Things have been steadily progressing for the CEDAR project over the past month with a very productive two days for Rhys Moult in Cleve being the highlight of the period.
During Rhys' visit he made a trip to Sims Farm hosted by Cleve Area School SSO Roger. The trip to the farm gave Rhys a good insight into the tasks faced by students in the Agriculture Program at Cleve Area school.
Following his visit to the farm Rhys held a Training and Development session for staff and students of Cleve Area School focusing on recording images and video and uploading to the internet. The session was well attended considering the time of year and short notice. The 14 participants all found the session useful and all made valuable contributions.
Day two of the visit was taken up with a project team meeting followed by a focus group meeting.
The project team meeting was very productive and the result was a more focused and well informed project team. The main outcome was a structured process for mapping the resources to be used in the online course. Jo Turner and John Solly now have the task ahead of them to gather and map these resources before the start of term 3.
The focus group meeting involved the students and was a valuable tool in gauging student support and ideas for the project. Reactions of students ranged from excitement to trepidation but the overall feeling was definitely positive. It was decided that a Moodle classroom would be created giving students access with the Moodle role of Teacher assigned to them. This will run separate to the project team's Moodle classroom and monitored for useful content which could then be included in the project team Moodle classroom.
The focus group meeting culminated with a photo shoot for the Tribune the local paper in Eastern Eyre Peninsula. The article was well received and resulted in an on air interview on local radio station for Jo Turner. Well done Jo!!
During Rhys' visit he made a trip to Sims Farm hosted by Cleve Area School SSO Roger. The trip to the farm gave Rhys a good insight into the tasks faced by students in the Agriculture Program at Cleve Area school.
Following his visit to the farm Rhys held a Training and Development session for staff and students of Cleve Area School focusing on recording images and video and uploading to the internet. The session was well attended considering the time of year and short notice. The 14 participants all found the session useful and all made valuable contributions.
Day two of the visit was taken up with a project team meeting followed by a focus group meeting.
The project team meeting was very productive and the result was a more focused and well informed project team. The main outcome was a structured process for mapping the resources to be used in the online course. Jo Turner and John Solly now have the task ahead of them to gather and map these resources before the start of term 3.
The focus group meeting involved the students and was a valuable tool in gauging student support and ideas for the project. Reactions of students ranged from excitement to trepidation but the overall feeling was definitely positive. It was decided that a Moodle classroom would be created giving students access with the Moodle role of Teacher assigned to them. This will run separate to the project team's Moodle classroom and monitored for useful content which could then be included in the project team Moodle classroom.
The focus group meeting culminated with a photo shoot for the Tribune the local paper in Eastern Eyre Peninsula. The article was well received and resulted in an on air interview on local radio station for Jo Turner. Well done Jo!!
