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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Melissa Messenger

Melissa Messenger

The Units of Work - 3 views

  • Provide students with opportunities to become engaged with the topic;
  • Establish what students already know about the topic;
  • Further stimulate the students curiosity;
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  • Raise other questions for students to explore in the future;
  • Help students to make sense of further activities and experiences which have been planned for them.
  • Provide students with the opportunity to process the information they have gathered and present this in a number of ways; and
  • Allow for a diverse range of outcomes.
  • Provide more information in order to broaden the range of understandings available to the students.
  • Help students draw conclusions about what they have learnt; and Provide opportunities for reflection both on what has been learnt and on the learning process itself.
  • Assist students to make links between their understanding and their experience in the real world; Enable students to make choices and develop the belief that they can be effective participants in society; and Provide further insight into students' understandings for future unit planning.
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    A great framework to use.
Melissa Messenger

How Many Apps Are Too Many Apps? | Gizmodo Australia - 0 views

  • Want to read a book? Just decide if you want it in hardcover, paperback, or digital format, and if digital, which device, which app, which font size and which background. It’s that simple. Within a few hours, you’ll be happily reading.
  • ear positioning? Technology has inundated us with great
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    What happened to the old television learning curve when the most complex factors had to do with rabbit ear positioning? Technology has inundated us with great tools and given us access to heaps of information. But it's also burying us under an avalanche of options. For certain products, I can take the easy way out. My friend Isaac is one of those rare people who loves doing the research. If I need a new camera, I just call him. But even then, it's a challenge to get a simple answer without being confronted with a list of possible features.
Melissa Messenger

Geographical Association - Why use ICT to enhance learning and teaching at Key Stage 4? - 1 views

  • The effective use of ICT allows for the development of highly creative and inspirational learning and teaching resources and activity programmes.
  • It is a dynamic medium which, when used appropriately by students and teachers, can significantly reinforce and deepen geographical knowledge and understanding.
  • Allows students to collect, display, communicate and evaluate findings in a highly creative and personal fashion. Supportive of independent learning.
Melissa Messenger

What is URL shortener? - Definition from WhatIs.com - 1 views

  • URL shortener is a Web site that will create a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or
  • The URL shortening service will maintain the association between the two and will redirect anyone who enters the short URL to the page at the long URL.
Melissa Messenger

SpeEdChange: The Toolbelt and Universal Design - Education For Everyone - 108 views

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    A reading from week 2 that encourages you to develop your own toolbelt to help you achieve what you need to do.
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