Goal+4.1+and+Goal+4.3


 * 1. Students to become successful digital citizens. **
 * __Success Indicators: __**
 * **Students are engaging in collaborative projects within and beyond the classroom**


 * 3. Teachers to integrate e-learning effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all students. **
 * __Success Indicators: __**
 * **Teachers and students access audiovisual and interactive websites to increase engagement and involvement in the learning**
 * **Teachers learn with and through their students**
 * **Students select appropriate technologies to support their learning.**

**__Evidence:__** ** __Year level:__ 6, 7, 8** __**Purpose:** __ T o use a song from YouTube and a newspaper article about Happy Feet the penguin, to hook the students in
 * __Persuasive writing__**
 * __[|View and listen to this song about Happy Feet.docx]__**

writing a persuasive letter to the editor about his release back into the wild.


 * __Impact on developing student achievement: __ **

This was the first time that I had used this format with hyperlinks and the students engagement was high. Stud ents who were usually reluctant to write or found it difficult to get started began with enthusiasium and completed the task. I felt very pleased with the way this was presented.

__** Where to next? ** __

Use this format again because of its high level of engagement and interest.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Students could type their letter underneath the instructions so it is all in one place.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Send a letter to a real newspaper - local paper or create a school paper


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Powerpoint __**
 * __<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">[|The Cheese Factory Trip.pptx] __**

__**Impact on developing student achievement:**__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peer assessing each others work and giving appropriate and constructive feedback. __**Where to next?**__ To use this information to research the origins of where cheese was made and to make cheese following a simple process. Experiment with using some other special effects and ways of presenting the information.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year level: __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 3,4,5 **
 * __Purpose:__ ** Students created a powerpoint in groups as a reflection task of their visit to a local cheese factory and to consolidate the information that they had learned.

Developing from a question by a teacher with regards to the function keys, this student took the initiative to provide a sheet of the function key uses and shortcuts for the teachers to display in their classrooms. This has lead this student in becoming an expert ICT person in the classroom where other students call on him first for assistance and he is able to take on a teacher role. This has lead to increased self esteem and purpose. To identify experts in each classroom where they take on the role of teacher. It could lead to having a time during the day where the teachers are taught and updated by the students. Students labelling jpg pictures clearly so they relate to the picture.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Student teaching the teachers__ **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|function_keys.jpg] **
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year level: __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 8 **
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose: __ **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To provide a resource for teachers and students that shows the function keys and their uses.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Impact on developing student achievement: __ **
 * __Where to next?__ **

__**Online keyboard**__ __**[|On-Screen Keyboard.lnk]**__ The online keyboard can be used at any time.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Year level: __ ** 0,1,2
 * __Purpose:__ ** To provide a visual keyboard on screen for the students to see as they type in their names.
 * __Impact on developing student achievement:__ ** The students do not have to keep looking down at the keyboard all of the time.
 * __Where to next?__ ** Students who know how to use the online keyboard can teach others how to use it, especially new students to the classroom.