Supporting Online Learning and At Home Learning Tips for Students/Parents/Carers
Supporting Online Learning
Miss Stephanie Phillips, Leader of Teaching and Learning
In the past week, a new world of learning has opened up for parents, students and teachers. At Magdalene Catholic College, we remain committed to providing quality learning with students at the centre of all we do. Our staff have dedicated themselves to producing appropriate and challenging online learning experiences and we thank parents for their support of student learning.
There has been much communication from the College regarding the transition to online learning, updated HSC assessment requirements and guidelines for students during this period. Please ensure that you are familiar with critical documents (shared through COMPASS) including, Online Assessment Guidelines: HSC, Assessment 7-12 and Online Learning: Parent Letter (a student version has also been sent).
To read information from NESA relating to COVID-19 and the HSC, the cancellation of NAPLAN and online learning, please use the following link:
At the forefront of our minds is the need to support students. We acknowledge that learning how to learn online can be a challenge and again encourage communication with our staff regarding this. Pastoral Teachers are providing small online tasks to their pastoral classes to continue teacher/student communication and monitor student engagement. Teaching staff are following processes to call home if a student has not been engaging with online content or completing tasks for multiple lessons.
We encourage students to set up an organised study space and have a routine each day. Some students may elect to follow their daily timetable, including break times. Senior students especially may review work set for the day and create their own daily plan for how to best complete their learning. Regardless of their approach, students must be completing set tasks, enjoying adequate breaks with some physical activity and having some time away from technology each day.
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As we continue to learn together, parents are encouraged to contact subject teachers or pastoral teachers with relevant questions. If there are further concerns or questions, please contact one of the following members of staff: Mr Shaun Houghton, Curriculum Coordinator - Assessments and Learning Concerns houghtons01@dow.catholic.edu.au Miss Stephanie Phillips, Leader of Teaching and Learning - Learning Concerns phillipss01@dow.catholic.edu.au Mrs Ivana Forner, Pastoral Care Coordinator - Pastoral / Wellbeing Concerns |
Accessing Digital Learning Resources @ Magdalene
To support your child in using online and digital resources as part of their remote learning consider the following questions.
- Does your child know how to access their College Google account?
- Does your child know their username and password?
- Does your child know how to access and complete work using Google Classroom?
- Does your child know how to submit work through Google Classroom?
If you and your child are unsure about the answer to these or any IT related questions you can lodge an IT support request using help desk link below.
http://help.dow.catholic.edu.au/ or email Supportm01@dow.catholic.edu.au
The important College links that students need to support their online learning can be found on the student compass page these include:
Oliver: The College Library management system where students can borrow digital and audio books. The Oliver homepage has been updated making it easy to access digital and audio books.
Encyclopedia Britannica: Is unique product that contains thousands of timely, relevant, and essential articles drawn from the Encyclopedia Britannica itself, as well as from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, the Britannica Encyclopedia of World.
https://school.eb.com.au/levels
ClickView: This is the College Video Learning platform that allows students to access curriculum related Colleges video material to assist with their learning.
https://online.clickview.com.au/
Audible Free access
Audible is the world's largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks. The company has given free access to students while schools are closed.
Students can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Scibo
SCRIBO is an AI based application that allows students to quickly assess and gain insights into writing skills for any level of writing. Students can sign in using their College username and password to access Scribo.