My recent return from a teaching practicum in a remote location!

It is good to be back and to be able to sink my teeth back into the semester of learning. I have missed so much as my remote location has little to no internet connection. I took my Telstra 3G dongle and had put $100 worth of credit onto it. I was away for 16 days on Palm Island and everyday, the best my connection could do was open my email with the icon 'spinning around' forever. Alas, I was not able to participate in the blog postings and weekly discussions. I will be working so hard to catch up Wendy. It is really very hard to be a cross institutional student as the assessment requirements do not align. I found my practicum to be very challenging and very tiring. I was on full load teaching so I think I was in shock at how much I had to do every night to be prepared for the next day! A teacher does not get enough credit for all that they do.

You can just see my little unit where I stayed. This was taken from the beach on low tide.

To jog my memory about Task B:

You will maintain, in your blog, a record of the learning process as a digital diary that records the following:

• Your initial definitions and understandings of teaching and learning in Digital Technology;
• The conceptual understanding and ways of working and thinking you developed in the challenges; and,
• Descriptions and reflections on your participation in the challenges

Your reflections will be maintained week by week (I may need to be considered for exceptional circumstances Wendy), and your collection of reflections will be submitted in Week 8, on Friday, through the uploading of a Word document that contains a link to your blog url.

EDCU12039: Design and Digital Technologies: Assessment Task 1

Part B:

Participate in a series of digital learning challenges to develop an understanding of the conceptual foundations and the different types of thinking required when working with digital technologies. Maintain a digital diary throughout the process that records the following:

• Your initial definitions and understandings of teaching and learning in Digital Technology;
• The conceptual understanding, and ways of working and thinking you developed in the challenges; and,
• Descriptions and reflections on your participation in the challenges

The diary you create to record your experiences should be maintained weekly and submitted with the final response to this task.

Criteria	High Distinction	Distinction	Credit	Pass	Fail
Use participation and individual reflective processes to develop professional understanding of content knowledge and teaching and learning in the Digital Technologies learning area.	Journal and reflections demonstrate analysis and evaluation of personal learning experiences that are linked to the curriculum aims and rationale to demonstrate an outstanding and creative understanding of the nature of, and pedagogy associated with the Digital Technologies learning area.	Journal and reflections demonstrate analysis and evaluation of personal learning experiences that are linked to the curriculum aims and rationale to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the nature of, and pedagogy associated with the Digital Technologies learning area.	Journal and reflections demonstrate analysis and evaluation of personal learning experiences that are linked to the curriculum aims and rationale to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the nature of, and pedagogy associated with the Digital Technologies learning area.	Journal and reflections demonstrate a sound understanding of the way that the learning experiences are linked to the curriculum aims and rationale.	Journal and reflections demonstrate limited understanding of the way that the learning experiences are linked to the curriculum aims and rationale.