Curated ICTs

ICTs for Learning

Below is an annotated list of resources which have been selected from my Scoop.it blog. Click on the images to be taken to their respective scoops.

Highlighted Resource

Google Sites: This resource enables transformative pedagogy by linking classwork to the creation of a personal resource for students, that is an online portfolio. It also provides an avenue for students to share their Framelines.tv project.

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Additional Resource #1

Microsoft OneNote: This resource provides a hub for learning materials, digital interaction and collection of student data.

Scoop.it comment: "A comprehensive guide for using Microsoft OneNote to share files and collaborate online both at school and from home. This software can act as a highly accessible hub for anything class-related. Furthermore, the software is available for free to students and teachers through the 'Office 365 Education subscription'. "

Additional Resource #2

Framelines.tv Interactive Project: This resource provides an industry-link and professional context for students to develop their video-editing skills in.

Scoop.it comment: "Covering editing techniques in your media unit? This interactive project provides students with professionally filmed footage and a 30-second to 3-minute scene in which they can demonstrate their editing knowledge and capability. "

Curator Insight

These three digital resources come together to create a transformative learning experience within my sequence. The task of learning fundamental video editing skills is transformed from 'chalk and talk' instruction to an engaging, student-centric experience with links to the 'real world' film industry. Furthermore, the sequence was developed with careful consideration of the ACARA curriculum (2019), which ensured the planned phases were meaningful.

OneNote provides a consistent hub for digital resources and digital student work. Whether at school or from home, students can access both their classwork and any digital resources provided by the teacher. Through providing interactive resources via OneNote, learning to use video editing software can be changed from a process where students follow a sequence of steps, to one in which the teacher can provide a series of resources and brief demonstration before letting students experiment with the software themselves. Using the professional, raw footage provided by Framelines.tv also provides an external, industry link to the learning experience; this adds a sense of authenticity to the activity and opens students up to the online community related to the interactive projects created by Framelines.tv.

Students take further ownership of learning when they share their edited projects online via their customised Google Sites page. These student websites are then all linked to a class wiki so students can check out each other's work and provide feedback. The personalised website acts not only as a method of submitting class work, but also as the beginning of a virtual portfolio. Students will be able to curate their Media projects on this web space for sharing with peers, friends and family. Teachers could also save 'web caches' of these pages for exhibition at school events or online collaborations with other classes or schools.

References

ACARA, nd. (2019). Media Arts: Year 9 and 10 Content Descriptors. Retrieved from https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/the-arts/media-arts/

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