Life Orientation with strong links to all other learning areas Levels Objectives Software Description Author Life Orientation with strong links to all other learning areas Grade 8 – 12 learners To involve learners in art & culture projects To keep learners busy in a positive way in order to prevent boredom and therefore getting involved in drugs, alcohol To get involved in community work To become healthy, positive, enthusiastic and excellent South African citizens Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Power Point This Virtual Classroom Tour template has been provided so you can develop your own Virtual Classroom Tours. Use the template to record a special learning project that you have found particularly successful in your classroom. Then share the project with other teachers in your school, district or beyond. Here’s how: Follow the prompts on each slide and in the embedded Word documents in this PowerPoint template to insert your project information. When you have finished inputting all of the project information that is requested, delete the prompts. Select each one and press the Delete key. The first Word document, on slide 1, includes general information and does not need to be changed by you. Note: To enter the title of your Virtual Classroom Tour you must select View, Master, Slide Master, and enter it on the slide master. Then click Close Slide Master. This will cause the title to appear on each of the slides. As you are working on your Virtual Classroom Tour make sure that the Auto save feature of PowerPoint is turned off. This will help to prevent the size of your file from getting too large. Go to Tools, and Options. Click on the Save tab, and uncheck the box that says Save Autorecover info. Remember to manually save your work frequently! The project evolved from a RADS (Radically Different Specie) peer support group. The aim of the group is to help vulnerable learners to withstand peer pressure. The group handed in a business plan to the Free State Department of Education that awarded us R500.00 to start our Art & Craft Business. Learners soon realized it was much easier to run the day to day business by using computers. Documents Vanita Coetzee, Ikanyegeng Combined School, Jacobsdal, Free State

Teacher Planning and Management Click the documents below to help you understand the context of this exemplary learning project: Background & Planning: A synopsis of the origin and objectives of the learning project, including the manner in which the project was planned and managed. Classroom Images: Images of the classroom to give you a better feeling for how the project was implemented. Open the Word documents at the bottom of each slide by double clicking the icons. Follow the prompts [in the yellow boxes] for inserting information about your learning project. Documents

Work Samples, Teacher and Student Reflection Click the documents below to see work samples and reflections from the teachers and students: Student Work Samples: Examples of student work generated through participation in this learning project. Teacher Reflection: Thoughts and reflective comments from the teachers involved, including advice for future implementations. Student Perspective: Comments on how the students perceived the learning that occurred. Open the Word documents at the bottom of each slide by double clicking the icons. Follow the prompts [in the yellow boxes] for inserting information about your learning project. Also, include student work samples with this slide. Here’s how: Be sure the work sample is a Microsoft Office document. From the Insert menu choose Object…. Select Create from File… and click Browse…. Find the file you want to include and click OK. Select Display as icon and click Change Icon… and add a suitable caption. Click OK to add the caption and click OK to embed the file. With the work sample icon selected, from the Slide Show menu choose Action Settings…. Select Object action: and from the drop-down list choose Open. Click OK. Position the Student Work Sample icon at the bottom of the slide. You can go to View, Grid and Guides, and click Display Grid on Screen for a grid on which to line up your icons. Documents

Assessment and Standards Click the documents below to see the assessment rubrics and standards cover in this learning project: Assessment Rubrics: Examples of assessment rubrics provided to students showing how the project was assessed. 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. Add any assessment materials you developed for the project to this slide. Have the resource document available. From the Insert menu choose Object. Select Create from File… and click Browse…. Find the file you want to include and click OK. Select Display as icon and click Change Icon… and add a suitable caption. Click OK to add the caption and click OK to embed the file. Position the document icon at the bottom of the slide. You can go to View, Grid and Guides, and click Display Grid on Screen for a grid on which to line up your icons. To include the Standards targeted through your learning project, open the Mapping the Standards document and then add your own standards at the bottom of the document. Links are included to help you search for local curriculum and technology standards. Documents