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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Poetry - Safe Online (A Year 6 Unit of Work) - Background Information and Introduction

This creative writing unit of work would run for 5-6 weeks.
It would be implemented as a blend of face-to-face teaching/learning and synchronous and asynchronous learning in a digital environment.
It would involve Year 6 students from two schools in project teams of four.
Learning design is framed by Australian F-10 Curriculum -  General Capabilities Continuua and English Content Descriptors.
The students would have completed a Cyber Safety and Security unit of work the previous term providing them with prior knowledge of content.
Students at this year level also participate in a unit of work, in library lessons, titled "Ïs It Yours To Share?". Creative Commons, copyright and attribution are examined and practised earlier in the year and ethical use of other's work will be expected to be adhered to, as necessary, in the Wikispaces Classroom.
Students will have previously experienced recording with Audacity, blogging in a virtual classroom Education Queensland Learning place and uploading content to an EdStudio (also EQ) as part of previous Year 5 and 6 study. The majority of students should therefore bring sufficient prior knowledge of technology to the task. Transference of skills to similar tasks in a different online space will require higher order thinking.

A Wikispaces classroom titled wwwrite will be where students place digital artefacts and work collaboratively. Each team will have their own project area and pages only accessible to them within the space. All students will have access to the main classroom and pages. In the main classroom there is scaffolding and an exemplar as well as other resources of interest. Students can add to these resources.



The Problem
Most young children have access to digital devices that allow them to go online.
Many young children share too much personal information online. 
This could place them in a dangerous situation!

The Task
In your writing team write a persuasive rhyming poem which contains
cyber safety advice for middle primary students. Record the poem so the younger students have easy access.


My next post will elaborate on the learning sequence with particular reference to three distinct phases within the unit.

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