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Assessment 1 science and technology

Setting the scene Teachers regularly create resources for teaching, whether they be tangible objects, such as posters or flashcards, or multimedia objects such as online resources or videos. A key consideration when producing and using resources is the ability to determine their quality and appropriateness for the teaching and learning of a concept for a particular age group. Among collaborative teaching teams, this assures that resources produced could be confidently utilised by colleagues within the year level, as part of a unit of work, for example.

This assessment gives you an opportunity to showcase your capability in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to produce two short videos, while demonstrating your ability to design video teaching resources that are appropriate to the year level grouping. This helps you develop your communication skills for primary-aged audiences and ability to analyse the quality and usefulness of video resources for teaching.

The corresponding rationales for each of the videos provide an explanation of how the teaching of the concepts (modelled in the videos) would be positioned within a lesson, wider unit sequence, employ effective pedagogy and are engaging, inclusive, and model safe practices.

Assessment overview

In this assessment you are required to create two videos. One video must introduce a Digital Technology concept, and the other a Design and Technology concept, according to the year groupings as outlined below.

This is an opportunity to be creative; however, the concepts you cover must align with a content description from the Australian Curriculum: Technologies (ACARA, 2014). Assume that you should be with the class when the video resource is being played.

Assessment details

Videos The two videos you create should be able to be used to demonstrate a concept from within the AC: Technologies to a class of students from the year groupings outlined:

• 1 x video teaching resource for Design and technology: Foundation to Year 2

• 1 x video teaching resource for Digital technology: Year 3-6.

Ensure that the videos:

• match the concept to the appropriate curriculum and age group

• Accurately present the concept

• are engaging, inclusive and model safe practices.

Written rationale

Submit an 800 word rationale for each video, which explains:

• how the video supports the learning of the concept

• how the video could be used in an individual lesson and where it might fit within a unit sequence (using the 5E or PBL approach, for example)

• how the approach you’ve used to present the concept in the video is underpinned by effective pedagogy

• why the approach you have chosen is engaging, inclusive and demonstrates appropriate safe practices.

You are expected to draw on unit learning materials and wider research, cite these in APA style and include a reference list (not included in the word count).

To be able to pass this must achieve

Video

The video demonstrates innovative and original choices that have been carefully chosen to effectively and accurately present technological concepts matched to AC documentation and engage your target year level.

1. Go here - http ://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/ content

2. The Australian Curriculum: Technologies comprises two subjects

1. Design and Technologies - in which students use design thinking and technologies to generate and produce designed solutions for authentic needs and opportunities.

2. Digital Technologies - in which students use computational thinking and information systems to define, design and implement digital solutions.

3. Tip - You could also search on YouTube for some children's science and technology videos for presentation ideas. There is a lot of stuff on the web so have a look for ideas.

4. Go here - working with video guidelines

5. Using YouTube means we don’t require a login – please don’t submit something that requires a login

6. The only guideline on technology you use is that it can be viewed in a ordinary classroom

7. If you want to use something special software to demonstrate your ideas – it may be best to screen capture your presentation with voice and upload the weblink to YouTube so we can access them.

Technology ideas

1. Online Animation tools

· Powtoon

· Moovly

2. Video capture tools

· Camtasia (iPAD)

· You tube video capture

3. Video Scribe

4. Shot clip

5. Kaltura

6. Online drawing tools which you can record

7. There are so many available tools so google it and find one that suits you

8. Do students need to be in the video?  

· Not necessarily. It is up to you – remember this will be accessible on the web so do what you are comfortable with

9. Do we take different images from books, computer, resources required for the resource and video them? Can you use the real resources instead of image

· Original is always better – but reference what you use!

10. Do we add a voice over or do we speak during the video or add music?

· Up to you to design

11. Can we meet more than one content descriptor if we so wish?

· Definitely

Rationale

Your rationale demonstrates a sophisticated and insightful reflective and critical analysis of your video submissions. This is evident in the way you logically and meaningfully justify your choices in relationship to contemporary pedagogy and classroom practice. Your response purposefully integrates a wide range of relevant academic readings to support your discussion, showing evidence of a familiarity with current research.

These are the examples from other students please watch

This is one on digital technology loaded onto youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLzgNE1TnCM

This one is done using Powtoon - which has been quite a popular tool to use

http://www.powtoon.com/show/cbQp8Pt9iDG/oh-no-said-crow/#/

This one using filming and editing technology and you can see the student has put themselve in the video. This is not mandatory, you can choose to be in the video if wish or do the video another way. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jovcV0H6I&feature=youtu.be

You can see from these examples just how different students approach the videos.