalised, WiFi-delivered, digital aura that hovers over our students, promising an endless stream of mesmerizing games, music, movies, and social networking opportunities. Why wouldn’t they want to “amuse themselves to death?â€
- the “World is Flat†declares Thomas Friedman which suggests that all our graduates will enter a global workforce where they will both complete and collaborate with tens of millions of highly motivated and educated peers from countries like China and India.
- the geopolitical adventures of recent years promise decades of uncertainty and tension. How Australia chooses to participate in our region and globally will challenge our students values and courage.
- emerging changes in climate seem poised to radically alter the global landscape, affecting agriculture, commerce, tourism, water supplies and the very viability of many populations. Can we plan, adapt or merely survive?
Students will engage in a year-long exploration that seeks to help them find their place in this changing world so that they can make inspired choices about how to use their senior years at Oxley as well as venture into their adult lives with confidence and enthusiasm.
Possible Activities / Outcomes
- Immersion and ongoing WebQuests to scaffold learning
- Small Group Discussions / Teaming
- Personalised Learning Plan
- Development of a Knowledge base
- Persuasion / debate
- Outreach to the local and global communities
- Online collaboration
- Creative Interpretations
- Extension Activities - opportunity to explore personal interests (Gifted Education policy)
Factors to Consider
- The Logistics of Implementation
- Development of a variety of assessment rubrics
- Coordinated Assessment
- Integration with research study (AIS / UoW?)
- Professional Development
- Team Teaching
- Learning Spaces
- Authentic Outcomes: Presentations, Publications, etc
