Thank god everyone got an extension on this second last assignment. We have finally gotten back into on campus classes. That has helped a lot being able to catch up with the entire group at the same time. In our group we have Doa’a El-Youseff, Hannah Oxwell , Quin Yu and I. We didn’t know who one of the girls was that was a part of our group, Quin Yu. She didn’t come to the first on campus class we had after the couple of online tutes because she had a skin allergy but thankfully she arrived the second week and we got to meet her and talk more about the details of our assignment. We all allocated ourselves a section of the assignment each as it seemed simpler if we did it that way. Then on Wednesday we are going to meet up in the Library as a whole group and put it all together and hopefully do the final finishes.

Our topic is going to be the cycle of a Frog. Although this is aimed at year 3s and 4s I have learnt quite a bit. I think that if we can make a resource like this then there must be plenty of resources about that assist teachers. As I am studying to become a teacher it’s safe to say I’m glad.

Quin cannot speak English very well so that is also a learning curve for me and the rest of the group. We have to take our time explaining and help her out a lot more. It doesn’t matter though because we will encounter many of these difficulties throughout our teaching careers and lives anyway.

I think this assignment is really quite good. It is a giant eye opener for what we may be teaching in the future. Technology in the future would possibly have evolved so through the use of doing this assignment revolving around technology it really is teaching me something.

I needed clarification on authentic learning, after all, if I didn’t know what that was I couldn’t do this assignment. I remembered in previous lectures Jan has gone over the learning types in great detail. I had printed those lectures out and used them as references to study authentic learning and further my knowledge. I also found the online reading Blue Gum School. (2011). The best way to learn really easy to understand and really easy to grasp the authentic learning facts.

Sorry for the long delay in posts. Watch this space for more frequent posts.