EDUC1751 - Week 6 Tutorial 2/9

EDUC1751 – Week 6 tutorial

This week’s tutorial is focussed on the Smartboard, and also on the explanation of marks on assessment 1. 

Rationale for assessment 2

Assessment 2 presents the challenge of combining the Visual Arts and Commerce syllabi, and presenting 4 lessons combining elements from each. The most plausible way to combine art and business that adheres to the demands of the syllabus is to focus on commercial art, and how it ties into the promoting and selling unit of the commerce syllabus. 

The commercial side of art can be explored in the Visual Arts syllabus, while the effects of the art on consumer choice can also be explored, blending both subject areas.

Student task/assessment will be focussed on the creation (and perhaps execution) of a promotional campaign for a not-for profit business/charity/event. 

From the commerce standpoint; physically promoting a local event or cause of their choosing, students will be highly involved in the task, being able to see the results and effectiveness of promotional/selling strategies on consumers, and the affects they have on consumer choice.

For the online and web tools element of the assessment, students will be collaborating on their promotional campaign in the online environment using an online collaboration site, such as “Edmodo”. 

Edmodo (http://www.edmodo.com/ )is a social networking site for teachers and students, designed for private microblogging within the classroom. In a similar way to Facebook, Edmodo allows a space for everyone to be kept updated with information and changes from other students. There are possibly better platforms for this to be done, however I will look into these as I work more on the assessment.