1. Modernism in Literature Project presentation by Andrea Solymos and Aimee Turner

2. Our project Aim: involving technology and collaborative work into human studies Subject: English/Literature Topic: Modernism in Literature Year level: 10-12 Curriculum Framework: http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/internet/Years_K10/Curriculum_Framework http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/internet/Years_K10/Curriculum_Framework "The Literature strand aims to engage students in the study of literary texts of personal, cultural, social and aesthetic value. ” http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Literature http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Literature

3. Our project Activity for students: Create a narrated Photo Story presentation in groups of 2-3 students by using a piece of writing from the Modernism period. The works will be presented on self-managed WikiSpaces pages. Teachers resource: The teachers’ resource, the main product of our project is available on WikiSpaces. It contains the description of the task, its schedule, instructions for teachers, a sample video, valuation rubric and instruction for students. Resources: The students are suggested to use various sources such as library books, anthologies, and internet sources. They need to find academic information and create or find visual illustrations too. Technology used: During this project they have to use scanner, camera, search engines, text editors, microphones, WikiSpaces, Photo Story 3 and YouTube for publishing the works.

4. Our project This is an authentic task, because students can: use technologies collaborate use various resources define the details of their own task be creative present their work in aesthetic arrangement to a bigger audience

5. Our project Our sample video is available on the WikiSpaces project site http://edn113-2012-groupproject.wikispaces.com/Group10+-+Home+Page or on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_YMzJqjYds&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_YMzJqjYds&feature=youtu.be

6. The creative process Group discussion Mutual interest: languages, English, art Individual talents: – Andrea: Pages set up on WikiSpaces Sample video Teachers instructions – Aimee: English texts and narration Instructions for students

7. The creative process Collaborative work via internet Research of subject area Research of technology We learnt how to use – WikiSpaces – Photo Story 3 – Narrated PowerPoint

8. Conclusion Collaborative work supported by technology – Skills in technology – Academic learning process – Artistic creativity – Social skills – Decision making – Feeling of joy and achievement

9. References AnOther.The Modernist [photo]. Retrieved 10/05/2012 from http://www.anothermag.com/loves/view/18368/The_Modernist_Classical_Modernism_ in_Current_Graphic_Design ACARA. English. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Literature http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/Literature Solymos, A. & Turner, A. Group10. http://edn113-2012-groupproject.wikispaces.com/Group10+-+Home+Page Solymos, A. & Turner, A. Modernism in Literature: Discover Virginia Woolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_YMzJqjYds&feature=youtu.be