Planning+Pro-+forma

=Hi everyone. Did you see the message from Tania on the bottom of our home page?? I have copied it below... looks like we are on the right track. Yay us!!= Hi guys I have had a look at the work you have done and I must say I am very impressed. Thank you for inviting me onto your wikki. You have certainly put a great deal of thought into this and it is certainly an original idea with links to the curriculum. Look forward to reading you evaluations. Cheers Tania (5/10/10)

Below is a copy of the table Robbie added to Week 11 Module 4. I have tweeked it a little.

If you guys are happy to use this, we can add to it as we go.

It is just a suggestion so don't feel that we have to use this exact pro forma. Alicia (02Oct10)

== HI guys. I was thinking that if i was teaching this unit I would begin by brainstorming Melbourne, completing a KWL (i think that is what it is called what you know, what you what to learn about etc ), Look at melways or other maps pinpoint landmarks, places of interest etc in Melbourne, list and share these findings, graph landmarks/places of interest according to class popularity, Look at discuss what these places offer and what they mean to Melbourne/Australia, focus on the MCG in particular, research history, uses, past events, changing face of and look at the MCG of the future-meeting the needs of the community as a world class venue as an environmentally friendly venue. Lots of scope for collaborative learning, inquiry based learning and creativity in creating the MCG of the future. What does everyone else think? Sharlene. ==

I agree Sharlene, brainstorming is a great place to start but i was wondering if you had thought of narrowing the initial focus? Melbourne has a huge scope, perhaps major land marks in the Melbourne CBD??? Also i think we need to know why we are discussing other Melbourne landmarks if our unit of work is about the history and purpose of the MCG or the environmental factors etc... what do you think?? ( 4/10/10)

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Looking AT THE LANDMARKS WAS MY FOCUS, I THINK THAT THE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY ETC WILL BE A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF STUDENTS RESEARCH (WHICH IS ONLY FOCUSED ON THE MCG). sOME FOCUS QUESTIONS COULD BE USED TO GUIDE STUDENTS RESEARCH/PROJECTS. ======

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Good point Sharlene, After reading Robbies email, I really think we need a focus question, as most units do start with one and this will help with our planbning so we have a clearer focus. Alicia (04/10/2010) ======

Sorry Sharlene i hope that my comment didn't sound rude. I must have misunderstood your 1st line. Coming from SA, when i read brainstrom Melbourne i had 100 things come to mind and none of them were the MCG!! Melbourne landmarks is a great place to start a discussion. (5/10/10)
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(Activities) || Evaluation || = TAKEN FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS. = 6.3.7 Geography The discipline of history has always had a close relationship with geography, and world history is dependent upon geographical knowledge. The national history curriculum should make use of historical atlases, including those that are enhanced with digital capacity, and it should ensure that students develop and employ skills of mapping and map interpretation. The curriculum will draw on geographical knowledge to enhance understanding of the past, particularly in relation to human use of the environment.
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2.3 History is the study of the past. It provides knowledge, understanding and appreciation of previous events, people, practices and ideas. It orders them, renders them intelligible and discerns patterns of continuity and change. It provides the means whereby individual and collective identities are formed and sustained. It enriches the present and illuminates the future.

The table looks great Alicia The email from Robbie was really helpful. I have been thinking over the weekend that maybe we need to focus our planning. Have any of you guys done ESh452(technology). i did it last year and we did a similar assignment but the focus was the group work. we had to do this whole integrated unit plan based on an inquiry question. Yes I did that assignment too, I found that once we had our focus question it was so much easier to plan.

Anyway all my MCG research made me think of this and maybe it would help if we had an inquiry question??? A random example maybe.... " why was the MCG built?" From there we can get our key questions in the pro forma...like...1) when was it built? 2) what events have been held there? 3) who own the MCG 4)what environmental impacts does the MCG cause? Or am i just making this harder than it needs to be???? (4/10/10) I totally agree that we need an inquiry question.If we all throw a few ideas out there then we can start planning, I don't want to sound like a stress head but we really need to get a move on. (i hear you, we only have a week and a bit to go!!!!!) Below is a list of inquiry questions, we can just add to this list and highlight which questions we think will be suitable. Fisrt we pick our Focus Question and then the other inquiry questions should be easy from there on. Alicia (04/10/10) 1. Why was the MCG built? When was it built ( Who designed it, where they Australian?) 2. What was and now is the purpose of the MCG? 3. What events have been held there? 4. Who owns/runs the MCG? 5. What environmental impacts does the MCG cause? 6. What environmental factors have the MCG considered? 7. Who works at the MCG? 8. What impact does the MCG have on the community? 9. Why is the MCG such a significant Australian landmark? 10. What Cultural significance does the MCG have? 11. Does the MCG influence how our culture is shaped and if so how? 12. Why do people go to the MCG? 13.What does the MCG represent to Australians? 14. How has the MCG grown from its opening to the present day? 15. Is the MCG beneficial to our society? 16. Are all Australians influenced/ impacted in the same way by the MCG as victorians? 17. How does the MCG include and respect Indigenous Australian beliefs? 18. where the local Indigenous people consulted prior to building the MCG? 19. What place does sport hold in Australian culture (past & present)

Sorry I did not take part in that subject. You are right Alicia we need to get this all sorted out.

I thought a good opening question for children before they take part in the field trip to the MCG would be to ask the children "What they think the MCG means or represents to them?" Then once the field work is concluded ask if their position has been changed or if they believe something different about the MCG now. Maybe it is just me but I feel like the MCG would be a great field trip for students to investigate sporting culture and how this historically relates to Australian Identity. I think it would be great for the children to interpret first what they think and discuss it among the class brainstorming on the board. 2.6 Historical inquiry involves the retrieval, comprehension and interpretation of sources, and judgment, guided by principles that are intrinsic to the discipline. It yields knowledge that is based on the available evidence, but remains open to further debate and future reinterpretation. It develops in students the ability to recognise varying interpretations of history and to determine the difference between fact, opinion and bias. I have the the next two days off work and will write a lot more...  PS: i was wondering if one of you would be willing to give me your number so i can ring and at a suitable time and have a chat... I am just still a little confused on this pebble pad thing... Zavh (04/10/10) Hi Zach, I love some of your inquiry questions. (and yours too Alicia) I am no expert on Pebble pad but would be keen to chat. My home number is (08) 83261310 mb 0437675017 I am on school holidays so will be around most of this week.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but i do not think that the group work we are doing here and the use of pebble pad is actually counted in our assignment. Maybe in the next couple of days we should begin to wrap up our planning and start to focus on our individual evaluations?? what do you think???(5/10/10) = I am thinking that we should go with question one on the list above as our main focus question and use questions 2, 3 8 and 13 as our inquiry questions. I'm not sure what else we need to do as a group, maybe we use this info to start writng our own evaluations now. What does everyone think? Sharlene. =

I agree, lets get working on our individual assignments. I will still keep checking the wiki to see if anyone has anything else they want to share. Good Luck :-) Alicia