As Shannon and I worked together on assignment 3 this post is designed to inform of our individual contributions towards the assignment.
For this assignment, as can be seen from my blog posts, I was in charge of creating the assessment for the unit, as well as some of the content. I also contributed to discussion held with Shannon about the assignment; what content to include, how to present the assignment ect.
Shannon contributed to the assignment by blogging about the main ideas of the unit, as well as some of the content. Shannon also contributed to discussions with me over what content to include, how to present the unit of work and what purpose was there to the unit, ect.
Below is the link to the summaritive post for assignment 3, created by both Shannon and myself.
Unit Plan
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Showing posts with label assignment 3. Show all posts
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Online Database Searching [Resource]
For this section of the unit we would attempt to cover searching through online databases. For use in this exercise we would be able to use the City of Greater Dandenong Libraries website as it has a host of different online databases that most other public libraries in Victoria has access to, and thus the patrons of those libraries have access to those databases.
Using online databases is a great tool for researching, and being able to find information from them is an important skill to have in the later years of study, or as can be seen from the online database that this post covers, if you are interested in newspapers and articles.
City of Greater Dandenong Libraries Online Databases
For the purposes of the unit we would be focusing on only one of the online databases. This database would be Press Display; an online database that enables the user to view newpaper articles from around the world, in their selected language.
This video would be a handy tool to use when demonstrating how to use press display, from finding the right newspaper to working with the advanced search tool.
Using online databases is a great tool for researching, and being able to find information from them is an important skill to have in the later years of study, or as can be seen from the online database that this post covers, if you are interested in newspapers and articles.
City of Greater Dandenong Libraries Online Databases
For the purposes of the unit we would be focusing on only one of the online databases. This database would be Press Display; an online database that enables the user to view newpaper articles from around the world, in their selected language.
This video would be a handy tool to use when demonstrating how to use press display, from finding the right newspaper to working with the advanced search tool.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Boolean Searching [Resource]
For one section of the unit the students will be learning about the uses of boolean searching and advanced searching techniques. Below are some links as to what could be covered under this part of the unit and one possible task that the students would be able to complete to confirm their understanding.
Boolean searching is an important part of reseaching and should be taught to all students who will be doing any type of searching in future, whether just in VCE subjects or university classes. This part of the unit would also cover other forms of advanced searching such as the use of quotation marks/phrase searching and the different terms used in advanced search options in place of bollean terms as laid out in teacher resource 1 below.
Student Resources:
Teacher Resources:
Boolean searching is an important part of reseaching and should be taught to all students who will be doing any type of searching in future, whether just in VCE subjects or university classes. This part of the unit would also cover other forms of advanced searching such as the use of quotation marks/phrase searching and the different terms used in advanced search options in place of bollean terms as laid out in teacher resource 1 below.
Student Resources:
- http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/researchingskills/workshop2/techniques2.html
- http://bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/handouts/boolean.pdf
Teacher Resources:
- http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp
- http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=1221265&answer=136861&rd=1
- http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=1221265&answer=136861&rd=1
Assignment 3 - Assessment Plan/Timeline
As stated on Shannon's blog, she and I will be working together to create a unit of work for a year 10 level IT class.
For this post I will be adding our ideas towards the assessment for our unit of work that we are planning.
Before Learning Activities begin:
Students are expected to at least have basic ICT skills from previous years of study thus a short research test at the begining of the unit could be done to determine level of research skills of individual students. This test would cover basic searching using google or a similar search engine and have the students answering some simple questions using the selected search engine. The students could then be assessed by the level of research knowledge used when completing their searches, i.e. did they use the advanced search option, were they able to locate the correct information.
While students work on learning activities
For ongoing assessment of the students learning and researching capabilities each task that they complete would be assessed for completion and depth of understanding. Their progress would be monitored for the duration of the unit and qualitive questioning will be used to gather information on student's understand of the topic and tasks.
After Learning Activities End
For the final assessment of the unit the students will complete a final research task in which they will have to use the skills that they have learnt over the course of the unit to complete.
For this post I will be adding our ideas towards the assessment for our unit of work that we are planning.
Before Learning Activities begin:
Students are expected to at least have basic ICT skills from previous years of study thus a short research test at the begining of the unit could be done to determine level of research skills of individual students. This test would cover basic searching using google or a similar search engine and have the students answering some simple questions using the selected search engine. The students could then be assessed by the level of research knowledge used when completing their searches, i.e. did they use the advanced search option, were they able to locate the correct information.
While students work on learning activities
For ongoing assessment of the students learning and researching capabilities each task that they complete would be assessed for completion and depth of understanding. Their progress would be monitored for the duration of the unit and qualitive questioning will be used to gather information on student's understand of the topic and tasks.
After Learning Activities End
For the final assessment of the unit the students will complete a final research task in which they will have to use the skills that they have learnt over the course of the unit to complete.
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