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2. Know the content and how to teach it

Evidence 1

Also connects with standards 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 4.5, 6.2, 6.3, 

"Technology is not just a tool. It can give learners a voice that they may not have had before" 

- George Couros 

Through undertaking 'Numeracy and ICT across the curriculum' as a third year topic at Flinders University, I was introduced to numeracy as a life skill and how numeracy and ICT can be implemented in all facets of the curriculum, to engage and promote higher levels of thinking. One of the requirements of this topic was to create a 'Twitter' account, follow appropriate and relevant pages, and post three tweets weekly, to demonstrate not only thinking and reflection, but the usefulness and power social media can have in becoming a great teacher. Additionally, we had to create a blog, using 'Edublogs' to present information on a social media platform for families. Click on the buttons below to see my twitter and my blog! 

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Tweets completed while undertaking the Numeracy and ICT topic

Evidence 2

Also connects with standards 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.5, 

While undertaking my final placement, I placed a huge emphasis on utilising different forms of technology to engage students in all learning activities as well as developing their own ICT skills and capabilities. One example I found quite successful, was my unit of work on Road Safety. Before each session on road safety, we would watch a particular YouTube videoclip that was a catchy and engaging song about road safety - to consolidate the four steps (stop, look, listen, think). I believe this repetition was extremely important to help students remember the ideas from previous sessions. Additionally, I developed an interactive slideshow that showed a variety of settings and students had to demonstrate whether it was safe to cross and explain why. ICT was such a useful and powerful tool to use within this particular unit of work, due to the nature of the topic and the students I was working with (not a 'safe' topic to teach in a practical sense). ICT enabled all students in the class to access visual representations, to determine whether or not it was safe. Furthermore, towards the end of my placement, it was our class' turn to present and run the whole school assembly. I decided to present the work we had been doing on road safety, to transfer this knowledge from our class across the whole school. I created a movie of all the students representing the four key steps we need to follow in order to stay safe when crossing the roads. As this was an electronic presentation, the students were able to look back on it for future reference. 

Our four key steps

 

"Stop with our feet"

"Look with our eyes"

"Listen with our ears" 

"Think with our heads". 

Evidence 3

Also connects with standards 1.5, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 

One of my aims as a teacher is to continually use engaging and exciting activities to transform the stereotypes of particular subjects, such as mathematics. One of the mathematics curriculum areas I focused on over the course of my third year practicum, was measurement and geometry. The primary focus was on using units of measurement, in particular area and perimeter. I sent out a letter to the class from 'NASA', regarding a top-secret mission to create a robot with specific criteria (see below). The students were immersed within this learning activity which focused on area and perimeter and allowed for the students to interpret the 'top secret mission' in their own individual way. Therefore, supporting critical and creative thinking of my students. (This activity was adapted from www.ashleigh-educationjourney.com )  

Assessment checklist used for M&M Maths Investigation

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Completed area and perimeter robots - completed by year 4/5 class at Woodend Primary School 

Scenario sent out to class for investigation - retrieved from: www.ashleigh-educationjourney.com

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