Gordon+Graydon+SS


 * Please post ideas you had about rich tasks and using instructional technology to support learning here. Include information about:[[image:peelrichtasks/plan_jpg.jpg width="217" height="217" align="right"]] **

PLT team consists of:
 * Meeta Joseph
 * Praveen Bissoondial
 * Nataly Shasheen
 * Doreen Johnson

a) Critical Literacy skill identified by the Professional Learning Team

Media literacy and persuasive techniques - how print advertising is constructed as a visual text - awareness of social and environmental issues - technology skills - persuasion as a thematic topic

b) Success criteria you are hoping to see through observations, conversations and products related to the Rich Task. - analyze and understand how images and text construct visual communication - research a social or environmental issue  - use technology to create a print advertisement to raise public awareness  - utilize a method of persuasion

c) Your initial plans for a Rich Task - students will design a print advertisement to raise public awareness - students will respond to analysis questions to engage critical thinking <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">- the task will implement the expectations for Media Studies under the Ontario Curriculum for grade ten English

<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">d) As you plan forward, things you need to put in place so that you can develop the Rich Task? <span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">- teachers will need to gain an awareness as to the range of technological skills amongst students <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">- concern of the unequal access to technology <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">- developed moderated assessment strategies for the PLT