Entry 2

Topic: Learning chords and intervals.

Learning Area: Music

Year Level: Year 11-12

Digital Technology: Tenuto App

Location and screen shot:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tenuto/id459313476?mt=8

Learning goal/statement from curriculum: To reiterate the basic

concepts behind basic chords and intervals in music.

Link to digital technologies curriculum: Visualisation, Engagement,

Active Learning. Features multiple activities to practice music theory. For
this particular activity, the program can test students with an adjustable
degree of difficulty, added time limit, labels, range, etc.

Strategy: using this app helps students as it provides multiple stimuli

worksheets cannot (interactive responsive visual, aural aspect, self-
correcting). Using this app provides students with the potential to work
and practice at their own personally tailored, customisable level.

Verdict: This platform provides a very user friendly, approachable

medium for students to get extra study in outside of the classroom. For a
free app, it covers a large variety of content, which is one of a few
reasons I recommend it to fellow musicians.
Entry 3

Topic: A brief history of the Cuban Revolution (1953-1959)

Learning Area: History

Year Level: Year 11-12

Digital Technology: Kahoot!

Location and screen shot: https://kahoot.it/

Learning goal/statement from curriculum: To prepare students test

students level of understanding in review of The Cuban Revolution.

Link to digital technologies curriculum: Competition, visualisation,

Investigate Reality.

Strategy: By incorporating a timer, a basic and colourful layout and a

competitive element for students, this revision tool is made more
enjoyable than a simple quiz.

Verdict: I have personally used this tool multiple times as a student, the
class leader board and fun approach to learning has made it much easier
to engage as a student.
Entry 4

Topic: The effects of drugs

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Year Level: Year 11-12

Digital Technology: Mouse Party website.

Location and screen shot:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/

Learning goal/statement from curriculum: To help make the

explanation of the side effects of drugs to students more interesting.

Link to digital technologies curriculum: using an interactive game,

audio material, cartoons and explanation.

Strategy: Using a game featuring mice as a medium to teach students

about drugs, makes the facts less confronting and more entertaining.
Whilst it is a little basic, it still perfectly explains the necessary
information about drugs.

Verdict: I used this website in school and personally found it quite a

valuable resource, me and my peers had a fun time using this program to
learn about drugs.
Entry 5

Topic: Chemistry

Learning Area: Science

Year Level: Year 11-12

Digital Technology: Chemistry Formula Practice Free

Location and screen shot: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/chemistry-

formula-practice-free/id422958981?mt=8

Learning goal/statement from curriculum: A tool to help revise

knowledge on chemical compounds in a students spare time.

Link to digital technologies curriculum: Productivity, Engagement,

Investigate Reality and Problem Solving.

Strategy: The use of this app makes it much more enjoyable for students
to strengthen their knowledge on chemistry in their spare time. The user
friendly interface and aesthetically pleasing layout makes students more
inclined to use this app again and again.
Verdict: I found this app was a great way to do some casual revision
when commuting or relaxing at home during my VCE studies. My friends
and I would compare our scores and help eachother out with tricker
issues.

Entry 6: Reflection

How did this assignment helped you learn the use of digital technologies
in classroom?

This assignment made me think more open mindedly about the role digital
technologies can play in a classroom. I was quite reflective on my primary
and secondary school classes and thought a lot about the different
techniques past teachers used to make learning more interesting. Digital
technology was used more than I initially though and I now understand
the opportunity it possesses in different learning environments. Digital
technologies can be used in many different contexts and provide a very
unique way of making learning more interactive and interesting than more
standard teaching methods. Prior to this assignment I hadnt put much
thought into the implication of digital technologies in a classroom, but
they can really help convey information and ensure students are more
involved with course material.