DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING www.det.nt.gov.au


What is The Le@rning Federation?

• National project including NZ – State and Territory Education Ministers

• 2001 – 2009 • High quality online educational

content for T – 12 (over 6, 200 items)

– Free for education (schools and tertiary)

– License free


Two types of engaging content

Learning Objects (single or aggregates)

Digital Resources(single, collections/ sets/ themes)

Chunks of digital material - graphics,

text, audio, animation, interactive

Tools. Range of approaches:•Decision-making •Experiential learning •Games •Investigation and inquiry •Modelling•Predict, observe, explain (POE)•Problem-solving•Research•Simulation

• Moving image clips, documents, line drawings, paintings or maps, photographs or audio files of songs or broadcasts.• Licensed from a range of cultural institutions, including the National Film and Sound Archive, National Library of Australia and CSIRO.

Learning design embedded – specific learning outcomes; scoffolded; feedback; promote higher order thinking

No embedded learning design – include descriptions, interpretations of their educational value teachers decide how to use them.


How do I access TLF content?

• Scootle – Online system for teachers only

- Find TLF content > save content > provide access to students

• Scootle Manager (for each school) Registration email register with your ntschools email address

• Do not share your Scootle login


Scootling Tips

• Run the Software Analyser – from Scootle and TLF homepage– Ensures your computer has correct software to run

learning objects– Give instructions to parent so they can run the

analyser on their home computer• Pop up blocker – Turn off• TLF catalogues – on Scootle home page - great for browsing for suitable

content to support your program• TLF Updates - monthly - latest TLF news + other interesting stuff

to do with LT


http://www.scootle.edu.au

• Login – your email address

• Password - self selected when users register

• See 3 page info sheet for basic use

• Teacher handbook (detailed) from Scootle home page


Scootle search for EY content

• Basic search

• Advanced search

• Timeline search

• Map search

• Literacy – Letter Planet

- Dragon’s jumble

- Lifecycles

- Words and pictures

• Numeracy and Maths

TLF learning materials can help students work towards learning area outcomes, EsseNTial Learning and Learning Technology outcomes.


Assessment learning objects

• Developed as a result of requests from teachers• Learning objects – designed to teach concepts and

skills• Assessment learning objects – based on a set of

learning objects but ASSESS what students have learned as a result of using the learning objects.

- provide teachers with assessment data

• All have ‘assessment’ as part of title• Scootle Advanced search > select ‘Title only’ and

enter “assessment”.• More and more assessment LOs being developed in

literacy, numeracy and Science.


Scootle learning paths

• Students don’t login and search Scootle BUT

• Scootle provides easy access to the content teachers have found by creating LEARNING PATHS for students

1. From homepage click

2.

3. Learning path appears with clickable links!

• See page 3 of Scootle instruction handout


Learning Technology Outcomes

Communicating Through Presentation, Publication or Performance

Problem Solving and Decision Making Through Research

Operating Computer Components ICT in Society

P1: Producing multimedia presntns or performancesP2: Interacting locally or globally with othersP3: Using a range of software tools to enhance presntns

R1: Searching electronic informationR2: Critically evaluating informationR3: Recording and manipulating informationR4: Problem-solving and decision-making skills

O1: Operating computer equipment and peripheralsO2: Using programs and systemsO3: Identifying limitations and opportunitiesO4: Optimise computer functionality

S1: Comply with expectations and protocolsS2: Intellectual property and ethical principalsS3: Impact of technology on society


Designing for learning – making LT integral to learning

• Digital Natives

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_john2005/295621738/sizes/s/

• Enhance how students learn

• Enhance how students demonstrate what they know and can do

Culminating Rich Task LT Outcomes


Integrated Units of Work with LOs

• Minibeasts in the Garden (Transition – IEU)

• Environments Near and Dear (T/1)

• Finding Nemo – Yr 3/4

• The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch (late EY > early PY)

• Unit of work template


NT Resources – NT Schools Portal

• https://portal.ntschools.net/sites/MitchellSchool

• Instructions

Your school code:12345sch12345cec12345hlc


Support

• Cassy Coggins – Project Manager LT and TLF contact officer (NT)

[email protected]

Ph: 8999 4311

• Sue Thomas – Indigenous Project

[email protected]

• Sue Carter – Scootle administrator

[email protected]


Del.icio.us – Yummy!

• Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere - your bookmarks are not stuck on one computer >>> you can access them from any computer with an Internet connection

• Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return from other Del.ici.us users

• Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web - create a network of ‘friends’ with similar interests and checkout their bookmarks.

• http://delicious.com/

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