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CLAIRE DEAN
AND
BRENDA HALLOWES
Innovative Teachers
Microsoft Innovative Teachers ForumInnovation in ContentRunner up, 2009
This project has also been submitted to the ThinkQuest Narrative Competition; u12 category, 2009.
Closing date: 4 May 2009.
Requirements: a coach, assistant coach and a maximum of 6 learners from the 2 different schools.
Luzuko and Lithemba of Cotswold Prep School, PE
Kai, Tristan, Ashley and Ashley of Stirling Primary, EL
The members chose this picture as their official logo for their “Roaring with Exploring” touring company.
Created by Jessica in Grade 5 at Stirling Primary, permission granted.
We chose the Geography and Travel Category.
16 topics to choose from.We chose: How would you
introduce a tourist to your home town (or country)?
Our project was based on: “How would you introduce a tourist to your home town?”.
The cities: Port Elizabeth and East London
Essential Question: “Can I be a good tour guide?”
Useful Information
Higher Order Thinking
The following were addressed: Cognitive Processes:
understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create.
Knowledge Dimension: actual, conceptual, procedural, metacognitive
knowledge.
Claire and Brenda used the ThinkQuest Narrative
Competition Evaluation Criteria for assessment
Content Writing & Organization Originality Educational Relevance Global Impact Citations Collaboration Team Diversity Narrative Structure,
Appearance, and Function ThinkQuest Project Tool
Use Rising to the Challenge
21st Century Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills, Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication and Collaboration, Information, Media and Technology Skills, Life and Career Skills, Flexibility and Adaptability, Initiative and Self-Direction, Social and Cross-Cultural Skills, Productivity and Accountability, Leadership and Responsibility.
Learning Areas
English
Life Orientation
Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Technology
Challenge Phase
Participation in an International Competition with no examples of winners of previous year for viewing alone was a challenge.
An opportunity for their schools and their country to be part of the competition in its first year.
The initial brainstorm: - learners had to think about topics that will be relevant for their project and they choose which ones they would like to concentrate on.
Gathering Phase
Members interviewed experts in their field.
PE team went on a field trip with Brenda to the Addo National Park and the Kragga Kamma Game Reserve.
PE and EL teams went on a tour of their cities. PE with Brenda, EL with a professional tour guide.
Both teams interviewed professional tour guides.
Books, websites and members of the respective communities were used to gather information.
Gathering Phase
Members started working on their pages as they received and found enough information.
A maximum of 25 pages were allowed
Team were able to create 24 pages of which many were full.
These are the pages they created:These are the pages they created:
The Touring Company In Preparation Meet the tour guides Our Journals Our Journals - page 2 Tourism Experts General Travel
Information Survey Results SA schools Advice from Traffic
Department Outdoor Beach Activities Words to help overseas
tourists Our 11 Languages
Traditional Customs Traditional Souvenirs The Addo Experience SA hosts the 2010 World
Soccer Cup Indigenous Creatures
and Plants Vocabulary Peer Interview Tour of a life time Tour of a Life Time Page
2 Our Celebration Citations More citations
Gathering, Processing and Presenting Phases
Teaching and Learning Strategies which engaged learners
It was a first time experience of skype for most members and they began to see the possibility of using technology for learning.
The two PE boys had never browsed live web pages before and neither of them had used a digital camera before.
All members of the team had to practice citing sources of information and learn the importance of getting permission form experts and webmasters to cite them in the project.
It was a first time experience for Ashley to use PhotoStory and Kai taught the rest of the EL team how to use Moviemaker.
Teaching and Learning Strategies which engaged learners - continued
The rest of the grade 3’s at Cotswold benefited by the visit from a professional tour guide and they learnt about tourism.
Learners had to prepare questions for their interview of experts.
Using a digital camera was new to some learners, especially recording a video using a tripod.
EL’s art club learnt about logo design – the top 6 logos are incorporated, with parental consent, in the project.
EL ’s five grade 3 classes were encouraged to produce good stories after their visit to Jonginenge at the beach. Knowing that the best stories will be published in the project site with parental consent.
Relevance use of ICT tools
Word processor, Drawing for Children and PowerPoint software,
Moviemaker, PhotoStory, Spreadsheet, Camera to take photographs,Cell phone to take photographs,Camera to record videos,Recording sound using the Windows Sound
recorder,
Relevance use of ICT tools…
Scanner to scan permission forms, a coin and porcelain,
Internet to search for information, E-mail between Claire and Brenda, experts,
parents and webmasters,Telephone, Video Conference and fax,Public space on the Internet, (ThinkQuest),
for the publishing of all learner’s work,Learning about currency and converting the
cost of basic items to dollars and pounds using an online currency converter.
Teachers and learners as change agents
The PE team was interviewed by a journalist of a local newspaper a few days before their showcase and the school has thereby had exposure.
A report and photograph of the EL team has also been forwarded to the local press, this was published on 4 June 2009.
THINKQUEST NARRATIVE COMPETITION
TOUR OF A LIFE TIME
1ST PLACE AND UNDER
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