For Parents/Carers during home learning:
I know this time might be a little bit daunting for you but I am sure you are also enjoying spending more time with your children during this time. Please find below some activities you can do with your children while you’re at home during this period. The activities are based on the Australian curriculum and mainly focus on an important component of their learning around multimodality.
Many of the activities you will see include the use of digital devices but there are others that involve quality craft activities for you to enjoy together. As a teacher educator and researcher I have been really interested in multimodality largely due to my arts education background. I strongly believe that the arts are critical in children’s lives particularly during times that are challenging such as the one we are currently facing. The arts can provide hands-on and engaging opportunities to learn about a range of curriculum areas including science, mathematics, English and the humanities. The arts also contribute directly to students' wellbeing and overall health.
So just a little bit more about multimodality. In the curriculum you will see that students are often expected to create multimodal texts. These texts include not only language mode but other modes of communication including images sound and gesture. Students are also expected to know about how these maids interact with each other within texts to make meaning. Each of the activities I’ve created for you included outcomes that are multimodal texts. Examples of multimodal texts include iMovie trailers, dioramas, reports with illustrations, sculptural works, paintings, poetry with images, performances such as dramatisations or dances, and digital stories. There are many other examples that feature across the curriculum.
Each of the activities share fun ideas to create multimodal texts. Evidence shows that learning is most effective between episodes of 5 to 20 minutes so you might like to break them up a bit. Remember to give your children plenty of breaks during the day including physical activity healthy foods and relaxation time. I would suggest that you make morning tea and lunch a little bit longer than it would normally be at school. This is really important for your children to have time to reflect and even chat to you about how different their days are at the moment. You would have probably noticed that many experts in education highlight how homeschooling or learning is quite different to school itself. So never feel like you’re not doing a good job the main goal is to have fun and enjoy learning alongside your children!! Please click here for your fun adventures.
Georgina (Term 2, 2020 and more!)
For Teachers:
What type of professional development suits you best? Is it a full day face-to-face session, learning online, or chatting to colleagues in the staffroom? In 2007 I worked on a project with Professors Nan Bahr, Shelley Dole and Mark Bahr, that investigated different forms of professional development. I think it is worth reflecting on what works best for you and when? Please read our report here.
I know this time might be a little bit daunting for you but I am sure you are also enjoying spending more time with your children during this time. Please find below some activities you can do with your children while you’re at home during this period. The activities are based on the Australian curriculum and mainly focus on an important component of their learning around multimodality.
Many of the activities you will see include the use of digital devices but there are others that involve quality craft activities for you to enjoy together. As a teacher educator and researcher I have been really interested in multimodality largely due to my arts education background. I strongly believe that the arts are critical in children’s lives particularly during times that are challenging such as the one we are currently facing. The arts can provide hands-on and engaging opportunities to learn about a range of curriculum areas including science, mathematics, English and the humanities. The arts also contribute directly to students' wellbeing and overall health.
So just a little bit more about multimodality. In the curriculum you will see that students are often expected to create multimodal texts. These texts include not only language mode but other modes of communication including images sound and gesture. Students are also expected to know about how these maids interact with each other within texts to make meaning. Each of the activities I’ve created for you included outcomes that are multimodal texts. Examples of multimodal texts include iMovie trailers, dioramas, reports with illustrations, sculptural works, paintings, poetry with images, performances such as dramatisations or dances, and digital stories. There are many other examples that feature across the curriculum.
Each of the activities share fun ideas to create multimodal texts. Evidence shows that learning is most effective between episodes of 5 to 20 minutes so you might like to break them up a bit. Remember to give your children plenty of breaks during the day including physical activity healthy foods and relaxation time. I would suggest that you make morning tea and lunch a little bit longer than it would normally be at school. This is really important for your children to have time to reflect and even chat to you about how different their days are at the moment. You would have probably noticed that many experts in education highlight how homeschooling or learning is quite different to school itself. So never feel like you’re not doing a good job the main goal is to have fun and enjoy learning alongside your children!! Please click here for your fun adventures.
Georgina (Term 2, 2020 and more!)
For Teachers:
What type of professional development suits you best? Is it a full day face-to-face session, learning online, or chatting to colleagues in the staffroom? In 2007 I worked on a project with Professors Nan Bahr, Shelley Dole and Mark Bahr, that investigated different forms of professional development. I think it is worth reflecting on what works best for you and when? Please read our report here.
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I often present professional learning sessions in schools with teachers and students. Most recently I have presented workshops on the teaching of writing. I have saved a number of resources on this page that relate to:
1. Unpacking text types
2. Writing as a process
3. How to write an effective paragraph
4. Cohesive devices in texts
5. Building discipline-specific vocabulary.
The Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) had their 40th anniversary in 2015. Click here to listen to 20 experienced literacy educators' 'Wisdom Stories' including mine!
www.alea.edu.au/publicresources/alea-wisdom-stories-audio
1. Unpacking text types
2. Writing as a process
3. How to write an effective paragraph
4. Cohesive devices in texts
5. Building discipline-specific vocabulary.
The Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) had their 40th anniversary in 2015. Click here to listen to 20 experienced literacy educators' 'Wisdom Stories' including mine!
www.alea.edu.au/publicresources/alea-wisdom-stories-audio
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