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Evidence Sample 4

This evidence sample aligns with various teaching standards descriptors. The nature of this evidence piece demonstrates an understanding of strategies that can be used to support the use of ICT in classrooms in a safe, responsible and ethical manner by highlighting a strong foundation for clear and consistent class expectations around ICT use. Further, the listing of appropriate sites that can be accessed and repercussions if these expectations are not met also demonstrate the importance of ensuring ICT is not misused. Alongside these things this piece of evidence also allows for the interpretation of student assessment data through comprehensive notes on each student. It shows how this data was used to evaluate student learning and provides further suggestions on how to improve this teaching practice in the future.

Evidence sample four therefore can be seen to align with the graduate level teaching standards 4.5 and 5.4.

Justification

In this evidence sample, students had been asked to write a film review about an Australian film set for study (The Black Balloon) in relation to the film review structure that had been covered previously in class. This was the culminating assessment of the unit, though it was not a graded task. This evidence sample sought to analyse data retrieved from marking the reviews handed in by the students in order to determine what areas students were understanding and achieving well in, and what areas students needed some extra support in. The expectations were established first in class, but were recorded with the assessment data to ensure that there was a relevant copy of expectations.  While technology is a 21st century tool that is useful for learning, it also needs to be handled responsibly and ethically. Evidence sample five illustrates how class expectations surrounding the use of ICT within the classroom can be done. Technology can be useful as a learning tool, however Whitton, Barker, Nosworthy, Humphries, & Sinclair note that technology can be easily misused, and that the development of responsible and ethical expectations for ICT usage within class is paramount in order to ensure the safety and protection of students  (2016, pp.47-48). Evidence sample four also contains assessment data that is important in interpreting and evaluating students learning. Weatherby-Fell indicates this form of assessment data is ‘assessment of learning’, and is important in adjusting teaching for better learning (2015, pp.115-116). The comments made on each student’s performance, and then in the general comments at the end indicate an awareness of the importance of assessment in both helping students achieve and in ensuring teaching is meeting students where they are, and taking them to where they need to be.

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