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experiences (Miles, 2015). The Western Australian Curriculum identifies a set of general
capabilities that teachers must embed in their content (SCSA, 2014b). Within the learning
area of science students must also learn to use ICT appropriately and effectively to access,
create and communicate information, solve problems and work collaboratively (SCSA,
2014b). The Melbourne Declaration identified that the 21st century is a rapidly changing
technological environment. Students need to be able to effectively utilise ICT tools to ensure
For students to learn they need to be engaged in the content (Corso, Bundick, Quaglia,
& Haywood, 2013). The lessons aim to be motivating, challenging as well as enhance
student’s collaborative skills and critical thinking. A youtube clip is shown in lesson one
(week 3, lesson 1) to provide educational content. The video displays the content in an
interesting manner increasing student engagement. It also assists in catering for visual and
auditory learners. The use of padlet and the classroom blog gives students to collaborate,
share and learn from each other. A kahoot was selected for the beginning of lesson two (week
4, lesson 1) to engage the students and test their content understanding to date. This is
create and demonstrate their own level of understand of the complexities of food webs. This
is the reason lesson three (week 5, lesson 1) commences with an introduced species youtube
clip with a catchy tune. Picktochart has been chosen as an accessible and easy to use
application to create a poster on the student’s laptops. This tool gives the students an
potential ICT tools. This was to ensure learning objective were met. The students learning
References:
Corso, M., Bundick, M., Quaglia, R., & Haywood, D. (2013). Where student, teacher, and content
meet: Student engagement in the secondary school classroom. American Secondary
Education, 41(3), 50.
Miles, M. (2015). Brilliant ideas for using ICT in the classroom. Educational Psychology in Practice,
31(3), 328-329. doi:10.1080/02667363.2015.1029255
SCSA. (2014a). Information and communication technology (ICT) capability. General Capabilities
Retrieved from https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/general-capabilities-
over/information-and-communication-technology-ict-capability/introduction
SCSA. (2014b). Science - v8. Western australian curriculum Retrieved from
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8