EcosystemLesson+1

=[|LESSON 1]=

This term you will be working on the same project in both ICT and Geography. You will be producing a wiki as part of a team. You are responsible for one ecosystem within your wiki.
= SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECT- how your work will be assessed =

=== To help you to understand the progress that you are making there is a document to assess your current skills and knowledge. Your teacher will give you a copy of this, or there is a copy that you can download here. You will complete this chart again halfway through the project, and again at the end. ===



WHICH OF THE LEARNING CRITERIA WILL THIS LESSON BE COVERING?
> ===Your teacher will set the wiki up for you before next lesson, and will remain as an organiser. There will be one person in your team who will also be added as an organiser, so that you are able to set up your own style and appearance.===
 * === Understand how we can use ICT to present material for other subjects ===
 * === Work as part of a team to plan and present materials ===
 * === Understand how to use a Wiki to present materials to a specific audience ===
 * ===Researching on the Internet and keeping a record of your research===
 * ===Select suitable images and information for a specific purpose===
 * === Use self-evaluation, feedback and criteria to improve your work ===

===Introduction to wikispaces wiki tutorials. These tutorials will help you and remind you of some of the skills you can use to edit your wiki.===

Decide on the following - your teacher will give you a worksheet to help you, or you can download it here. ADD FILE HERE

 * ===What is your team name? This will also be the name of your wiki.===
 * ===decide who is going to be responsible for each ecosystem. Only one person per ecosystem.===


 * ===Temperate forest and woodland===
 * ===Tundra===
 * ===Savanna===
 * ===Rainforest===
 * ===Alpine===
 * ===Mediterranean climate===


 * ===Who will be the team organiser of your wiki?===
 * ===What will your Wikispaces name be?===

If you finish all of this you need to look at how your homework will be marked.
= SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR THE LESSON - how your work will be assessed =


 * === **IF YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THIS** === || ===** YOUR LEVEL IS LIKELY TO BE **=== ||
 * == I can... == ||  ||
 * * === Plan how I will use ICT to do this project ===
 * === Collect, store and retrieve data ===
 * === Identify what information I need for the task ===
 * === Use straightforward searches to find the information === || === LEVEL 3 === ||
 * * === Plan a project that makes use of different types of information (eg: text, charts, graphs, images) ===
 * === Plan a project that is suitable for an audience of year 6 pupils ===
 * === Organise the data that I have collected (eg: saving URLs,etc) ===
 * === Use search criteria to find information (eg 'keywords', etc) ===
 * === check whether the information gathered is reliable and useful (comment on reliability, and whether it is useful to you) === || === LEVEL 4 === ||
 * * === plan a project that makes use of different types of ICT tools and techniques (eg. different software to produce your information) ===
 * === Plan a project that is suitable for an audience of year 6 pupils AND be able to say how I would need to change this for a different audience (eg GCSE students) ===
 * === Organise the data that I have collected in a logical way (eg: saving URLs, using bookmarks,etc) ===
 * === Check the reliability and bias of the information you have gathered (comment on reliability, trustworthiness, bias, and whether the information is up-to-date) === || === LEVEL 5 === ||
 * * === Plan an efficient project that makes use of and integrates a variety of different types of ICT tools and techniques ( eg ##### more information required here - updating web links?) ===
 * === Plan a project that is suitable for an audience of year 6 pupils AND be able to detail exactly what I would need to change this for different audiences (eg GCSE students and adults) ===
 * === Be able to give reasons why I would need to make those changes ===
 * === Plan the structure of your section of the wiki to show how pages will link together ===
 * === Use complex search criteria to find information (eg 'keywords', advanced searches, etc) === || === LEVEL 6 === ||
 * * === Plan an efficient project that makes use of and integrates a variety of different types of ICT tools and techniques ( eg ##### more information required here - updating web links?) ===
 * === Plan a project that is suitable for an audience of year 6 pupils AND be able to detail exactly what I would need to change this for a wider range of audiences (eg: GCSE, adults, elderly people) giving valid reasons why I would need to make those changes ===
 * === Produce a detailed plan of your section of the wiki to show how pages will link together, where there will be links to external websites, and how your user will be able to navigate your section (including back to your 'home' page) ===
 * === Plan an efficient, attractive and useable wiki that is appropriate for a wide target audience === || === LEVEL 7 === ||