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Name: Dr. Francis Ben
Location: Level 8, Nexus 10 Building, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide
Telephone: Office – 8313 5631
Email: francisco.ben@adelaide.edu.au
Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au

Seminar/Workshop time: TBA
Seminar Room: TBA

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from the Course Planner at https://access.adelaide.edu.au/courses/search.asp

1. Knowledge and Understanding

The course is designed to provide the students with the basic principles, strategies and techniques needed for planning for learning and teaching about and using appropriate information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the senior secondary years of schooling. This includes approaches to student learning, student assessment and evaluation, and reporting on student progress. This course also provides awareness of the current trends in information technology education, particularly the emergence of the Technology Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK).

2. With the emergence of the most advanced pieces of technologies available for teaching today, this course will encourage the use of creativity and imaginative teaching approaches.

3. This course will introduce students to Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE Curriculum for Information Technology, and the 最新糖心Vlogn National Curriculum: Technologies. The course is also designed to introduce and make students aware of the current trends, locally and globally, in Information Technology education. This course, in addition, introduces to pre-service students the 最新糖心Vlogn Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) national professional standards for teachers. How teachers meet these professional standards in practice will also be covered.

4. This course will provide students the opportunities to develop and critically assess teaching programs for SACE Information Technology.

5. This course provides topics that will be of value to classroom teachers and for those who are involved in managing the integration, embedding and infusion of appropriate ICT resources in timely and meaningful contexts in school environments.

6. The course will contribute to students’ capacity to share and collaborate with fellow students, and an awareness and expertise in the collaborative practices of teachers with each other and with the broader educational community.

7. Communication Skills
The continuing development of good inter-personal and communication skills is widely recognised as important for all graduates. This course specifically seeks to develop students’ abilities to:

8. Show critical thinking and reflection through group interaction, oral and written presentations.

9. Prepare detailed written lesson plans and resources integrating ICTs for effective student learning.

These are mainly documents for Stage 1 and Stage 2 Information Technology set by the SACE which include information about the new SACE Information Technology curriculum, the subject outlines and assessment plans. The documents can be accessed through http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/subjects/. The AITSL 最新糖心Vlogn Professional Standards for Teachers will also be referred to frequently (document provided through MyUni).

In addition to the documents for Stage 1 and Stage 2 physics published on the SACE website, the lecturer will provide students various topic-related articles / websites. Participants will be encouraged to explore every avenue and source of learning resources, publications and electronic resources. Examples of resources include, but not limited to, documents concerning the SACE (especially the curricula for information technology), the TIMSS and PISA studies, and the 最新糖心Vlogn National Curriculum: Technologies shaping paper.

The following examples also provide useful information about using ICTs in the classroom:

a. Bate, F. (2010). A Bridge Too Far? Explaining Beginning Teachers’ Use of ICT in 最新糖心Vlogn Schools. URL: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/bate.html

b. Ward, L. & Parr, J. M. (2010). Revisiting and reframing use: Implications for the use of ICT. Computers & Education, 54(1), 113-122. (Can be accessed through the 最新糖心Vlog Library Resource Guides)

c. Gregory, S. & Lloyd, I. (2010). Accepting choices: To ICT or not to ICT: Engagement! In D. Gronn, & G. Romeo (Eds) ACEC2010: Digital Diversity. Conference Proceedings of the 最新糖心Vlogn Computers in Education Conference 2010, Melbourne 6-9 April. Carlton, Victoria: 最新糖心Vlogn Council for Computers in Education (ACEC).

URL: http://acec2010.info/proposal/476/accepting-choices-ict-or-not-ict-engagement

d. Impact of ICT – Discourse
URL: http://www.elearningeuropa.info/extras/pdf/ict_impact.pdf

e. UNESCO ICT Handbook (2005)
URL: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001390/139028e.pdf

f. Making Better Connections
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/schools/publications/2002/MBC.pdf

g. Government of South 最新糖心Vlog, Department of Education and Children’s Services (2010). South 最新糖心Vlogn Teaching for Effective Learning Framework Guide: A resource for developing quality teaching and learning in South 最新糖心Vlog / Department of Education and Children’s Services. South 最新糖心Vlog: Author.

Any lecture notes/PowerPoint slides will be available on MyUni (See the address on the front of this document). In addition, links to online resources such as topic-related journal articles and multimedia materials will also be posted on MyUni. The MyUni Discussion Board will be utilized as a medium for online discussion to provide students the opportunity to share ideas and concerns that are related to teaching Information Technology in schools.

Seminars/workshops will be held weekly commencing the week beginning 3 March 2014. The course will be delivered as 8×2 hour seminars/workshops in the first semester and 8x2 hour seminar workshops in the second semester.

Seminars/workshops are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in seminars by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

I will be available for consultation at the following times: TBA

Please regularly check your email or the course’s MyUni announcements page for course-related announcements.

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. A subject worth 2 points, therefore, should take 8 hours (incl 2 hours of formal classes) during the teaching weeks of the course. Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures/seminars throughout the semester. There are no tutorial sessions for this course Please refer to Access Adelaide for your timetable and enrolment details. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/access/

Please note that the actual schedule of weekly topics may change in consultation with the class to better meet your needs and interests. Any changes or additions will be sent to your email and/or will be posted on this course’s MyUni site.

Schedule

WEEK	TOPIC	AITSL PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Week 1	• AITSL Standards • Information Technology (IT) Education and trends • Learning Teaching Praxis in IT Education	1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 2.3
Week 2	• Curriculum Design and Models • The 最新糖心Vlogn Curriculum: Technologies	1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 2.3, 2.4
Week 3	• The 最新糖心Vlogn Curriculum: Technologies (cont) • 最新糖心Vlogn Learners • Technology education for Indigenous students	1.4, 2.3, 2.4, 6.1
Week 4	• SACE for Information Technology (Stage 1 and Stage 2 – highlight topics covered) • Other Information Technology curricula • Research Project / PLP	1.3, 2.3, 6.1
Week 5	• Teaching Theories and Frameworks (TPACK) • Teaching styles and practices in school technology subjects • Unit planning	2.2, 2.3, 6.1
Week 6	• Lesson planning • Teaching IT in schools	2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 4.5
Week 7	• Assessment plans • Assessment structure and strategies	5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Week 8	• Assessment plans • Assessment structure and strategies • Summary/Review	All standards
5-WEEK TEACHING PRACTICUM

There are no additional course-specific requirements.

Students will work collaboratively in small groups to design research-based IT teaching strategies. This also includes adopting new online and software-based teaching materials that are appropriate and relevant to IT topics. These strategies will be compliant to the requirements stipulated in the 最新糖心Vlogn National Curriculum for Information Technology, and the SACE Stage 1 and Stage 2 Information Technology Curricula. Students will have the chance to 'test' their teaching strategies during practicum. MyUni Discussion Board will be used to facilitate discussions (including feedback) outside the class sessions.

There are two written assignments required for this course. One is a Unit and Assessment Plan, and the other a Practicum Report. An additional requirement is student MyUni Discussion Board participation in the course.

Guidelines and suggested format for the assignments will be discussed in the seminars/workshops in Week 1. A weighted total of 50% must be obtained from the combined assessment task weighted scores in order to achieve an overall PASS in this course (provided all assessment tasks are submitted).

Assignment 1: Planning for teaching and learning including assessment – 50%

This assignment consists or two parts. The first part focuses on a detailed plan for a unit of work for SACE Stage 1 or Stage 2, or the 最新糖心Vlogn National Curriculum:Technologies . A unit may consist of different components or sections. Select a topic/unit that can be delivered over 6 – 8 hours of contact time. The lessons within the unit must demonstrate different aspects of teaching and learning. ICT must be utilised in some way in most (if not all) of the unit’s lessons with the assumption that the school where the unit plan will be used has an “average” amount of ICT equipment and infrastructure available (e.g., networked computer suites with Internet access, interactive whiteboards, data projectors, etc.). It is therefore essential to include a rationale for using ICTs and how they could enhance student learning. The unit program should incorporate essential learning outcomes, suggested activities and appropriate support material that will allow another teacher to deliver the topic with little additional preparation.

The second part takes form of an assessment plan for the unit plan that involves ICT. The assessment plan will describe how the learning outcomes/objectives/competencies for each component/section of the unit will be assessed. It should contain a short explanation of the assessment instruments (quiz, test, practical test, project, assignment, observation schedule, portfolio, Web page, presentation, etc.) to be used for each component/section of the course. Part of this assessment plan is the creation of one or two assessment instruments that could be used. This is in addition to the collection of other resources found on the Internet or obtained from teachers in schools or other sources. Clear indication must be given of which items is your original work, and which are not. Therefore, it is important that you include references. The items that have been collected from other sources should have a short critical review attached to them. The critical comments should indicate the age groups or year levels, the curriculum content they assess and their sustainability/relevance to the students.

A draft of this assignment may be posted on the MyUni website for peer reviewing. More details will be provided in the first week.

Please NOTE:
• Your lesson should reflect most (if not all) of the AITSL National Professional Standards. For the sake of this assignment, indicate which sections of your unit plan will enable you to meet which particular AITSL standards.
• There is no prescribed lesson plan format, so be creative. However, limit the number of pages of your unit plan to 8 pages (excluding the coversheet). A 10% penalty will apply if you submit more than 8 pages of unit plan.
• If you have references, use the APA 5.0 or APA 6.0 style for in-text citations and reference list. A guide can be downloaded from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide website.

Total Possible Marks - 100

Graduate Attributes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
AITSL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Due Date: TBA (Assignments should include a signed Standard Assignment Cover Sheet and submitted as a hard copy).

Assignment 2: Practicum report – 40%

This is a report covering observations of the teaching practices using ICTs in the school where you did your first teaching practicum. The report also covers a description of the school’s existing ICT infra最新糖心Vlog and operating procedures.

Included in this report is an assessment and discussion of the useability of the unit plan you have developed considering the actual state of the ICT infrastructure in the school where you completed your teaching practicum. State of the ICT infra最新糖心Vlog includes the number of available equipment (e.g., how many computer labs, the number of computers, software available, web access, etc.), the condition of the available ICT equipment, and the school policies on the use of these ICT resources. Also include some recommendations on how the school can improve its ICT resources and how they can be fully utilised by teachers to facilitate student learning.

Make sure you properly acknowledge the works of other that you include in your report. For references, use the APA 5.0 or APA 6.0 style for in-text citations and reference list. A guide can be downloaded from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide website.

Number of words: Approx 1400 – 1500

Total Possible Marks - 100

Graduate Attributes: 1 – 8
AITSL: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

Due Date: TBA (Assignments should include a signed Standard Assignment Cover Sheet and submitted as a hard copy).

Discussion Board Participation – 10%
All students in the course are expected to attend and participate in class discussions each week. Students are also expected to peer-review their class colleagues’ work. Everyone is expected to use the MyUni Discussion Board to share ideas about making unit/lesson plans incorporating the use of ICTs and review/critique other class colleagues’ work.

Graduate Attributes: 1 – 8
AITSL: 6 and 7

RUBRICS

Unit and Assessment Plan

Criteria	Description	Little or No Evidence (0 – 4 marks)	Adequate Evidence (5 – 6 marks)	Very Good Evidence (7 – 8 marks)	Outstanding Evidence (9 – 10 marks)
Description of rationale (20)	The rationale clearly explains the nature of the lessons. It links to the topic content being taught and shows how you intend to use ICT to enhance your students’ learning. • Where possible, rationale are substantiated with references (APA style) from reputable sources (journal articles, books, etc.) • The rationale are coherent with every facet of the lesson plans you designed following sections a to d.
a. Instructions to students (20)	Marks are awarded for clarity and coverage. How easy are the instructions to follow and do they cover everything needed.
b.The use of ICT to engage and stimulate student interest (20)	The use of ICT as part of the lesson delivery is stimulating and engaging to students. • This includes a consideration for teaching students with different abilities and learning preferences (differentiated learning)
c.Enhancement of content learning through ICT usage (15)	The ICT used opens up new and effective pathways for learning that could not be achieved otherwise. • Justify why this can only be achieved with the use of ICT.
d.Overall pedagogic usefulness (15)	The lesson plans expresses a highly integrated approach combining ICT in the attainment of subject learning. This is a measure of the overall power of learning made possible by the application of ICT.
Presentation (10)	The document is presented in a clear and structured manner, supported by common word-processing features such as styles, dot points, etc. Marks may be deducted if presentation does not adhere to commonly accepted standards.

Practicum Report

Criteria	Description	Little or No Evidence (0 – 4 marks)	Adequate Evidence (5 – 6 marks)	Very Good Evidence (7 – 8 marks)	Outstanding Evidence (9 – 10 marks)
General Description  (20)	A general overview/introduction on the following: • School (name, size, location, sector, etc.) • Any practicum experiences, issues, limitations relevant to assignment 2 • A brief description of Assignment 1.
Reporting (30)	As per assignment description. Your report demonstrates your insight, awareness and understanding of deeper and more subtle aspects of your teaching experiences and your lesson plan in the context of your school and in general practice (i.e. the ability to consider topic in the broader context of the discipline)
Alternative solutions – making your lesson plan work! (30)	Should your school not have sufficient ICT resources to accommodate lesson plan, suggest and justify alternative arrangements (e.g., no Excel license – how about OpenOffice.org or other open source/free software; no lab materials – how about simulations, learning objects, etc.)...
Referencing (10)	Making clear that materials used are from external sources. (See Course Profile and Assignment Cover Sheet for details on what constitutes plagiarism or other forms of cheating). The report uses APA referencing format (both for in-text citations and list of references)
Presentation (10)	The document is presented in a clear and structured manner, supported by common word-processing features such as styles, dot points, etc. (The spell checker has been invented – try using it..;) ) Marks may be deducted if presentation does not adhere to commonly accepted standards.

Assignments to be submitted as hard copy should be word-processed and double-spaced using word processing software (e.g. MS Word, MS Works, Open Office Word, iWork Pages, etc.) and printed on standard white A4 paper. Preferred fonts with sizes 11 to 12 are the following: Arial, Calibri, Cambria, Garamond and Times New Roman.

The quality of English expression is considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted for poorly organised and poorly presented work.

Assignments/Essays with no signed cover sheet will NOT be accepted.

Assessment marks will be displayed on the course website as they are available. Students are encouraged to check their marks and notify the lecturer-in-charge of any discrepancies.

Extensions for Written Assessment

Extensions are granted at the discretion of Course Coordinators or Assessment Officer in compliance with the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy. Extensions beyond the due date are usually only granted in the case of significant medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances which affect a student’s capacity to demonstrate their demonstrate their true level of competence in an assessment task.

Students must apply for an extension by completing the online Application for Extension form. The application must give details of the extent and length of the student’s medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances and the length of extension that is requested. The Course Coordinator or Assessment Officer will email the student regarding the outcome of their request as soon as possible after it is received. If an extension is granted it is provisional until formal evidence of the medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances referred to in the online Application for Extension form is received. Where the application for extension is based on medical circumstances students must submit Attachment A available at the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessments website (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/3303/) . Students must have an 最新糖心Vlogn registered medical practitioner complete Attachment A. The practitioner must clearly indicate the dates in which the student is deemed to be unfit to complete an examination and display their medical provider number or practitioner's official stamp on the Form. Students must attach this evidence as well as the email granting the extension to their written assessment when it is submitted. The evidence submitted must be consistent with details provided in the application requesting the extension. If the details of the request for an extension and the medical or other evidence verifying the reason for the extension are not consistent in all respects the extension may be nullified, and the Course Coordinator of Assessment Officer may in their discretion decide not to accept the assignment, or impose a penalty for late submission.

Students can apply for an extension at any time before the due date for an assignment. However, students are strongly advised to make extension applications as soon as their need becomes apparent. Delay in making an application obviously involves the risk that there will be insufficient time to complete the assessment (with consequential loss of marks) if the application for extension is refused.

If an application is made within five days of the due date, or after the due date has expired, it will not be granted unless the Course Coordinator or Assessment Officer is satisfied:

- that the circumstances warrant an extension; and
- the application was made as soon as was practicable, and with no unreasonable delay.

The duration of an extension is for the Course Coordinator or Assessment Officer to determine. However, unless there are exceptional circumstances an extension should not be granted for more than 10 business days or beyond the last day on which teaching may occur in the relevant teaching period, whichever is earlier.

If a request for an extension is rejected, the student can appeal via the Student Grievance Resolution Process within seven days of notification of rejection by the Course Coordinator or Assessment Officer.

Penalties for Late Submission

An assessment that is submitted after the due date, and without an extension, will incur a 5% deduction from the total mark for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised 5% per day for every day including weekend days and public holidays. This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed in a period of less than a week.