Gail

**Day 1 - Modules 1 & 2**
Today we embarked on a 4 day learning journey with ST, Trudy, on the Intel Teach Program - Thinking with Technology Course v2. It has been a comprehensive day of learning a variety of thinking tools that promote higher order thinking and collaboration setting the scene for students to learn strategies and skills to meet the demands of 21st century skills. I have enjoyed working in this friendly group and meeting others who are focussed on engaging students with ICT and higher order thinking tools. The activities that generated discussions - protocols - were useful tools to take back into the classroom for students. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Marzano's Dimensions of Learning, Costa & Kallick's Habits of the Mind and Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

Libby and I are working together on an Intel Master Trainer Unit that was completed in 2004 and is still being used in a school aimed at Level 4 - Grade 5 & 6 Unit. We are going to update it with the Thinking Tools and latest Web 2.0 Tools to further engage students in higher order thinking strategies.


 * Our Unit is titled - //Slime, Sludge & Sewage!//  **

This unit examines the impact of waste on the environmental ecology. Using the negotiated and thinking curriculum plans, the students will explore the various ways in which everyday household waste affects our communities. The information gathered will be presented to the rest of the class to increase all students’ awareness of issues surrounding everyday household waste – recycling, sewerage, salinity, plant and animal life, water conservation, tourism, etc. Evaluate the current community management strategies as well as the students own household practises, and ways they can improve these. A fieldtrip to the Goulburn River, the Transfer Station, CERES and the Sewage Ponds will enable students to experience the ecological impact that they have on the environment.


 * My Unit Plans:**

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 * Day 2 - Module 3 **

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Day 3 - Module


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