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“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we will rob our children of tomorrow.”

John Dewey

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PLANE?

Pathways forLearningAnywhere, Anytimea Networkfor Educators

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A learning journey….

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Most professional learning she has encountered has been ICT skills-focussed & aimed at the

technology rather than the pedagogy.

She’s particularly interested in game-based learning for new

topics in the Australian science curriculum &

opportunities for collaboration with teachers who have been using GBL to promote student

engagement and creativity.

Choice/Pathways, Challenges/Quests, Status/Reputation, Achievement points/levels, Virtual Rewards...

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In The Great Science Race, you had the opportunity to use the Xbox. Indicate if you agree with the following statements.

I liked using the Xbox in class 85%

Using the Xbox makes learning more interesting 71%

Using the Xbox to play driving games allows me to understand how to set up a fair science experiment

57%

I would like to use the Xbox more in science lessons in the future

71%

I would like to use other video game consoles (eg. Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS) in science lessons in the future?

81%

I would like to use the Xbox or other video game consoles in other subjects

85%

What are 3 things you have learnt in this topic, The Great Science Race?

• Variables and their effect on the result, planning and designing experiments

• What are variables. How to design an experiment. How to make an experiment reliable, valid.

• Difference between the variables, and how to make an experiment valid and accurate.

PLANE and the Teaching Standards

PLANE and school leaders

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Where?

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http://plane.edu.au

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Pre-Service Teacher Focus groups

• Share, collaborate and connect with other teachers

• Mentoring from teacher experts

• Curriculum resources

• Strategies and mentoring for 1:1 teaching & learning

• Networks for sharing and collaboration

• Collecting evidence for accreditation

• Help with Australian Curriculum implementation

1. What does good integration of ICT in teaching and learning look like in a school?

2. What role could PLANE play in preparing pre-service teachers for the effective integration of ICT in their pedagogy?

Pair/Share - tell us what you think:

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Where?

PLANE – Soar Higher

http://plane.edu.au

@planejourney #planejourneyplane@det.nsw.edu.au 8

http://www.slideshare.net/RoshOR/plane-spc-may27