Assessing ICT for Communicating in the LOTE classroom

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Assessing ICT for Communicating in the LOTE
classroom

• Lauren Kenny and Claire Feely
• kenny.lauren.m_at_edumail.vic.gov.au
  feely.claire.d_at_edumail.vic.gov.au
• Berwick Secondary College LOTE Centre of
  Excellence
• http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au/

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Focus of the session

• WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON ICT FOR COMMUNICATING
• EXAMPLES AND EXPLANATIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES
• ONLINE CARTOONS
• MOVIE MAKER
• BLOGS
• PODCASTS
• WEBQUESTS, WEBHUNTS AND USING FRONT PAGE
• 3. QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
• We have aimed to provide you with links to
  further information and resources wherever
  possible.

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ICT for communicating
Working towards level 5 VELS ICT for
communicating
At Level 4, students use email, websites and
frequently asked question facilities to acquire
from, or share information with, peers and known
and unknown experts. When emailing, they
successfully attach files and they apply
protocols for sending and receiving electronic
information. They successfully upload their work
to a protected public online space. Using
recommended search engines, students refine their
search strategies to locate information quickly.
They evaluate the integrity of the located
information based on its accuracy and the
reliability of the web host.
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ICT Progression Points
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Online Cartoons

• WHAT ARE ONLINE CARTOONS
• Interactive websites that allow students to use
  provided characters, objects
• and speech bubbles to create their own
  digital cartoon in LOTE
• WHERE TO FIND GOOD ONLINE CARTOONS
• Make sure you check out the site you plan to
  use before entering the
• classroom some dont allow you to save or
  have inappropriate images
• Try Learning Fed Release1 English Writing
  (CAW0029) Comic Creations
• HOW WE HAVE USED ONLINE CARTOONS FOR ASSESSMENT
• Year 7 written assignment 1 Mau apa?
  cartoon based on Bagus Sekali! 1
• text and workbook
• THEY ARE QUICK
• Have
• a look at this

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Movie Maker

• HOW WE HAVE USED MOVIE MAKER IN ASSESSMENT
• Year 7 role-play (example)
• Year 8 students doing documentary of school
• Year 10 students doing documentary of Ibu
  Kota
• FURTHER IDEAS
• Di rumah saya
• Melihat-lihat di daerah wisatawan
• Sayembara film
• Documentary exchange with sister school

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Movie Maker
HOW TO USE MOVIE MAKER

• Take your video using a digital video camera.
  (Use a tripod. Avoid background noise and light.
  Use mains power if you can. Consider using a
  microphone)
• Copy the video to a shared folder which students
  can access using a fire wire. (Other methods may
  take longer but still work)
• Open Movie Maker and import your video
• View your material (You may need to take more
  footage and repeat steps 1-3).
• Cut your material. Drag and drop into the story
  board.
• Add effects and transitions to your video as
  desired.
• Add titles, captions and credits as desired.
• Add sound as desired. (This requires music or
  sound files to be saved into a shared folder, or
  the use of a USB device such as an iPod.)
• Save your movie
• Burn your movie to CD or store on the network.

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Some benefits of digital filmmaking
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Blogging

• KEY FEATURES OF A BLOG
• Personal editorship
• Frequent updates
• Free public access to the content via the
  Internet
• Archived postings (Paquet 2003)
• SAMPLE CLASSROOM BLOG
• http//bsc7l.globalstudent.org.au/
• http//bsc12indo.blogspot.com/
• USING BLOGS FOR ASSESSMENT
• Field notes and journals (record of travel or
  exchange trip)
• Research Journal (record of the research process,
  to show scaffolding of learning)
• Learning Journal (reflection of learning)
• Blogs can be used to suit many different types of
  classroom learning
• (e.g. Year 12 Detailed Study)

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Blogging

• HOW TO SET UP A BLOG
• Victorian Education Channel (Schools) for blogs
  supported by DoE
• (http//www.education.vic.gov.au/schools/default.h
  tm)
• Global Teacher need to email them to receive
  relevant details and resources
• (http//globalteacher.org.au/)
• THINGS TO REMEMBER
• Students need to be trained and very aware of
  privacy (consider letter home)
• They need to know not to use full names
• They need to know not to give out personal
  information in any form
• They need to know not to post any photos without
  that persons explicit permission
• You need to monitor their posts and edit any
  inappropriate comments or information
• MORE INFORMATION http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au
  /ICTInternet.htm

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Podcasting

• WHAT IS A PODCAST?
• A podcast is where you create content (video or
  audio files) that reside on a website.
• You can download commercial podcasts from radio
  and television stations.
• HOW WE USED PODCASTS FOR ASSESSMENT
• Groups of our year 8 students completed an online
  research module which guided them to research
  information on Indonesian in religions (in
  English)
• Each group then used this information to write up
  a script
• Audacity was (http//audacity.sourceforge.net/)
  installed on required computers.
• The students connected microphones to their
  computers and used audacity to record their
  broadcast (very simple stop and start process)
• The students then use Audacity to edit their
  broadcast and add Indonesian music. They then
  saved their final product as a wave file.
• TASK ONLINE http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au/Reli
  gionTask/index.html

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Webquests and Webhunts

• WHAT IS A WEBQUEST?
• A webquest is a tool that involves students
  interacting with online resources.
• A webquest assists with student motivation and
  creativity, developing thinking skills and
  cooperative learning.
• Designed to follow a similar structure,
  including Introduction, Task, Background,
  Process Resources and Conclusion.
• Webquests often involve individual research,
  with students combining to in groups to complete
  the final task.
• SOME OF OUR WEBQUESTS
• Indonesian webquest on the Spice Trade (Year
  12 Detailed Study) at http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.
  edu.au/Indo/index.htm
• Year 8 webquest on Bali (Cultural Assessment
  Task) at http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au/Bali2
  0Webquest/index.htm
• MORE INFORMATION (background, design and building
  webquests) http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au/green
  lush/index.html

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Using Front Page

• WHEN TO USE FRONT PAGE
• Front Page is the easiest software to use to
  create a webquest (the link below is an online
  PD module that shows you how to use Front Page)
• Front Page is also a great tool to use in the
  classroom especially for presentation of
  assignments
• TASK IDEAS
• A family tree or their own website on cultural
  information
• Anything which could involve more than one
  page (map of house with links to other pages
  that have information about each room)
• HOW HAVE WE USED FRONT PAGE?
• Year 8 Written Assessment Task based on the
  family. They created a family tree similar to
  this one (example task)
• Year 10/11 online magazine (example)
• HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD A WEBSITE IN FRONT PAGE
  http//www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au/greenlush/index.h
  tml

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Thank You

• ANY QUESTIONS?
• For further information
• visit the links we have provided
• come and have a chat to us after the session
• email us (feely.claire.d_at_edumail.vic.gov.au and
  kenny.lauren.m_at_edumail.vic.gov.au)
• visit the BSC LOTE Centre of Excellence website
  (www.bsclotecoe.vic.edu.au)
• arrange to visit our Centre in action.