Digital Literacies for learning

1. Digital Literacies for learning Week 5 – Digital Systems

2. Overview of the session • Welcome • Questions from last week • What is a computer? • Changing nature of digital technologies. • Assessment Task 1 help • Assessment Task 3 • Referencing Australian Curriculum • Preparation for next week

3. Lecture review • What is a computer? • Components of a computer • Networks This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

4. What Is A Computer? A computer is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions (software) stored in its own memory unit, that can accept data (input), manipulate data (process), and produce information (output) from the processing. Generally, the term is used to describe a collection of devices that function together as a system.

5. Devices that comprise a computer system Monitor (output) Speaker (output) System unit (processor, memory…) Printer (output) Storage devices (CD-RW, Floppy, Hard disk, zip,…) Mouse (input) Scanner (input) Keyboard (input)

6. What Does A Computer Do? Computers can perform four general operations, which comprise the information processing cycle. Input Process Output Storage

7. What Do Computers Do? Input, Process, Output, & Store data Output Input Process Store Data

8. What Are The Primary Components Of A Computer ? • Input devices. • Central Processing Unit (containing the control unit and the arithmetic/logic unit). • Memory. • Output devices. • Storage devices.

9. Activity – is it a computer? • https://lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/feedback/view.php?id=1624915 • Open the poll on the Learnonline site (under topic 5) • Consider whether each of the 10 objects is a computer or not? • Describe the criteria you used to make your choice.

10. Activity – Changing digital tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNEzndgiFI • You are going to create a simple timeline to show the changes that have occurred to a piece of technology over time. • Choose a piece of digital technology – e.g. mobile phone, camera, television, computer, etc. • Research a little about its history and identify 5 key points or versions that are important. You might want to note these down and save some images of the different models to your computer. • Go to www.visme.co and create an account. This site allows you to create a variety of infographics, including timelines. You will be able to use the free version to create and share your timeline. • Choose a timeline template that you like and simply cut and paste your own information into the template. • Save it and then choose to download. The free version will only allow you to download the timeline as an image file.

11. Assessment task 3

12. Assessment task 3 • This assessment task is designed to assist you to build a portfolio of resources that you can use in your future teaching. These can include materials such as online games, websites, videos, applications (apps), etc. • For each topic (weeks 5-11) you are required to source a relevant digital teaching artefact related to the contentfor that particular week. The resource should be appropriate for you as a teacher to make use of or for the children to use. • You will need to provide a critical review of the resource and describe its relevance to the weekly content and Digital Technologies curriculum. Each entry should be approximately 350 words (maximum 2500 words for weeks 5 – 11). • A template has been provided to support you in this process. It can be found on the course website, under the assessment tab. You will use this template for each week. • You must include a variety of resources (at least 1 website, 1 app, 1 video). The remaining digital resources can be of your own choosing. • You must include a digital resource and write up for each topic (weeks 5-11) to substantiate a complete submission. Incomplete submissions will be assessed as a fail. • Your assignment will be submitted as a Word document to the Learnonline site.

13. Assessment task 3 - criteria • Your submission will be based on the following criteria • Seven (weeks 5 – 11) appropriate digital resources for use in a primary classroom are selected with a summary of each one provided. • Each digital resource is reviewed, outlining • its relevance to the weekly content and Digital Technologies curriculum • the strengths and limitations of the resource • an evaluation of the authority of the resource. • Appropriate referencing, including in text referencing and a reference list included and formatted in UniSA Harvard style • The portfolio is clearly written with correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.

15. Activity – reading task • This week’s reading task is a little different. Your reading this week will prepare you for Assignment 3 by collecting and reviewing a digital resource. • There are a number of sources available to support Australian teachers implement the curriculum in their classrooms. One such online resource is Scootle. Education Services Australia (2018) explain that • Scootle is a national digital learning repository which provides Australian teachers with access to more than 20,000 digital learning items, provided by a wide array of contributors and aligned to core areas of the Australian Curriculum. • The video below explains some of the features of Scootle. • URL for video - https://youtu.be/jxXCXZb6m8I

16. Activity – reading task • You have free access to Scootle by registering using your UniSA student email address. • Go to Scootle (www.scootle.edu.au) and create an account using your UniSA email address. You will need to access your emails to verify your details to finish setting up the account. • Choose an aspect of the digital systems topic we have covered this week (e.g. how do computers work, peripherals, etc) • Search the Scootle site to see what digital resources you can find. • Choose one digital resource that you think maybe useful for you in the future. • Using the Assessment Task 3 template – make some notes about one resource using the headings in the template as a guide of what to include. Note this will form your first entry for this assessment task.

17. Referencing the Australian curriculum

18. First citation for ‘in text’ referencing: • ACARA is an organisational body responsible for publishing the Australian Curriculum material, therefore its name must be written in full, accompanied by its acronym (and date) in the FIRST citation in your assignment, and then with just the acronym and date for further citations. • Example 1: ‘quote or paraphrase’…(Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA] n.d.) • Example 2: According to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA n.d.)…’quote or paraphrase’…

19. Subsequent citations for ‘in text’ referencing: • Example 1 ‘quote or paraphrase’…(ACARA n.d.) • Example 2: According to ACARA (n.d.)…’quote or paraphrase’…

20. Referencing content descriptors: • All content descriptors have their own unique code, and therefore need to be referenced regardless of whether the author is directly quoting or paraphrasing a content descriptor. • This takes the place of a page number, which as the Harvard guide explains should be included for greater accuracy where possible. • Example: 'the importance of consulting a variety of texts relating to past history' (ACARA n.d. ,ACHHS050). • *Note the position of the content description code – it is in lieu of a page number.

21. Reference List: • Example 1: Whole website citation Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) n.d., The Australian Curriculum v8.3, viewed 10 January 2019, < http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/>. • Example 2: Specific web page citation: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) n.d., F-10 Curriculum, humanities and social sciences: history, foundation to year 10 Curriculum v8.3, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, viewed 10 January 2019, <http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanitiesandsocialsciences/history/Curriculum/F-10>. • *Example 2 covers the whole of the history F-10 curriculum (including all of the content descriptions and achievement standards). • *If using multiple Learning Areas in your assignment (eg, Mathematics, English and Science) then all 3 specific pages should be referenced as per example 2.

22. Reference List: • Example 3: Specific web page citation: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) n.d., Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Australian Curriculum, viewed 28 March 2019, <https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures/>. • Example 4: pdf documents accessed via curriculum website Some pdf documents uploaded to the curriculum website are not dated; however, others include a publication date at the bottom of the document. Many of these were published in December 2015 and show an earlier curriculum version number (8.1). Note all links to pdf documents have a unique url; they should not be referenced to the website’s homepage. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2015, English: Sequence of content F-6, The Australian Curriculum v8.1, viewed 28 March 2019, <https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/media/4401/english_-_sequence_of_content.pdf>.

23. Assessment tasks 1 and 3 • Any questions?

24. Before our next session………. • Work through Topic 6 • Read and note the lecture materials for Topic 6 • Complete the reading and bring notes with you to class