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Hi Ladies!

Wow what a semester! I felt like we had to hit the ground running with going straight into A1.

I was thinking about how so far the only technology I’ve seen at schools during prac have just been playing literacy or numeracy games on the computer. I look forward to seeing what’s out there next time.

I found this course quite different and the flexibility to create and structure our assignments to how we want was definitely new and a bit harder to get use to. The use of bee-bot definitely threw me and I still hope I’ve used it correctly. I don’t feel as though it kept me from steering away away from design, however hindered it. Nonetheless, I look forward to seeing how I can practically apply this in the classroom!

Thanks for all your support ladies. Best of luck. We are on the home stretch now! 😊

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Morning girls,
I have enjoyed this course this semester, although I must admit I have found it to be odd. It was quite different from other courses and focusing on Drones and then the confusion with the B-Bot left me quite weary for a while. A learning curve if anything else. I did not like the fact their were no forums on the university site for us to collaborate within as I have seen so many students presenting the wrong information to others - such a mess. I feel a place where a lecturer could step in and direct students would be far more advantageous! Regardless, it is what it is! I did enjoy this Padlet though, I can also see myself using these in a class room.
I did enjoy learning separately about the design and digital technologies and seeing them in their own light. It was interesting.
I am at the stage now where I am about to submit my assignment as well as one from the other course I am completing. Good luck girls, enjoy the little break before our final year really begins!

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Hi Helen,

Thanks for your post and I would like to thank everyone as well!

Prior to beginning this course I was very apprehensive about technology and the thought of teaching technology I myself had no idea how to use. After the first few weeks of learning and engaging with course material and the text book I started to really engage with the curriculum and the fun and innovate ways which it can be embedded into primary classrooms at all ages with the idea of creating learners for now and the future.

I have really enjoyed being creative with assignment 2 and thinking outside of the box and putting myself in the students shoes to think about what they might enjoy to learn about and design. I think the biggest take away message for this course has been the importance of teaching technology as a stand alone subject area and not something to throw together through using programs like word.

Best of luck to you all for your future studies and in the not so distant future your classrooms!

Bella

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Good afternoon girls :)

Week 9 prompts us to reflect on our learning, the trials and troubles we have encountered throughout the semester and this assignment. Here is my reflection:

At the start of this semester, I was quite thrown by the tech curriculum, in particular separating the digital from the design. I found A2 a little tricky; for the design aspect, I had a clear vision in my mind but incorporating the bee bot proved difficult. Until the super tute, when I was able to develop a deeper understanding of the task. This subject has helped me to see how the tech curriculum can be incorporated into the classroom using inquiry pedagogy and the many engaging and exciting opportunities students can engage in.
I enjoy incorporating real-world tasks and have found providing real-world 'problems' to students can be quite easy, especially once we know our students and how they learn. It's ensuring I am implementing the curriculum efficiently and effectively that I recognise I need to develop further.
I struggled a little with the delivery of this subject and limited use of the forums. However, I can see that this approach has prompted students to take ownership of their learning...engaging with the course content, learning pathways, tutorials and the textbook is the only way to get through.

Thank you, Jas, Jo, Bella & Kylie for collaborating with me this semester! I've found the Padlet to be a really effective form of communication and can see I may even use this in the classroom. All the best with finishing assignments 2 & 3 :)

Helen.

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Same!

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Haha, I am very much ready to be done. I think because now it is SO close, it actually is starting to feel attainable!

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Definitely Jas!

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Me either!!!! 5 subjects to go 🥳

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I don’t know about the rest of you but I cannot wait to be done 😅

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Eep! Exciting and nerve racking at the same time

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I hope so Helen!

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This time next year we’ll be getting ready for our own class!

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Great job Kylie! All the best for prac 😊

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Exciting Helen!! My three kids are all very excited to go back to school. Having them home has been nice though. Awesome Bella :) Yay Kylie!!! I have thought that myself, 'just submit it!' but I know I wont ha!

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Good luck with prac! I enjoyed the establishment phase prac :)

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Hi Jo! Glad to hear you (and the other ladies) are at the end of it all now. I finalised mine yesterday and submitted because I needed it off my mind with prac on - teaching starts tomorrow for me 😊 Shout our if I can be of any assistance.

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I’m in the same boat as you Jo!

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Hi Ladies!! It has been a little bit harder getting this one done, just with my boys needing my attention more. But I hope to have it finalised by tomorrow arvy and that gives me Thursday to go through it and make any final touches.

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Hey Jo, I’m in the process of finalising things also. Have a couple of bits & pieces to go but will certainly be done by Thursday arvo :) I’m back at work now too, students start back tomorrow so it will be a big & busy day!

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Hope everyone is either finished or finalising this assignment! I have been fortunate enough to have it finished and planning on spending this coming week going over it all again, seeing if there are any edits that need to take place. I am happy the holidays are over, as this is when I work my longest hours, so I am glad to be going back down to part time as of this week! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

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Oh gosh that’s come around quick! Have fun back at work 😊

Ok, great. Thank you!

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Definitely glad we still have plenty of time! I'm back to work tomorrow which is a little annoying haha.

No, just made it like a normal assignment cover page. Chris said at the super tutorial that he can see on his end who fully engages.

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Thanks Kylie, I might have to go revisit the learning pathways again. Glad we still have some time up our sleeves with this one!

Helen, that’s a great idea! Did you put anything else on the cover page other than your details and link? Because Chris is checking the logistics behind what we have done isn’t he?

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The Padlet is just one element of A3 though. Engaging in the study desk, tutorials and the super tute also contribute

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I created a cover page to submit  and will put the link on that.

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So we just upload the link for assignment 3 is that correct?
Overthinking is terrible. Especially if you think you are right then question it! Sounds like you are all on track though! Thank you everyone for being fabulous to work with this semester!

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Jasmine, I just went through the learning pathway videos again to get my thoughts straight. It helped me so much as I was a little off track, so now I feel like I can go rework mine and I’ll be back on the right track. Overthinking is the worst l, isn’t it?!

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I have been stuck in overthinking mode as well! Erh.. just been chipping away at it slowly. Just hope I’m doing it right.

Good luck with prac Kylie, hope you enjoy it 😊

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Thank you 😊 Semester 3 is always a crazy one, especially with more than one course 😉 Good luck with them both!

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Yes, upload a link to our Padlet for A3.

Mine is getting there also, between this & my other subjects assignment. Slowly but surely!

Good luck with prac!!

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U1107158 is mine. Thanks Helen!!
Kylie- I am not sure about that? I was unsure how Chris would mark the group section so any ideas about this would be great to know!! Best of luck with prac.

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Thanks Helen, Assignment 2 is getting there for me, I’m very much stuck in overthinking mode at the moment (especially with prac starting in 2 days!) but almost there now 😊 Hope yours is going well?
My student number is u1091356. Do I remember correctly in that we need to add this Padlet link to the comments section in the Assignment 3 submission area?

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Hi Helen,

Thank you for organising this padlet forum, it was very helpful. My number is 0061094715.

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Good morning girls,
I hope everyone is progressing well with A2.
If possible, can everyone please send through their student number so I can include them in the heading at the top of our padlet?
Many thanks :)

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Morning Ladies! Sounds like everyone is chipping away at it. I wish he put some of the examples he handed out in the tute slides because I really liked some of the layouts. But, I do like how we have the flexibility to set it out how it makes sense to us. I’m just trying to keep is simple and use less is more. Chris said in our tute, the less you write, the less chance you have to get it wrong 😂

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That is exactly right! He also mentioned that the Learning Area Achievement Standard and the Achievement Standard were one and the same, so taking wording from either were fine. He said to really focus on the wording used.

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No worries! Good luck with it :)

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Cool- thanks Helen!

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Just as an example :)

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Chris showed us this in the super tute

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Thanks Helen!
That’s how I also interpreted and have been annotating based on the achievement standards!

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Hi Bella,
Yes, that is my understanding. Worksheets/mind maps/think pair share activities...we complete them how a student may do it then annotate as if we are marking.

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Morning ladies!
I have just sat down to begin doing the drawings for the assignment and just want to make sure I am on the right track. Is it correct that we can include things like worksheets and annotate them (see image below)?
Thanks!!

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Very handy!

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I didn’t know if they would send them out, so happy they do

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Very cool! They are the ones we use at school, kids love them :)

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Yes great guess Helen 😉😊

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Hey Kylie, the pic didn't work but I assume a bee bot? :)

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I have my in laws here until tomorrow so will have a better idea of the full lesson plan stuff then. I will give you my thoughts then 😊

But look what arrived from the Uni Library today:

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Hi!
From what I can see on the lesson plans Chris provided, he hasn’t done that but I could be wrong. What’s everyone else’s thoughts?

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Hi Helen,
I had that included in my lessons. I remember from a prac course (I can’t remember which one exactly a third year one) that was what we had to do? I may be wrong though? If I am and we have to put our own wording in, are we just taking that from the achievement standard?
I am flying back from LA tonight and arrive back 6am Wednesday morning so will be more involved then!!

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Okey dokey, disregard question 2 ;) it's working for me now haha.

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Good morning ladies!

I've been away at the tennis all weekend & now back getting stuck into this assignment again :)

2 questions:

Bella, with the highlighting of the achievement standard...is that for your annotated pictures? I was under the impression we just use that wording and put it in ourselves...not highlight and paste in?

2nd question - with the 10 lesson overview I was concerned about the word limit as the examples shown at the super tute had lesson objectives + lesson overview + curriculum link. Is this what everyone is putting in? Are you having trouble sticking to 100 words/lesson?

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Ah yes, I think you would put in what parts of the achievement standard your lessons will cover- I could be wrong though

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Ah sorry! It’s probably because I’m trying to work from my phone- I’m still overseas. Let me try this one

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Your photo isn’t coming up but I’m assuming this is the photos of your assessment? If so, yes your annotations should use the wording from the achievement standards

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Hi ladies,
Quick question. We’re we supposed to take the achievement standards for this part and highlight them?

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Great news! Thanks Helen.

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Thanks Helen!! What a relief 😅

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In the super tute, Chris spoke about the design brief and curriculum links then spoke about the 10 lessons and the 1000 words. So they’re separate I believe :)

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Hey Kylie,
I had interpreted as the design brief being different to the 100 words for 10 lessons. I hope this is the case 😂

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Thanks Jo, great to hear about your feedback! I have had feedback on my design brief but will need to check in with him about my lesson activities for sure.

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I have just had Chris reply to design brief and lesson ideas, he provided some excellent feedback! I highly recommend sending him an email with any queries or to see if you are on the right track with this assignment.

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Hi Kylie, I am actually in the same position with just finishing off the learning pathway as I thought I had watched the latest one but must of missed it all! I have presumed that the design brief is not included within the 100 words per lesson (1000 words total), as this would take away a substantial amount from our brief.

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Hi ladies, I have just completed this week’s learning pathway and I am wondering what your thoughts are regarding the word limit.

Do you think that the design brief and curriculum links are included in the 1000 word limit or that this is only for the 10 lesson overview?

I’ll clarify with Chris, but was just wondering what your thoughts are.

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No worries :)

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Thank-you for clearing that up, Helen! That makes more sense now than what I had thought of in my head! Cheers

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You need to do 5 photos of stuff that the kids could be doing. It could be KWL chart or YChart, a mind map of their ideas etc. You do it pretending to be the kid

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Hey girls, I am still a little confused when it comes to these photos? I am hoping someone could shed some light, as this part is throwing me.. I am not sure what exactly I am taking a photo of? My drawings? I am honestly just very lost with this part and it is stopping my progress.

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Hi Bella,
I've just had a look, mine is all 0% also. I wouldn't worry too much though, Chris said he watches the studydesk and can see who is engaging by who clicks on the different sections of studydesk and engages with the material. Also, attending the super tutorial will count :)

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Hi ladies,
Just a quick question. Does anyone else see “0%” in their learning pathways for grades? I’m just a bit worried because I have been watching and participating every week but it doesn’t seem to show up. Thanks!

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Hey girls! Sorry, I have been on a vacation and now back at work with some full on hours. Thankfully I have Friday off and will be starting my long weekend off with this amazing assignment! I think I have an idea of what I am doing, but will elaborate more and go through the messages above on Friday. Just wanted to touch base and say I am still alive :)

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Great thanks Helen!

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No worries! I’ll add points as I get them.

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That’s what I thought!!! Thanks so much Helen for filling us in. You are AMAZING!

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Hiya girls :) in the super tutorial now and wanted to let you know the bee bot is JUST an add in...not the focus.

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That’s what I thought too.

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If there are 8 stages and we have 10 lessons then one or two of the stages will take more than 1 lesson. I would think perhaps investigating or the designing stage. But it just depends on their task I suppose. Chris will be able to clear it up for us in these tutes I hope

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See because some stages may take longer than 1 lesson I thought we may possibly not. But not according to Chris. But I think the info may be a bit conflicting

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Yes because a couple of the stages may take two or three lessons. Depends on what you’re doing and how long they go for. And what age.

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Sorry I just realized my last message didn’t make sense. I said to Chris that with 10 lessons and only 8 aspects that maybe we wouldn’t get to the reflection stage and he said we definitely should.

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I thought we had to include all of them as well

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Ok see now I’m confused because I said to Chris that maybe we would reach every stage in the 10 lessons and he said yes we definitely will 🤔

That’s a good point Jas 👍🏼

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Could they be reflecting after they have done their assessment? So they are evaluating and reflecting up until they present or what ever they do and then reflect perhaps in a journal of the whole process? What did they learn? What did they enjoy doing?

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I do remember watching a lecture that said we don’t need to include in the 10 lessons each of the elements of the diagram and that some students who have done really well in the past have only included 4 aspects. I personally have included most of them...but just thought I would add that!

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See that’s what I thought too, Bella. But I feel like for them to answer those questions, they’re evaluating the work. Argh! I might see what Chris thinks, thank you!

I’ve only done dot points in each section, just a quick overview of what could be happening...

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Hi Helen,
I agree with you. I feel like the top of the V diagram is all very similar. I interpreted reflection as the student reflection ie what worked, what they enjoyed etc. To enable teacher reflection for future teaching? I may be wrong.

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Ah yes, possibly! Thanks Jas x

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Good Morning,

I am only up to the first 4 but could reflection be about possibly feedback from peers or the teacher?

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Good morning ladies,
Just a quick question regarding the reflection aspect of the V Diagram. I feel like the evaluation section covers this? Testing the design, thinking about how it works, possible modifications and what could be done differently next time. I feel like to evaluate, students are already reflecting on their work. Any advice much appreciated :)

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Thanks Helen x