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2006 Knowledge Bank Rich Picture Case Studies
Balwyn North Primary School - Introducing Handheld (Pocket PCs) Into the Classroom
Name: Graeme Lane
School: Balwyn North Primary School
Telephone no: 9859 4258 or 0418 554 973
Email: lane.graeme.gd@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: This case study looks at the introduction of handheld (Pocket PCs) into the classrooms of five schools. The network consists of three primary schools and two secondary colleges exploring the use of handheld computers (Pocket PCs) in years 3 -8 covering the areas of literacy, and science (Balwyn North Primary School, Box Forest Secondary College, Broadmeadows Primary School, Fawkner Secondary College, Streeton Primary School). We look at the pedagogical changes occurring and the development of new learning skills by the students involved.
Collingwood College - The Kitchen Garden
Name: Anna Dollard
School: Collingwood College
Postal address: PO Box 104, Abbotsford, 3067
Telephone no: 8415 1993 or 0413 588 115
Email: annadollard@netspace.net.au
Focus: The subject of the case study is the Kitchen Garden at Collingwood College, a hands-on program delivering food education to primary aged children supported by the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation as its best practice model.
Cranbourne Secondary College - New Year 9 Programme
Name: Hilary Baxter
School: Cranbourne Secondary College
Postal address: Stawell Street, Cranbourne, 3977
Telephone no: 5996 3544
Email: ba@cranbournesc.vic.edu.au
Focus: Cranbourne has begun a new programme for Year 9 in 2006 with whole school change as a priority over the next three years. The focus is on changing pedagogical practice to enhance learning outcomes, and to increase engagement and connectedness to school. Year 9 now runs in 5 large groups of students with three teachers allocated to each. Traditional subject labels have been replaced by three core learning areas; Think, Investigate and Create. Classes run in 100 minute blocks. Students have more choice in and control of their learning. We want to share the results of our change process.
Eaglehawk Secondary College - New Technology and Learning Experiences
Name: David Fagg
School: Eaglehawk Secondary College
Postal address: Reserve Street, Eaglehawk, 3556
Telephone no: 5446 8099
Email: fagg.david.f@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: The subject of the case study is the integration of new technology, such as mp3 players, podcasts and mobile phone cameras, with learning experiences.
Epsom Primary School - Podcasting for Teaching and Learning
Name: Jenny Ashby
School: Epsom Primary School
Postal address: PO Box 632, Epsom, 3551
Telephone no: 5448 4318
Email: ashby@epsomps.vic.edu.au
Focus: The subject of the case study is podcasting in the classroom for teaching and learning. I would like this case study to communicate how podcasting can be used by teachers and students to engage students in learning. In this case study students in the middle years and in particular grade 6 will be involved.
Gisborne Secondary College - Implementation of Learning Neighbourhoods
Name: Janet Di Pilla
School: Gisborne Secondary College
Postal address: PO Box 540, Gisborne, 3437
Telephone no: 5428 3691
Email: di.pilla.janet.j@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: How one school went about preparing for the changes to teaching pedagogy in line with changes to the teaching and learning space being planned through the Leading Schools Fund. We will focus on how the College teaching staff take up the challenge to move from ‘silo-style’, traditional classroom teaching to the notion of teams of 5 teachers working with 120 students in a radically different learning environment.
The Kew Cluster - A Learning Journey
Name: Ernie Pietsch
School: The Kew Cluster
Postal address: Hawthorn West Primary School, Wood Street, Hawthorn, 3122
Telephone no: 9818 2233 or 0423 774 239
Email: pietsch.ernie.e@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: The Kew Cluster is currently developing a cluster website which is being used increasingly to aid with the management of the I&E network. There is also provision for the eight cross Cluster learning teams to utilize a team site to report on their pedagogical investigations, store teaching resources they have developed and to become a resource for cluster schools and beyond. The case study wishes to follow this journey, to identify strengths and improvement areas within the initiative and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this learning tool which allows teachers access to this information on-line.
Lilydale High School - Using Video Clips to Teach Literacy
Name: Phillippa Adgemis
School: Lilydale High School
Postal address: Melba Avenue, Lilydale, 3140
Telephone no: 0417 345 512 or 0409 100 155
Email: adgemis.phillippa.p@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: In the case study we would like to film and compile a series of video clips that demonstrate best practice in the teaching of Literacy. The study would also look at learning difficulties encountered in the acquisition of literacy skills and demonstrate techniques that will support students with problems while being inclusive of and challenging for all students. This material would be available on DVD to support the dissemination of the material to all staff in the cluster. It will be accompanied by a manual of compiled documentation from the series of workshops. In those formats, the material can then be uploaded on to the cluster website and on EDNA.
Lilydale High School - Digital Story: The Munyawana Leopard Project
Name: Lory Arslanian
School: Lilydale High School
Postal address: Melba Avenue, Lilydale, 3140
Telephone no: 9735 5644
Email: arslanian.lory.g@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: In collaboration with another colleague in the Science department, I will be producing a photo story about students in a VCE Environmental Science unit who will be conducting research via webcam on leopards in Africa. They will be researching daily locations of the leopards in wildlife. The technology they will be using to assist them is a camera trap survey. This activity has been set up in association with Monash University and the Munyawana Leopard Project.
Lowanna College - Learning Objects and Interactive Whiteboards
Name: Greg Gebhart
School: Lowanna College
Postal address: PO Box 42, Moe, 3825
Telephone no: 5127 9200 or 0412 952930
Email: greg.gebhart@lowanna.vic.edu.au
Focus: This case study will showcase the use of Learning Objects and how
they can enhance the use of Interactive Whiteboards in schools.
The case study will assist schools who have purchased Interactive Whiteboards
to develop e-learning projects around the use of Learning Objects.
Lynbrook Primary School - ICT based Peer Coaching
Name: Simone Gannon
School: Lynbrook Primary School
Postal address: Paterson Drive, Lynbrook
Telephone no: 8787 5390 or 0404 203 767
Email: gannon.simone.y@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: The subject of the case study is ICT based Peer Coaching. It will depict the developing relationship between the coach and coachee and communicate how teaching and learning have been improved through the integration of ICT into classroom programs. It will focus on the coach and coachee working together on all aspects of the classroom program, from initial assessing and planning activities, teaching, lesson evaluation and reflection through to student assessment and subsequent sequential planning. The aim of the case study is to capture the nature of ICT based Peer Coaching and its benefits throughout the school.
Mooroolbark College - Digital Snapshots: Action Research
Name: Robyn Floyd
School: Mooroolbark College
Postal address: 186 Manchester Road, Mooroolbark, 3138
Telephone no: 9727 8100 or 0432 400 712
Email: floyd.robyn.e@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: The Red Earth Cluster was awarded a Highly Commended Quality Schooling Award for the 2005 Action Research Expo. Over 200 teachers undertook action research projects and displayed them in a public exhibition. Our case study aims to display the Action Research Projects developed this year as part of the 2006 Teacher Shadowing Program for all teachers prep to VCE, not only in public exhibition but as digital snapshots of how action research and the opportunity to shadow impacts on teacher practice and student outcomes within classrooms. Our teacher research will not only improve personal best practice but create a rich picture to support learning of colleagues.
Sunbury Primary School - Student Exhibition & Digital Portfolios using Authentic Assessment
Name: Karen Guest, Marie de Prada, Gail McMahon
School: Sunbury Primary School
Postal address: PO Box 212, Sunbury, 3429
Telephone no: 9744 9744
Email: sunbury.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Case study focus: Student Exhibition & Digital Portfolios using Authentic
Assessment using the vehicle of mathematics trails. This case study is an
engaging and challenging collaborative project between Sunbury Primary School,
Victoria University and Pre-Service Teachers.
This case study provides a supported opportunity for the Pre-Service Teachers
to engage in an Applied Curriculum Project Partnership responding to Blueprint
and school needs. We aim to communicate learning for the 21st Century -
what our students will know, be able to do, understand and value. The Thinking
Curriculum, a Sunbury Primary School Charter priority, and the use of quality
tools and ICT have been embedded within these learning opportunities.
Vermont Primary School - 8 Musical Theory Animations
Name: Brendan Jacobs
School: Vermont Primary School
Postal address: 2/29 Brighton Road, St Kilda, 3182
Telephone no: 9874 2511 or 0423 296 550
Email: brendan@vermontps.vic.edu.au
Focus: A series of 8 musical theory animations teaching all of the relevant information to play the recorder.
Wanganui Park Secondary College - Podcasting in the Classroom
Name: Andrew Douch
School: Wanganui Park Secondary College
Postal address: Parkside Drive, Shepparton, 3630
Telephone no: 5820 9900 or 0412 235 709
Email: douch.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: Teachers no longer need to have their students in class with them in order for the students to be learning. Students can be presented with material (from the teacher and other students) via podcasts, be involved in discussions about learning using discussion boards, and participate in discussions about the content using blogs and chat rooms. Because the bulk of learning is now taking place out of class, the traditional idea of a class having one teacher is being challenged. Now every student in the class is being taught by every teacher who teaches that subject. This fosters a community of learning.
Wedderburn College P-12 - There’s No Place Like Home: A study of Insects
Name: Anne Baird
School: Wedderburn College P-12
Postal address: PO Box 20, Wedderburn, 3518
Telephone no: 5494 3011 or 0419 007 954
Email: baird.anne.p@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: Subject: ICT’s 1 and IWBs 2 in the Early Years of schooling through a Problem Based Learning project - “There’s No Place Like Home-A study of Insects” It will communicate that with careful planning and skilling of teachers and students, ICT’s can engage and enhance the early years classroom in a way that provides students with opportunities to explore, learn, think and reflect in a way that they couldn’t otherwise do.
Wellington Secondary College - The Girlfriends Program: Video Clips
Name: Lorraine Spiteri
School: Wellington Secondary College
Postal address: PO Box 1, Mulgrave, 3170
Telephone no: 9547 6822 or 0411 512 385
Email: spiteri.lorraine.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
Case study focus: In this case study we would like to film and compile a series of video clips that demonstrate that “The Girlfriends” program devised by the Healesville, Red Earth, Yarra Valley and Environs Clusters is effective with the disengaged students at Monash Secondary College and is therefore effective in other settings with a similar cohort. We would like to show that offering worthwhile options would allow for greater independence of mind and show the girls that they are able to seek connections and support from the wider community. It would enable them to have the confidence to ask for help from suitable people when it is needed.
Wheelers Hill Primary School - Prep Website
Name: Megan Tyrrell, Jo Goldie, Sandra Mazzocca
School: Wheelers Hill Primary School
Postal address: Whites Lane, Glen Waverley, 3150
Telephone no: 9561 3457 or 0402 010 254
Email: Tyrrell.Megan.E@edumail.vic.gov.au
Focus: The purpose of this Rich Picture Case Study is to create and design a Prep website for all three Prep classrooms at Wheelers Hill Primary School to use. It is intended to be used as a teaching and communication tool. We envisage the website to have a discussion board where students learn skills in discussing their work via the method of Academic Controversy. Assessment of work using self and peer assessment will also take place via rubrics. There will also be an opportunity for parental involvement of the website by making contributions and engaging in digital portfolios.
