Year 9

Learning Initiative Plan

DATA

Students will be working in small groups on a project that has been designed specifically for that group based on a series of questions they answered regarding their interests, future career aspirations and learning preferences.

The design of the project was based around the work of Gary Stager which can be found here.

Team members

Teacher: Seonia Wark

Lecturer: Pep Serow

Lecturer: Marty Schmude

Pre-Service Teacher: Wendy Morey

Pre-Service Teacher: Rachelle Levingston

Curriculum area

Data Representation and Analysis

DS4.2, DS 5.1.1

Learning outcomes

Detail the actual learning outcomes to be achieved during the learning initiative

Learning experience description

Problem-based learning unit. There will be an overarching open-ended problem that is the focus of the unit. There will be a range of technologies which are embedded within a constructivist approach where the activities are accessible to each individual in the class.

ICT application(s) to be used

The applications that students use will vary depending on the individual learning experiences of the student. Applications will include: Pages, Numbers, iTunes U, iPhone/iPod Touch Applications, Excel, Gapminder, iPhoto, Logger Pro, iMovie, Word, iStopMotion, Maths300, Keynote/PowerPoint, Word, Internet searches

Focus of the learning that involves the ICT application(s)

ICT applications will be used a teaching tool to enhance the development of the mathematical concepts. ICT will not be merely be used a display tool.

Expected contribution to improving student engagement in learning

Describe the expected impact of the technology or technologies on student engagement

* Converse with fellow students and teacher concerning the target concept - gradual improvement from informed to formal language use.

* World issues to be explored with authentic sample - focus on expedient analysis rather than tedious repetitive

* A dynamic rather than static learning environment.

* Technology supports an open-ended exploration to access real world data as well as electronic data that has been previously collected by external sources.

Teacher role

* Initial unit design

* Team teaching with pre-service teachers

* Shared data collection

* Conference paper

* Mentoring of pre-service teachers

Pre-service Teacher(s) role

* Team teaching with classroom teacher

* Collaborative unit design

* Data collection

* Conference paper

* Teacher support

Lecturer role

Support and resource when required.

Help with conference paper

Implementation timeline

Describe dates/timing for key activities, including pre-service teacher visits for classroom implementation

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