The Curriculum Through ICT Program
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Values: a Digital Resource
Years 3 - 7Years 7 - 10

THE TASK

The students of an upper primary school class were asked to help the junior teachers to explain a number of values to their students. These included honesty, kindness, patience and tolerance. The students decided to make a series of movies as a resource for this class.

A different value was selected by each group of 3 or 4 students. Students discussed their target audience, brainstormed ideas, and used a storyboard to plan a movie. They worked in groups to take digital photographs or film short skits that demonstrated these values and used video editing software to edit and add text.

These movies were then linked to a web page of school values that could be accessed through the school Intranet.

ICT ENRICHMENT

  • A reusable resource was created that could be accessed by anyone in the school.
  • Reviewing and editing the resource in order to improve it was easily accomplished by working digitally.
  • Student understanding of each value was enhanced by the deep engagement that was required of this in-depth task.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

ASSESSMENT

  • The assessment rubric was developed by the teacher in discussion with the class and with the outcomes in mind. It was designed to monitor the process as well as the movie product.
  • Students self- and peer-evaluated their progress during and at the end of the task using the assessment rubric.
  • Monitoring the Viewing outcome was achieved through assessing the final products in one-on-one teacher-student conferences. They were asked to explain how they made meaning in the visual text and to justify their choices.

LEARNING AREA OUTCOMES

English
Writing
Viewing

Technology & Enterprise
Technology process
Information

Learning activity developed by Judy Weggelaar.
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