Digital Learning

iPad Program

It has been an exciting year for Digital Learning at The Lakes, with the launch of our one to one iPad program.  Students from Prep to Year 9 have been excited to use their iPads to complete learning tasks that would not previously have been possible.  Students have been using the Book Creator app to create interactive digital books, containing text, photographs, videos and drawings, to demonstrate their learning across a range of curricular areas.  They have also enjoyed using apps such as iMovie and Stop Motion Studio to bring their learning to life.  Students use the Showbie app to receive tasks from, and submit completed work to, their teachers. This app has also been great for recording feedback and reflections.

Digital Technologies

This year, we also introduced the new Victorian Digital Technologies Curriculum, with specialist classes running across Years 5-7 and electives in Years 8 and 9.  Students have been using computational thinking to design and create their own apps, websites, animations, games and real-life digital solutions.

Blogging

Students in the Amazing Authors program have created a wonderful blog to share their writing with a wider audience, using their iPads to publish their work.  Check out their work and leave students a comment here: https://amazingauthorsblog.wordpress.com/.

Global LYNCs

This year, students in Year 5 have worked with students from a school in South Korea, sharing information and learning more about each other’s countries and cultures.  Students have used their iPads and netbooks to create content to share and have participated in ‘face-to-face’ sessions using Polycom technology.  We have learned lots about school life in South Korea and their traditional songs, dances, sports and foods.

Film Project with Merriang SDS

In Term 3, students in the Year 5/6 Media Arts elective worked with students from Merriang SDS to help them create a music video for their Annual Concert.  The students used their iPads and green screen technology to create the video, which was shown on the massive screen at the Plenty Ranges theatre.  We were so proud of our students who actively demonstrated The Lakes Values during this project.

Disability Awareness Week Film Competition

As part of our Disability Awareness Week at The Lakes, students were challenged to create a short film describing what ‘inclusion’ means to them, or sharing details of their own ‘super-ability’.  Students from Prep to Year 6 used a range of different iPad apps, including Book Creator, iMovie, Stop Motion Studio and Adobe Spark Video, to create their amazing films.

Vimeo

Some great examples of digital learning at The Lakes have been shared on our school Vimeo page.  Please check it out: https://vimeo.com/thelakessouthmorang!