Hello Again!
Thanks to Stephen, Chris, the Teaching and Learning Committee and the ISV for giving us another day to work together. Below is the agenda and related activities, but overall the main objective is to take your great Vision and begin to build a curriculum that can make it a reality.
Today’s Agenda:
- Revisit your Vision: “Our Job” & “Successful Learners”
- Tame the (Australian) Curriculum
- The Edge-ucators Way – a model for Authentic Learning
Revisit your Vision
- “Our Job” & “Successful Learners” – On Google Docs
- Take the Poll
- Identify Your Common Problem Statements
- Choose one of your Units and try Brainstorming Big Ideas
- Which of the 6 Facets of Understanding to focus on
Tame the (Australian) Curriculum
- Locate your Unit in the Australian Curriculum
- Australian Curriculum Web site
- Australian Curriculum iDevice app
- Use the Big Ideas Funnel to process the Australian Curriculum
- One Page Understanding by Design (UbD) template
The Edge-ucators Way – a model for Authentic Learning
How Real, Rich and Relevant Learning supports your goals:
- Look to Learns – Updated Immersion by Year levels
- ClassPortals – Brainstorm topics on Padlet
- WebQuests (Upper Primary, Middle Years, Secondary English, PDH and History/Ethics)