Digital Story Grants
Digital Story grants have been awarded to schools with some success in transforming teaching and learning practices, and who wish to share their stories.
Digital story telling allows students and teachers to tell their own stories and share their experiences by using simple multimedia software, template or a photo story.
Making It Move - Animation and Claymation (Sandringham Primary School)
In this project, students will produce individual mini movies. The project
will provide individual and cooperative learning experiences that will be
challenging as well as enable the exploration of interests and talents.
Subject (VELS Domain): Emerging Technologies in Visual Arts and Literacy
Programs; Outcomes: Student learning and teacher professional learning.
Year level: 5
Contact: Sue Storr (storr.susan.j@edumail.vic.gov.au) and Deb Martin (martin.debbie.l@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Personalising Learning for 21st Century Learners- Our Ongoing Journey (Bellaire Primary School)
This project will further expand the current work in tracking students' personalised
learning at Bellaire Primary School through the ongoing production of digital
student learning conferences.
Subject (VELS Domain): all VELS domains
Year level: 5-6
Contact: Mrs Jane Warren (warren.jane.m@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Personalised Learning Digital Portfolios (Dandenong Primary School)
Students will present a reflection of their Primary
School experiences, their progress and evaluations of their achievements
in the form of a reflective digital portfolio allowing them to visually
see their development over time and allowing educators to assess and evaluate
their teaching strategies.
Subject (VELS Domain): all domains, in particular Personal Learning, Interpersonal
Development, Communication Design, Creativity & Technology, Thinking
Processes and ICT.
Year level: 5-6
Contact: Bianca Cumine-Groza (cumine-groza.bianca.m@edumail.vic.gov.au)
The implementation of the Gippsland Literacy Improvement Strategy into a Specialist Setting, and the use of Interactive Whiteboards to improve student learning (Latrobe Special Developmental School)
This project will showcase how the
effective strategies used in literacy teaching and learning can be successfully
adapted for students in a specialist setting.
Subject (VELS Domain): English, Information and Communications Technology.
Year level: P-12
Contact: Nicole Ball (herbert.nicole.l@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Digital Short Story Writing at Junior and Middle School (Lilydale High School)
Students will develop digital short story entries, complete with digital
illustrations, in order to engage diverse audiences and raise awareness
of different purposes for writing,
Subject (VELS Domain): English; ICT for visualising thinking
Year level: 7-10
Contact: Joseph Caruana (caruana.joseph.j@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Use of Tablets in Art classes (Lilydale High School )
In this project, students will be using graphic tablets as an alternative
drawing tool in Arts classes to hone skills which they will then be able
to use at a tertiary and industry level.
Subject (VELS Domain): Art
Year level: 11-12
Contact: Jamie Lyons (watts-lyons.jamie.j@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Digital Microscopes (Lilydale High School )
Students have transferred their light microscope skills to digital where
they can store their captured slides to word documents for reporting purposes.
Subject (VELS Domain): Science
Year level: 7
Contact: Johanna Walker (walker.johanna.j@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Inquiry! An Investigation into the 21st Century Classroom (Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College)
A digital video documentary about transforming a school's approach to teaching
and learning utilising ICT and Web 2.0 technologies.
Subject (VELS Domain): all domains
Year level: 8-9
Contact: Craig Cummings (cummings.craig.g@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Ultimate writing (Melbourne High School)
The aim of this
project is to extend students' writing skills by increasing their
engagement in collaborative writing activities using ICT in the Competition
Writing Involvement group.
Subject (VELS Domain): English / Library
Year level: 9-10
Contact: Fiona Starford (starford@mhs.vic.edu.au)
Students Using Animation to show Understanding of Concepts - A Learning Design for Learner-Created Animations (Rosehill Secondary College)
This
project showcases learner-centred teacher practices which provide structured
support for students to take responsibility for their own learning.
Subject (VELS Domain): English, Science, Personal Learning
Year level: 7-8
Contact: Damien Toussaint (toussaint.damien.a@edumail.vic.gov.au)
How 1:1 technology has transformed teaching and learning at Ringwood Secondary College (Ringwood Secondary College)
This project will be looking at how the introduction of laptop 1:1 technology
has transformed teaching and learning at Ringwood Secondary College since
its introduction in 2006.
Subject (VELS Domain): all subjects
Year level: 9-11
Contact: Clare Rafferty (cr@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au)
L'Acqua (Robinvale Secondary College)
A digital video in Italian has been produced for entry into the Mallee-Loddon
Region's 2008 LOTE video contest celebrating 2008 the UN Year of Languages.
Subject (VELS Domain): LOTE/Italian
Year level: 7-8
Contact: Linda Susan Mesec (mesec.linda.l@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Keeping it Real (Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College )
This project will focus on the analysis of a working model that is keeping music
relevant for today's students.
Subject (VELS Domain): Music
Year level: 7-12
Contact: Ross Lipson (ross@sweethearts.com.au)
Immigration Digital Stories: Journeys within our Community (Thornbury High School)
Students will develop links within the local community, community organisations and
support groups and create a digital story of immigration journey from members
of the community.
Subject (VELS Domain): Integrated unit of English, History, Geography,
ICT and Personal Development.
Year level: 9
Contact: Karen McCarthy (mccarthy.karen.k@edumail.vic.gov.au)
Southern Cross Stories (Wallan Secondary College)
Students will choose an Australian featured in historical literature to create a
digital story analysing their experience of 'colonisation or war'.
Subject (VELS Domain): English
Year level: 8-9
Contact: Sarah Seymour (seymour.sarahd@edumail.vic.gov.au)
I Couldn't Teach Without My..! (Yarra Valley eLearning Community)
This digital story will consist of a series of interviews with teachers who have
embraced technologies that have transformed their teaching practice.
Subject (VELS Domain):
Year level: 7-12
Contact: Bonnie Ahles (ahles.bonnie.x@edumail.vic.gov.au)
