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About Innovative Teachers

About Vitual Classroom Tours

Authors Mark Sparvell South Australia (DECS) Australia

How do we best develop positive values in students? How do we encourage STUDENT VOICE, STUDENT ACTION and ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP through connecting hearts, head and hands.

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Description •For the students we wanted them to consider environmental assets existing in their

communities.

•For the educators, we wanted them to explore the potential of environmental

education programs to develop and engage in values education.

•For everyone, we wanted to raise the awareness of the interdependent aspects of

sustainability.

Learning Areas Studies of Society and Environment, English and Philosophy

Levels Ages 10- 14

environment ecollaboration student action values onlineKeywords

Project Overview

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Teacher Planning and Management

Background and Planning

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Teaching Resources

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Student Project Overview: An overview of required tasks.

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Creating Online Communities

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Assessment and Standards

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Mapping the Standards: Mapping this project’s learning objectives against curriculum standards.

National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS): Performance indicators for technology-literate students.

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Teacher and School Information

Mark Sparvell is currently Principal at Kadina Primary School in South Australia. Kadina Primary caters for 480 students from ages 5 to 13 and is situated 200 kilometres from the city of Adelaide.

Mark coordinates the work in 6 schools across 5,000 kilometres using a number of online and offline environments.

This collaborative work together is now in its FOURTH YEAR.

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