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Edublogs in

Year 8 Integrated 2014

Jeremy Ward

Contacte jward@loretonh.nsw.edu.aut @jnortonward

#aisitic14

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Today’s presentation outline

A) Year 8 students Edublog challenge!B) Introductions• Myself• Integrated learning• ICT @ LoretoC) Edublogs• Music Festival website task• Public Space redevlopment (Marketing Consultant) website taskD) Reflections• Discoveries• Troubleshooting• Future Edublogs possibilities• The « Integrated Effect »• Tips• Result of the 40 minute Year 8 Edublog challenge

A) Year 8 Edublogs challenge!

You are going to design an Edublog using some of the resourcesthat I am using in this next 45 minutes.Documents can be found on the Shared Drive at: R:\2018\INT\AIS ICT Making IT 2014Requirements:• Choose appropriate theme (1 or 2 column)• Create 4 pages, ignore Home page• Page 1 header, background & embed pdf of this PowerPoint • Page 2 embed pdf of Music Festival task & embed student video• Page 3 embed pdf of Public Space task & embed student video• Page 4 Add photo of this presentationExtension ideas:• Widget to be created• Resize images to fit page• Sort new pages into a menu & hide Home page• Disable comment box

A) Year 8 Edublogs challenge

EdublogsLogin: Student email address or

first name+first three letters of surname+last 2 digits of Year 12Password: loreto2014

edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/aismakingit2014 Password: jeremyward

SlideShareUsername: loretonhyr8Password: lnweb2yr8YoutubeUsername: loretonhyr8Password: lnweb2yr8

http://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/aismakingit2014/

Myself – my Loreto Normanhurst experiences

• Integrated• started Part-Time 2005 at age 25 as Languages Other Than

English teacher• Year 7 Integrated 2006-2008• Year 8 Integrated 2011-2014 (Team Manager 2014)• Critical Thinking• ICT Integrator 2010-2014• Acting Dean of Learning Technologies Semester II 2013• Future Problem Solving 2009-2014• LOTE (French & Italian)• Year 12 French Beginners 2010• Year 12 French Continuers 2013• Year 12 French Extension (themes) 2008-2013

Integrated – what, how, who, when & why?Charlotte Ainsworth (Aston) & Dominica Leaver (Mulhall), two Year 8 Boarders discuss Integrated

Integrated – what, how, who, when & why?

What is it?• theme & concept based, cross-curricular subject in which

students approach ideas in a variety of ways• it is generally unable to be done in the traditional subject

classroom

Common elements in the units of work (7-10) involve a combination of the following:• individual & varied group work (2s or 3s, generally)• use of technology of some form• personal choice & justification of choice• differentiation of tasks• creative thinking• reflection during or after tasks

Who does it?• All students in Years 7, 8, 9 & 10• Each Year group has 8 Advisors in Years 7 & 8• Each Advisor works with a House group called an Advisory

group, although groupings are varied throughout the year across units of work

Units of work, classes and hours• At Loreto Normanhurst, there are 6 periods a day. • There are 29 teaching lessons & 1 Assembly lesson each week

which means 58 lessons a fortnight.• In Year 8 Integrated, we meet 10 times each fortnight.

Extra resources about Loreto Normanhurst• http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/page/learning• http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/page/learning/lnsgm

Term Weeks Task Work & Assessment

Term I 1-4 Connectedness & the individual

5-6 Loreto Normanhurst Music Festival website individual

7-10 Local Community Stakeholders Radio Transcript

individual

11 Start of Public Space redevelopment unit

Term II 1-8 Public Space redevelopment individual 60 group 40

Term III 1-6 Being a Global Citizen (United Nations) individual 65 pairs 35

7-10 Mathematics individual

Term IV 1-5 Global Issues individual presentation

crtiiqued by peers6-9 Art Task individual product

displayed collectively

Year 8 Integrated 2014

Handprints 8INTA Ms Dominica Jenkins Religion Kendall 8INTB Ms Bernadette O’Dwyer TAS Ward 8INTC Mr Steven Gibson English Aston 8INTD Mr Jeremy Ward LOTE Maye

Footsteps 8INTE Ms Beth Nairn Mathematics Mulhall 8INTF Ms Kate Coolican PDHPE Mornane 8INTG Ms Mary Anne De Mattia History Barry 8INTH Ms Fiona Sharman English Kuring-gai

ICT @ Loreto Normanhurst - why Edublogs?

Mircosoft Share Point 2007• Staff Portal• Student Portal• Year Group Portals • Faculty Portals for Staff & Students• Student MySites

Shared Drive also frequently used to circumnavigate Portals

School developed & commenced phasing in a 1:1 laptop programme in 2010

Staff Portal

Student Portal

Year 8 Student Portal

Edublogs - Tasks &Work samples

Term 1 Weeks 5 & 61) Loreto Normanhurst Music Festival website task• Task outline• Examples: Georgina Lonergan 2012

Lily Tancred 2014

Term 2 Weeks 1-92) Public Space redevelopment task• Task outline• Example: Kathryn Byrne 2014

Georgina LonerganYear 8 2012

interface

navigation

Loreto NormanhurstMusic Festival wiki task

Task outline excerpt

Lily Tancred (Kuring-gai House)

Public Space redevelopment taskCharlotte Ainsworth (Aston) & Dominica Leaver (Mulhall), two Year 8 Boarders explain the work done in Term 2

1) The Design Brief

Individual Roles• Each company will have 3 owners who will each have a

different role to play in the development process.

• You will be exposed to the skills and qualities required for these roles in workshops.

• You will then negotiate with your other 2 group members which role you feel you are best suited for.

• Once decided, each person will then specialise.

Team work• As a specialist, you will

then work with your team members to produce the best public space development.

• The success of your team will depend on each person being responsible for their own role & communicating with the other group members to make good decisions.

Personal & thinking skills

• Independence

• Taking responsibility

• Team work & cooperation

• Persuasion & negotiation

• Organisation

• Problem Solving

• Creative thinking

• Punctuality

• Communication skills

• Patience

• Generosity

• Open-mindedness

Subject skills

• Design & Technology

• PDHPE

• ICT

• English

• Geography

• Science

• Commerce

• Religion

• Music

2) Integrated learning - opportunities

You will be assessed throughout the processes to give you feedback as you work through the various stages

3) Public Space task stages

Marketing Consultant’s roleResearch into:

They then needed to bring together all of their work & understanding in the form of their company website (an Edublog)As the website would be used in their company pitch, theyneeded to organise & store all relevant documents there, including the embedding of pdf & PowerPoint files producedby the other company membersWe created a Year 8 Slideshare account for this & gave students the login.Organisation of information was paramount to a good presentation.

• Marketing Tools• Colour use• Logo

• Slogan• Business card

Kathryn Byrne (Mornane)

EdublogsDiscoveries • challenged students in terms of ‘production’ of IT • developed digital communication through organisation• file management & file sharing skills

Troubleshooting • upskilling of staff • being ahead of students to guide & support them• development of marking criterias• ongoing use of blog (Posts) or website (Pages)• ongoing use of site from Year 8 onwards • theme choice extremely important for tasks• viewing of Edublogs in browsers

Term Weeks Task Work & Assessment

Term I 1-4 Introduction to Connectedness & the individual

5-6 Loreto Normanhurst Music Festival website individual

7-10 Local Community Stakeholders Radio Transcript individual

11 Start of Public Space redevelopment unit

Term II 1-8 Public Space redevelopment individual 60 / group 40

Term III 1-6 Being a Global Citizen (United Nations) individual 65 / pairs 35

7-10 Mathematics individual

Term IV 1-5 Global Issues individual by peers

6-9 Art Task

Future Edublog possibilities in 8INT

« The Integrated Effect »

Deans of Learning• Martin Pluss (HSIE)• Carolina Murdoch (History)ICT Staff• Joseph Agius• Jeffrey Lu• Roberto Jorquera• Edublogs staff in WAYear 8 team• Dominica Jenkins (Religion)• Bernadette O’Dwyer (TAS)• Steven Gibson (English)• Jeremy Ward ((LOTE)• Beth Nairn (Mathematics)

Year 8 team continued• Kate Coolican (PDHPE)• Mary Anne De Mattia (History)• Fiona Sharman (English)ICT Integrators• Kelly Cahalane (English)• Stefania Thomsett (LOTE)• Elizabeth Green (English)Other teaching staff• Patti Taafe (English)• Tim Lennon (Religion)• Monica Boardman (Visual Arts)• Kate Scott (TAS)Boarding School administration

Year 9 English blogs Elizabeth Green (Loreto 5)http://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/beyondborders/

Year 7 English blogs – Patti Taafehttp://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/year7english/

Aborginal Studies timeline – Tim Lennonhttp://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/aboriginalstudies/

Visual Arts Department Artist in Residencehttp://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/mboardman/

Boarder newletter (password required)http://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/boarding/

Edublogs tip #1• Naming of sites

Year 8 Teamedublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/8team

Staff Edublogsedublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/jward

Student Edublogsedublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/first name+first three

letters of surname (excluding punctuation)+last 2 digits of final yearEg: Olivia McCarthy in Year 8 Maye; Year 12 will be 2018edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/oliviamcc18

Edublogs tip #2Theme choice• The Theme is the appearance of your blog• There are currently 222 themes from which to choose• This is perhaps the area that warrants the most amount of time

due to trial & error• It really depends on purpose of the blog• Some are simple with one column whereas others have 2 or 3

columns• Here is a link that compares the qualities of many themes on

the edublogger. • Here is another from the University of OregonOnline support to help you learn & problem solve• http://help.edublogs.org/user-guide• http://www.theedublogger.com/

Some themes that we like include:

Twenty Eleven, Twenty Twelve, AldehydeWPMU-Triden, WPMU-Dixi , Yoko , Mandigo , Edublogs Default, Mantra

http://edublogs.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/aismakingit2014/

8INTB• Lecquia Chang

8INTC• Ruby Duncan• Katherine Morris

8INTD• Hannah Campbell• Eliza Harvey

Enjoy the

Conference!