"SHARE YOUR STORY" Bringing Storytelling to life via Video Conferencing What do you do with your Polycom video conferencing equipment in your school? A group of Primary teachers and students in the Southern Mallee Cluster developed this unit of work, thinking about how they could use their Polycom Video Conferencing equipment to support literacy whilst collaborating with other schools. The project focused on Storytelling with an aim to engage students in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Throughout the project students learnt about how to create and share engaging stories. They also learnt how to make effective use of the video conferencing equipment for communication between schools and use online tools for publishing and collaborating. The program contains a variety of blended learning activities and the scope for online publication of students’ work. The project empowered teachers and students to use the new technologies for collaborative learning.
PICTORIAL DIAGRAM below shows the structure of this Unit of work.
OUTLINE page- outlined description of the program.
Share Your Story is a Literacy based program that can be tailored for any year level or groupings.
Schools, classes collaborate together over a period of time to support students to develop creative stories.
Information and Communications Technology is an integral part of the program, however is not the focus of the activity.
The focus is Literacy.
Examples of how this program can be implemented, resources and tips can be found throughout this site.
Bringing Storytelling to life via Video Conferencing
What do you do with your Polycom video conferencing equipment in your school?
A group of Primary teachers and students in the Southern Mallee Cluster developed this unit of work, thinking about how they could use their Polycom Video Conferencing equipment to support literacy whilst collaborating with other schools.
The project focused on Storytelling with an aim to engage students in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Throughout the project students learnt about how to create and share engaging stories. They also learnt how to make effective use of the video conferencing equipment for communication between schools and use online tools for publishing and collaborating.
The program contains a variety of blended learning activities and the scope for online publication of students’ work. The project empowered teachers and students to use the new technologies for collaborative learning.
Share Your Story is a Literacy based program that can be tailored for any year level or groupings.
Schools, classes collaborate together over a period of time to support students to develop creative stories.
Information and Communications Technology is an integral part of the program, however is not the focus of the activity.
The focus is Literacy.
Examples of how this program can be implemented, resources and tips can be found throughout this site.
The program was developed by a cluster of schools in Victoria, Australia as part of a Department of Education and Training - Victoria (DET) virtual Learning program.
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