Abstraction - week 7

We were asked to focus on 'Abstraction' in this challenge and create a document in word that could incorporate this using input forms. The activity was designed so that students could access information from other students and teachers on their preferences for the tuck shop menu. I am having trouble trying to create this document so I thought I would just look at the curriculum links at the moment. I have decided to focus on F-2 age group.

Digital Technologies - Process and Production skills

Content Descriptor

Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively (ACTDIP003)

Elaboration
Using digital systems to organise data to improve meaning, for example using word processing software to create a list of tasks or visualisation software to create a mind map (diagram) showing relationships between characters in a story

The cross curriculum links for this elaboration would be:

Through this task children will likely reach different conclusions depending on who they surveyed and the amount of people surveyed. Because the task would first involve setting up a document (scaffolded by teacher or done solely by teacher) and then surveying participants the students would need to know which steps to take and in which order and figure out an action plan. It would also involve researching the different types of food they could serve in a tuckshop, what types of food could be made on the premises and how to store these food by looking at different media containing this information. Because I have focused on a F-2 age group this would have to be scaffolded by teachers and information would have to be simple and direct. Other ways students could collect the data which would be more appropriate for this age group could be using mind maps, pie charts or graphs.

I think students would love to do this sort of activity in the classroom. They would feel like they were contributing to the school environment. This type of activity could be used for all different topics like;

• when students birthdays are (months, date, year)
• hair colour and how long it is (blonde, brown, long, short)
• pets in the classroom (type and how many)
• types of houses they live in (how many bedrooms, doors, lamps)