![]() Just like Bob, it has dawned on me that I need to change my inner thought patterns. What could be possible in the classroom? How can ICTs enhance the depth of understanding for my students? Can I develop a pedagogy that is not narrow? I am absolutely going to have to disorientate myself and my GDLT is just the beginning. Looking at the SAMR model, it is not enough to simply use ICTs for substitution or augmentation - that is too narrow. How can I utilise ICTs for modification or redesign or further still; for redefinition? How can SAMR widen the learning experience for the students? Using the revised version of Bloom's Taxonomy that is the six 'doing words' of; remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating and creating, provides the framework for teachers to get the students to that higher end learning, which I am sure we all agree is the goal post. I took it all with me when I looked at the ACARA site. I focused on HASS for junior secondary and zoomed in on Civics and Citizenship for Year 7 curriculum. I looked at this using SAMR and Bloom's revised Taxonomy as point of reference. The knowledge and understanding descriptors can be linked to Bloom's knowledge and comprehension levels. The curriculum descriptors for Civics and Citizenship skills include: questioning and research; analysis, synthesis and interpretation; problem solving and decision making; communication and reflection, and these can all be placed in the high levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, namely analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Learning key concepts of a subject is undoubtedly important. This forms the foundation of the learning. Using ICTs in the enhancing category of SAMR is not a negative. To get the learning to the next level to assist analysis and evaluation, ICTs play the most important of roles. As an example the potential for a cultural exchange experience utilizing skype where the students get to ask a member from the particular culture being studied a set of prearranged questions and then develop a news presentation clip for the school newsletter. This is the higher end stuff of Bloom's Taxonomy and is undoubtedly in the SAMR transformative section. I travelled down the google rabbit hole and look at the gem example of the transformative nature of ICTs in education I found! The source is from the ACCE - the Australian Council for Computers in Education. ***************************************************************************************************** Digital Dreaming Project - Jason Evatt Paul Sampson This presentation will outline a body of work in ICTs that has evolved over the past four years at Yarrabah State School, an all-indigenous school approximately one hour drive from Cairns. This project has used ICTs to record a number of Traditional Stories of the Gungganyji people (the traditional inhabitants of the area) and then turned them into computer animations using student art, voices and music as well a contracted artist/programmer. These animations are currently being embedded into an interactive literacy software package for the students at the school. This software is being designed & built by a team of teachers at the school and Version 1 should be complete by the conference date. This product will be showcased at the stage it's at. The presentation will outline the processes that have been followed through each phase of the project and give an insight into the software & hardware used as well as the skills of the people involved. It will be accompanied by a student performance of traditional dance & music, presenting one of the animations. ![]() Empowering Youth to Record their Culture. Young people are excited by technology and they are quick learners. The Digital Dreaming Project is all about the preservation of Indigenous culture, so we arm kids in Indigenous communities with the tools to record and document the traditional practices taught to them by their Elders. When we put cameras into the hands of the eager young people of Mornington Island, they went wild, taking photos of everything from cooking, traditional dance and Country. In some communities this sort of technology is not readily available, so the enthusiasm levels are extremely high. One of Farley's goals is to be able to leave at least one camera in every community she visits, to encourage the continued recording of culture. If you would like to help make this dream possible, please contact us. source: http://www.digitaldreamingproject.com.au/mission I have done this week back to front. I am still working on my table for the 'My Experience of Pedagogy'. My memory has to go back a long way! To be continued......
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Gary Holmes
3/19/2017 02:02:04 am
Great start to your posts. The record of your thinking is exactly where we want you to be when it comes to the course. By digesting and unpacking th elements of the course you will be able to decide how you might proceed in a future school setting. Well done.
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Fabulous Belinda! I really struggled with week 2, but you seem to have grasped the concepts and run with them! Your blog has helped me understand a little more about blogs marrying up with SAMR categories. I love the linking to the Yarrabah project which is something that I could certainly use in my own pedagogy. Thank you for pointing me in your direction by commenting on my own blog.
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Nguyet Truong
3/21/2017 09:52:04 pm
Love your post Belinda, you have a deep understand of SAMR and Bloom's Taxonomy model. And very well apply it to the real life activity, after i read your post, i have understanding a bit more on the topic. well done!!
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