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Evidence 2 6
Evidence 2 6
Learning Outcomes
Main Curriculum Link ACARA
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Importance of ITC
Information and Communication Technology [ICT] in todays schools can be used to extend
and create authentic learning experiences for students. It is yet another pedagogical tool that
teachers add to their tool box (Finger). This use of ICT in this particular lesson sequence is
done in an integrated fashion, as it allows the main focus of the lesson (English) to be prominent but using ICT as a facilitator that will help students to achieve the new learning outcome
(Finger). In todays society its important for teachers to use ICT as a way to foster innovative
teaching and learning practices (Maddux et al., 1997). Nazzal (2005) discusses that children
today have been born into a society in which accessing the internet and other forms of ICT is
relatively easy. Teachers should ensure that they uses ICT to their advantage to promote and
construct lessons where students can gain skills and knowledge that ate meaningful to them
in the now (Nazzal, 2005).
Throughout the learning sequence featured, there are many ways in which ICT has been integrated and used, but for the purpose of this assignment the educational tool that is the focus
is a WebQuest which is used in the final lesson in conjunction with the assessment task. The
WebQuest itself is being used as a gate way for students to gain information that can assist
them in completing a report writing task.
A WebQuest is as Dodge (1997) defines inquiry-oriented activity in which some or
all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet (p. 1).
The WebQuest is an engaging, inquiry based tool that will allow students to view their task for
the lesson fully online. Students, during this WebQuest, are able to find links to specific to the
topic of Earth and Space Science. For this lesson students will use the information that they
find, using the websites provided to create a report on a chosen planet. In this specific lesson,
the way that the WebQuest is being used is to only give students a limited amount of links to
specific websites where they can find the information. A webquest is a simple way of integrating ICT into the regular curriculum, and in this case the English curriculum (Nazzal, 2005).
This WebQuest has been designed for students with varying ICT skills as the websites that are
to be used have all have the same amount of relevant information that are all from a reliable
source. By using the WebQuest as a pedagogical tool it allows students to work cooperatively
with their peers. This can be seen as more than one student may have chosen the same planet to write their report on, which allows these students to compare information and their
main talking points of their report.
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3:
Teacher directed using another template (projected onto the white board/smart
board) have students highlight the different
similarities (structures) of this report.
Begin to classify the similarities under the
headings Text features and Language features (These will be displayed on the side
wall for the remainder of the unit for student reference)
Resources:
Sample reports
Projector/smart board
Resources:
Resources:
Ape Dvd
Sample reports
Lesson 4/5:
Using the information cubes of the Australian Historian that you researched in
SOSE you are to practice writing a report.
Remembering to use the Text and Language features that are associated with
writing a report.
Use the examples that you have been
given throughout the unit to help you .
Once the report has been finished swap
with a partner so that you can check
each others work to make sure that all
the text and language features are present.
Resources:
Australian Historian cube.
Example reports from previous lessons.
Surface Pro 3 one for each student
Resources:
Surface Pro 3
Example reports from previous lessons
1. Students are to create a report on a planet that they have chosen from our solar system.
This correlates with a visit that students took to the Senior Campus to view the Iglew (A 3D
tour into our solar system).
2. Click on the webquest link that has been emailed to you. Or find it at http://zunal.com/
process.php?w=245509
3. Follow the directions of the webquest.
4. The finalised report will be emailed to me for assessment, you will be assessed on a
number of criteria under two different sub headings: Text Structure and Language Features.
5. Your report will be emailed back to you with your marked rubric including your score
out of 30.
Assessment Rubric
Text Structure
Criteria
Above
satisfactory
(3 Marks)
The opening
statement classifies the subject of
the report
The opening
statement is followed but sentences that describe such things
as appearance, be
haviour and other
aspects of
the phenomenon
being described.
The writing has
paragraphs, each
one focusing on a
different aspect of
the phenomenon.
Topic sentences
are used
A general statement about the
topic usually
rounds off the
report
Diagrams, illustrations or photo-
Satisfactory
(2 Marks)
Below
satisfactory
Nil
Above satisfactory
(3 Marks)
(1 Mark)
Satisfactory
(2 Marks)
Below satisfactory
(1 Mark)
Nil
Below is a sample of a report that has been written by a grade 5 student. Through the learning sequence the students were gaining the knowledge
and skill in which it takes to write a successful report. Using a WebQuest the students were able to source information about a planet that they
had chosen and create a report about it.
Jupiter is referred to as the giant of the solar system. Its mass is 300 times the mass of earth. Jupiter is the name of the roman sky god and is known to
the ancient Greeks as Zeus.
Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. It has 4 moons named: IO, Europa, Callisto and
Ganymede and of which is the largest moon in the solar system. Jupiter is made of hydrogen, helium, methane and ammonia.
Jupiter is the stormiest planet in the Solar System. There is a permanent, but continuously changing whirlpool of storms, known as Jupiters Great Red
Spot. If a person was to walk on the surface of Jupiter they would be immediately ripped apart!
Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, The most recent probe to visit Jupiter was the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft in late February 2007. The probe used the gravity from Jupiter to increase its speed.
There is no single person who is credited with the discovery of Jupiter. Jupiter is one of the five planets that can be seen in the night sky
without using a telescope or binoculars. The planet Jupiter has been known since ancient times and was observed for thousands of years by the people of many different cultures. Galileo was the first to observe Jupiter with a telescope, as Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye, the ancients probably the ones who discovered it.