Lena ArenaProject Coordinator, DER Sydney Region

Carmelina.arena@det.nsw.edu.au

Year 10 History class – Caringbah High School

11 schools engaged in Action Learning Projects

Over 80 teachers involved

Action Learning Project

13 schools with in-school DER Curriculum Leaders

Over 18 in-school DER Curriculum Leaders

In-school DER Leaders

What’s Happening?

Newton’s Laws Explained using Flash Animation – Kingsgrove High School

Kingsgrove High School

• Year 10 Science class– Using Flash to explain newton’s laws.

• Year 11 Studies of Religion– Audacity and Premiere Elements – major project

Student Engagement

Student Learning – Student Work Samples

Curriculum Content

Innovative use of Technology

Caringbah High School

• Faculty based teams – teacher mentors trained• History/English Year 10 class:– Edmodo (communication within class and with a

school outside the region)– Glogster – posters– Dreamweaver – websites (Australia and the wars)– Freemind – mind mapping– Audacity – record narration– Premiere Elements – video editing

Caringbah High School

• Creating and filming documentaries• Weekly VC’s with Macquarie University• Use of LAMS by students to create their own

learning pathway

New ways of learning

Year 10 History work samples - websites

Task Focused

FOCUS ON TEACHING & LEARNING

Science

Geography

Context

Assessment task

ICT

Numeracy

Literacy

Skills

Teachers assess their own subject outcomes and

explicit feedback through the marking rubric

Teachers teach their subject content and give

regular meaningful feedback on progress throughout the unit.

Cross faculty Rich Assessment Task – ICT skills assessed

ICT skills assessed

Pedagogy enriched by technology integration

What technology is being used by schools?

Penshurst Girls’ High School

• All Year 9 History task• Original task adapted to include use of

technology and DER netbooks• The Depression – students use webcam to

video their speech about life in the Depression• Student engagement in task – even students

who usually not engaged in completing tasks• Quality of student work very pleasing

Penshurst Girls’ High School

• Adobe Portfolio distributed to students– Task – Task scaffold– Instructional videos on use of webcam– Marking criteria

• Teacher created work sample

Penshurst Girls’ High School

In-school DER Leaders

More examples

• Lucas Heights Community School– Mentoring by in-school DER leader– Cross faculty– Teachers developing KLA specific classroom

resources• Menai High School– All Year 9 multi-media assessment task -

Sustainability – open ended task– Use of Edmodo, blogEd, Audacity, OnenOte,

Premiere Elements

More Examples

• Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design– Team of mentors– Allocated professional learning afternoons– Choice of content– Beginner group– Sharing experiences/resources at end of program

Teacher Professional Learning

DER Specific 4 Day ProjectSoftware Skills Workshops

What teachers are learning

STUDENT VOICE …WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING...

Coming…

The future?

• Funding to support DER until the end of 2012• Sydney Region will be funded to provide

support till the end of 2012• Funding available to schools for DER related

projects in the next financial year.