Project Outline:
This is an action inquiry project where a stage team from the school will investigate how the integration of ICT into programs, practice and assessment in that stage contributes to educational reform and benefits 21st Century students.  The project aims to build schools’ capacity to integrate authentic and creative student-focused uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to engage students in challenging curriculum. 

Participants will explore and apply current pedagogical research, theory and methodology including:

• Quality Teaching & Backward Mapping for program and assessment development
• Information & Communication Technologies in education and 21st Century skills
  

Target Audience: A team of between 3 and 5 teachers from one nominated stage including at least one executive staff member per team

Regional Support: Teams will be supported by regional consultants through the above-mentioned workshops and in-school consultancy support.

Requirements: The nominated school team, led by the participating executive staff member, will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project, collection and interpretation of data and dissemination of information about the project to the school community.  The team must be committed to attend on-site and off-site professional learning days and planning meetings and may be called upon to present at relevant regional conferences.

Project Outline:
This is an action inquiry project where a KLA team from the school will investigate how the integration of ICT into programs, practice and assessment in that KLA contributes to educational reform and benefits 21st Century students.  The project aims to build schools’ capacity to integrate authentic and creative student-focused uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to engage middle years’ students in challenging curriculum and aligns to the School Certificate Computing Skills mandatory test.

Participants will explore and apply current pedagogical research, theory and methodology including:

• Middle Years
• Quality Teaching & Backward Mapping for program and assessment development
• Information & Communication Technologies in education and 21st Century skills
  

Target Audience: A team of between 3 and 5 teachers from one nominated faculty including at least one executive staff member per team

Regional Support: Teams will be supported by regional consultants through the above-mentioned workshops and in-school consultancy support.

Requirements: The nominated school team, led by the participating executive staff member, will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project, collection and interpretation of data and dissemination of information about the project to the school community.  The team must be committed to attend on-site and off-site professional learning days and planning meetings and may be called upon to present at relevant regional conferences.

Project Outline:
As the screen is replacing the book as the dominant medium for communication (Kress 2003) students in the 21st Century need to be critically literate in using and creating multi-modal texts which incorporate written, spoken, aural, visual and spatial channels of communication.  This deep knowledge and understanding is essential to function effectively in our society.  It is also a mandatory requirement of the English K-6 and 7-10 syllabuses. 

School teams will develop, implement, evaluate and share a unit of work which investigates multimodal texts as a construct and explores how meaning is created in these texts.  Students will then engage in creating their own digital story (2 to 5 minute short film) which may be screened at the culminating film festival.  As a part of this project, teachers will learn all aspects of film production including script writing, storyboarding, essential camera techniques, computer generated music composition, digital video editing and creating a DVD.

Target Audience: A team of between 3 and 5 teachers (K-12) including at least one executive staff member per team.

Regional Support: Teams will be supported by regional consultants through the above-mentioned workshops and in-school consultancy support.

Requirements: The nominated school team, led by the participating executive staff member, will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project, collection and interpretation of data and dissemination of information about the project to the school community.  The team must be committed to attend on-site and off-site professional learning days and planning meetings and may be called upon to present at relevant regional conferences.

Schools will need to supply at least one DV digital video camera with mini DV tape, fire wire cable and external hard drive with a minimum 20 GB free disk space.  It is recommended that PC schools’ computers have a minimum 2 Gigs RAM and a fire wire port.  This is the equivalent of the 1.25 and 1.5 unit T4L 2007 machines.  For details see https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/t4l/equipinfo.htm

Participating teachers will be trained in using the video editing software that comes installed on all T4L rollout computers (Windows MovieMaker or Apple iMovie) in order to implement their unit of work.

Project Outline:
Want to engage your students in high-level decision making, complex problem solving and critical thinking skills?  This project provides teachers with the knowledge and skills to facilitate a unit of work which focuses on students designing, producing, evaluating and marketing computer games for a chosen target audience.

This project aligns in particular to mandatory K-8 curriculum (Science and Technology K-6 and Technology Mandatory Stage 4) and specialized technology subjects in stage five.  There is also a strong focus on literacy skills, in particular the language of narrative and marketing.

Target Audience: A team of between 3 and 5 teachers (Stages 2 - 5) including at least one executive staff member per team.

Regional Support: Teams will be supported by regional consultants through the above-mentioned workshops and in-school consultancy support.

Requirements: The nominated school team, led by the participating executive staff member, will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project, collection and interpretation of data and dissemination of information about the project to the school community.  The team must be committed to attend on-site and off-site professional learning days and planning meetings and may be called upon to present at relevant regional conferences.  Participating teachers will be trained in using game making software of their choice e.g. Game Maker, Flash (or recommended by us).  No prior experience is necessary in order to participate.

Project Outline:
The state government recently announced it would spend $66 million over the next four years providing every NSW public school with an interactive whiteboard and video conferencing facilities. 

This project will not only provide teachers with the skills associated with Interactive Whiteboard and video conferencing technology but will also explore the possibilities of integrating Web 2.0 applications aligned to Quality Teaching and the curriculum to improve students’ learning.

Target Audience: A team of between 3 and 5 teachers (K-12) including at least one executive staff member per team.

Regional Support: Teams will be supported by regional consultants through the above-mentioned workshops and in-school consultancy support.

Requirements: The nominated school team, led by the participating executive staff member, will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project, collection and interpretation of data and dissemination of information about the project to the school community.  The team must be committed to attend on-site and off-site professional learning days and planning meetings and may be called upon to present at relevant regional conferences.