youthjet presentation august 12th 2009

NEW SACE

The NEW SACEand improved

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55 per cent of Year 8 students graduate with the existing SACE (SACE Review,2006)

More schooling = more earnings

Source:Nationmaster.com

Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till senior secondary level (year 2000).

For almost every indicator, higher education or higher income increased the chances of having better health. Conversely, lower income or education was associated with higher risk factors, such as smoking and obesity. Less-educated adults have higher death rates from all major causes of death, including chronic diseases, communicable disease and injuries.

COPYRIGHT 1998 News World Communications

more schooling = more technological achievement

The OLD SACE

ABCDE

PerformanceStandards

The NEW SACEand improved

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60% of Australian students find school boring

Human brains contain over 100 000 000 000 neurons

One million neural connections formed every second

Web 2.0 in the

NEW SACEand improved

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Web 2.0 is using the internet to generate, share, collaborate, search and filter information and connect with others.

Collaborate

Generate & Share

Connect

Search & Filter

A blog is an online journal

How hard?What will it cost?What will I need?

Easy, start in minutesCosts nothing

Needs computer & internet access and some sites unblocked

Can be accessed anywhereStored indefinitely

Students can control who sees their blog

How can a blog meet some of the requirements for the PLP?

1. identify their learning goals, needs and abilities

2. make informed decisions to develop, implement, review and adjust their plans

3. understand and develop their capabilities.

You can easily embed the following into a blog

PowerPoint's using slideshare

Documents using scribd (xls, doc, ppt)

Timelines by using dipity

Calendars using google calendar

Inventory

They can embed a PowerPoint.

Find this personal inventory on www.slideshare.net

The can embed calendars to plan their learning

Reflection

Blog posts can be used a reflective space

Reflection

Dipity can show a reflection timeline

www.dipity.com

My favourite web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning…

YoutubeGoogle “define:”

BloggerWikipedia

WikitionarySlideshare.net

Podcasting using audacity

Online web 2.0 applicationsBubbl.us collaborative mind maps

Picnik free photoshopDipity timelines

Online posters using glogsterFlash image viewer Tag galaxy

Find this PowerPoint on www.slideshare.net

Find my blog by googling“cyberspaced”