ENB121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Digital Education Revolution, Odd One Out, Adobe Photoshop Elements
Teaching notes This resource, Writing a book and multimedia review, is designed to support
the Digital Education Revolution – NSW (DER-NSW). The resources and tasks are aimed at
supporting student use of the DER-NSW laptops in both online and offline classroom
environments. If you have difficulty viewing this resource on the laptop screens you can
switch your web browser to full screen mode. With your web browser open press F11 to
switch between normal and full screen mode. For more detailed support on how to use the
DER-NSW laptop software referred to in this resource please visit the TaLe Tools+ site. If
you have a Department of Education and Training portal identity go to www.tale.edu.au > log
in to the Secondary section > Tools+ is a link in the top right of the page. If not, visit the
Parents & community section of TaLe and choose the quick link to DER-NSW laptop
resources on the right side of the page. This resource is part of a series on composing texts
designed to support students in Stage 5 English. Writing a multimedia review gives an
overview of the features of reviews with a focus on CD, website and computer game reviews.
When students have completed using this resource, they will know how to write a review of a
CD, a website and a computer game. Explore – links to the CLI resource Odd One Out (NSW
DET only), where students can look at the Career FAQs in the Connecting section. Here they
will analyse the features, architecture, intended audience and purpose of websites. If you
would like to download Odd One Out – Connecting, search for it on TaLe by title or by
number: 4650. Your tasks – students can click on either the icons or the hyperlinked text to
view each task in a pop-up window. Students are asked to compose a review on a CD,
website or computer game of their choice. To prepare, they create a mindmap using the
Freemind software on their laptop. After composing their review, they can use the checklist
to reflect on their work. When their review is ready, they post it to a blog. You will have to
set up a class blog before the students can start blogging. A great place to set up a class blog
is through Edublogs, http://edublogs.org/. This site also contains various video tutorials to
guide you through setting up a blog. Another blogging site is www.edmodo.com/ which is a
free microblogging site for education. For more information on blogging visit the TaLe
Tools+ blogging section. They can also choose an image to complement their review. They
can use Adobe Photoshop Elements to re-size and manipulate the image. They watch the
ABC’s Good Game, where computer games are reviewed by experts. They prepare a panel
discusion with their classmates of a CD, computer game or website, which they film using
the webcam on the laptop. They can then prepare their work using Premiere elements or
Presenter. When they have edited their film they can share it with the class or you might like
to suggest that they post it so that a wider audience can view it, for example on You Tube.
Teaching notes: Writing a multimedia review © NSW DET 2011 Teacher resources Always
check websites before recommending them to students. • The eHow website has advice on
how to write multimedia reviews. Quality teaching This resource supports students to: •
develop deep knowledge and understanding of the language of response and opinion • use the
metalanguage associated with response and opinion • integrate knowledge by making
meaningful connections between texts
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Teaching notes this resource, writing a book and multimedia review, is designed to support the digital education revolution nsw (der-nsw). The resources and tasks are aimed at supporting student use of the der-nsw laptops in both online and offline classroom environments. If you have difficulty viewing this resource on the laptop screens you can switch your web browser to full screen mode. With your web browser open press f11 to switch between normal and full screen mode. For more detailed support on how to use the. Der-nsw laptop software referred to in this resource please visit the tale tools+ site. If you have a department of education and training portal identity go to www. tale. edu. au > log in to the secondary section > tools+ is a link in the top right of the page. Parents & community section of tale and choose the quick link to der-nsw laptop resources on the right side of the page.
