La Trobe Session 7 Thursday 30 August 2007

Introduction and Re-cap (5 min)

Last session

• Multiple Intelligence
• The 'Great Techno Debate'
• Assessment Tasks
• Due dates:
  
• The due date for both Major and Minor Assignments is Friday 2nd of November. No assignments will be accepted after this date. Please refer to the La Trobe University policies on submission of work for all other queries.
  
• Email from Ian Bentley
• "Hi Mark
  I had an email from Chris Brew saying that you wanted to know the date marks were due to Beverley Macfarlane at the end of the year. The deadline date is 23 November 2007..."
  
• Google Doc's
• Rubrics
• Feedback: Use the comments at the bottom of the blog please.
  

This session

• Designing across strands
• Podcasting
  

Behaviour

• Striving for accuracy
• Ensuring all assignment guidelines are followed
  

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoI...

Warm up ( 2 min )

A projectile is fired with a trajectory equation of , where H is the vertical height and x is the horizontal displacement (both measured in metres). What is the maximum height and at what horizontal displacement does it occur? Sketch the path of the projectile.

Extension: What area of study/course could this question be asked.

Learning Activities

1. Designing units across 'strands' (90 min)

Task 1: Understanding the benefits.

• Handout 7: de Bono's Six Thinking Hats. Thinking Analytically.
  

Task 2: Being creative.

• A page from the newspaper/online. Choose an article/ advertisement.
• Choosing your outcomes. Backward Design.
• Create an outline for a short unit of work that links across 2 or more areas of study and is based on an article currently in the news . Unit to be between 3 and 5 lessons.
• Enter your information into the Google doc, Designing across strands, look at this document first to see what is required.
  
• Delivering your unit through a podcast.
• Make a simple podcast using iMovie.
  

Task 3:Assessing each others units

• View each others podcasts and contributions on Google and assess using the rubric given.
  

2. Teaching rounds and assessment tasks (10 - 15 min)

Discussion:

• Contributions for major assessment tasks.
• Reviewing the minor assessment tasks rubric.
• Classroom management.
  

Review

What form of review could we use..

Professional reading for next week

Thinking Tools

• Tony Ryan's Thinking Keys