ASSESSMENT ITEM ONE
A) Research Essay: 1800 words (40%) - online activities - deposited into your eportfolio
For more information about the eportfolio platform, please click and to start creating your eportfolio (using Mahara) click HERE.
I have prepared a document to assist you in completing the requirements of your eportfolio in a strategic way. Click HERE to download this document (mp3).
Your Eportfolio is a vital resource documenting not only your learning in the course, but also a rich digital platform documenting your identity as an Arts practitioner and educator.
To meet the requirements of Assessment Item ONE, your submission should include 6 items in total:
A). (Four (4) tasks as specified on the Course website +
B). "Week 2 Task" from Creating Your Arts Educator Eportfolio document) +
C). a teaching lesson posted to wikiteach:
The items are:
1. Getting Started: Introductory Task
2. Module 1: Learning Task 1.2
3. Module 1: Learning Task 1.3
4. Module 2: Learning Task 2.1
5. Creating Your Arts Educator Eportfolio: Week 2 Task
6. Uploaded a teaching lesson (should contribute to your Unit of Work) to wikiteach, captured a screen snip of the posting as it appears on the website, and included a link to the lesson in an email addressed to me and sent on or before Monday 18 August 2014 (before 3:00pm)
ASSESSMENT ITEM TWO
B) Unit Plan + Demonstration: 2700 words (60%) - deposited into your eportfolio
ASSESSMENT ITEM TWO comprises two parts:
Part 1. Unit of Work and a digital recording of a lesson (demonstration) due on or before Monday 6 October 2014 (before 3:00pm).
Part 2. Completed eportfolio: due on or before Wednesday 15 October 2014 (before 5:00pm).
Students will be required to present a Unit of Work and a digital recording of a lesson (demonstration) from their unit of work (minimum 20 minutes, maximum 1 hour).
Students are required to upload their completed Unit of Work to their eportfolios on or before Monday 6 October 2014 (before 3:00pm).
The recording has three parts: an introduction, the actual teaching session, and a post-teaching reflection.
The recording must outline the lesson as a demonstration, including specifying aspects of the lesson such as time allocation, scope and sequence, grade level appropriateness, materials required, activity applications and recommended assessment strategies.
There are various ways of achieving this recording and filming this lesson should occur either: in Week 3 or Week 4 (prior to your PER2 placement), or, anytime before Friday 3 October. Films must be uploaded to your eportfolios on or before Monday 6 October 2014 (before 3:00pm).
The recording of the lesson needs to clearly demonstrate the student putting into practice the teaching methodology underpinning the learning experience itself.
The final version of your eportfolio must be completed on or before Wednesday 15 October 2014 (before 5:00pm) in preparation for the end of course student showcase (see details below).
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Master of Teaching (Secondary) Arts Student Eportfolio Showcase
DATE: 20 October 2014
TIME: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
VENUE: TBA
This event will showcase the eportfolios of Master of Teaching (Secondary) Arts students in a mediated, virtual exhibition using plasma screen(s) and digital media files (screen casts and films shown in a continuous loop). This event will include external stakeholders (curriculum officers) from the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) and the Department of Education and Child Development (DECD) as well as Chief Supervisor (School Assessment) and Chief Assessor (External Assessment whose role it is to assess the final SACE submission of Senior Secondary Art students (Visual and Media Arts) in South Australian schools. The showcase will feature an electronic exhibition of the eportfolios of the students enrolled in a postgraduate online Arts-education curriculum course (EDUC5144) within the MTeach (Secondary) program and will include a range of artistic and pedagogical practices related to Arts education curriculum pedagogies and methodologies. The showcase will support Master of Teaching students’ examinations of the artistic and professional self with a view to engaging internal peers and external professional stakeholders in this virtual exhibition.