Transdisciplinary Theme
How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea
Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections.
Key Concepts
Function
Reflection
Responsibility
Related Concepts
Networks
Evidence
Freedom
Lines of Inquiry
How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea
Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections.
Key Concepts
Function
Reflection
Responsibility
Related Concepts
Networks
Evidence
Freedom
Lines of Inquiry
- Virtual communities
- Evaluating information
- Our responsibility in virtual environments
UOI - How We Organise Ourselves
HWOO - Pre-Assessment
Date: 18 August 2016
Learning Outcomes:
To show their prior knowledge and understanding of:
- The central idea- Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections.
- The lines of inquiry -
Assessment tool: Checklist
Date: 18 August 2016
Learning Outcomes:
To show their prior knowledge and understanding of:
- The central idea- Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections.
- The lines of inquiry -
- Virtual communities
- Evaluating information
- Our responsibility in virtual environments
Assessment tool: Checklist
Reflection: This was easy when I figure out where the picture goes.
HWOO Summative Assessment
Central idea: Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections
Date: 23 September 2016
Learning outcomes:
PSPE
Task:
Students will create a Weebly page. This will set them up to use Weebly the rest of the year as their e-Portfolio, but also show their knowledge to this UOI. They will:
Assessment tool: Student and teacher checklist
Central idea: Digital media provides a way for people to share information and make connections
Date: 23 September 2016
Learning outcomes:
PSPE
- Identify how their attitudes, opinions and beliefs affect the way they act and how those of others also impact their actions
- Recognise how a person’s identity affects self-worth
- Recognise how they are perceived by others and influences interactions
- Analyse how society can influence our concept of self-worth
- Analyse how assumptions can lead to misconceptions
- Identify individual strengths that can contribute to shared goals
- Discuss ideas and ask questions to clarify meaning
- Reflect on the perspectives and ideas of others
- Digitized information can be transmitted over long distances without significant degradation
- Interpret visual cues in order to analyse and make inferences about the intention of the message
- Tell how the words and pictures work together to convey a particular message
- Understand and explain how visual effects can be used to reflect a particular context
- Analyse and interpret the ways in which visual effects are used to establish context
Task:
Students will create a Weebly page. This will set them up to use Weebly the rest of the year as their e-Portfolio, but also show their knowledge to this UOI. They will:
- Show their understanding of how to use a virtual community (Weebly)
- Make sure their information they include is valid
- Understand that they are creating a digital footprint so beware of what they post
- Students will peer evaluate weebly’s according to the criteria set by the class
Assessment tool: Student and teacher checklist