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"The Office" Remake....Australian version!

 High SchoolSecondary

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 

The Office

1. "The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character, David Brent. Although fictional and scripted, the programme takes the form of a documentary (a fictional documentary, i.e. a mockumentary), with the presence of the camera often acknowledged." (Source: Wikipedia)

This sitcom has now spread to other countries who have made their own versions of The Office - including France, US, Germany and Brazil.

2. In groups of 4 - 5 students, you are to create a mockumentary based on "The Office" for Australian audiences!  It is to be only 2 minutes in length.

Divide up the creative work to answer the following questions:

  • Where is your Office?
  • Which characters will be involved?
  • What is the plot?
  • Who will write the sitcom?
  • How will it appeal to Australian audiences?
  • What is your target age group?
  • Who will play the different characters?
  • What will be the song or theme music?

3. Resources: You will need to have the following resources. Divide up the work amongst your group.

  • camera
  • A tripod (optional)
  • Your cast and/or crew
  • Computer
  • Video Editing Software (e.g. Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas Movie Studio, Vegas Pro)
  • Suitable video hosting
  • Possibly internet access which really depends on what TV show type your making
  • A pencil
  • Paper  (Source: How to make your own TV show)

4. Use the following website How to create a sitcom to help you with your "mockumentary".

5. Present your "Office" to the rest of the class.

 

Online

 

Improving Air Quality at School

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, read the following article from The Conversation 31 May 2017 Reading

The Conversation

What interested you in this article. Discuss with your group.  

2. Growing or having plants in the office has a positive influence on productivity. How many plants are in:

  • The Principal's Office
  • The Front Office
  • The Classrooms
  • The Teachers' Staffroom?

Conduct a survey to show the number and type of plants in each of these areas.

Photograph the plants and their position. What condition are these plants in? Who looks after them? How often are they fed?

3. If there are only a few or no plants in these areas, approach the Principal with this research article and its figures.

Request to buy some more plants. Note the total cost to the school.

4. Reflection

Reflection.

After these plants are brought, interview the participants to see if they think their productivity has increased with the cleaner environment. How would you judge their statements to be true? What is the criteria you would use to see if their productivity has changed?

 

An Inspiring CEO: Melanie Perkins

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 


1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, you are to read the following information about Melanie Perkins, Co-Founder & CEO, Canva Reading

Melanie Perkins
(Source: CEO Magazine)

Frustrated with the time it took to complete a simple graphic design task, 19-year-old communications student Melanie Perkins decided to fill the market gap with her own easy-to-use online platform. Founded in Sydney in 2014 with the intention of “democratising design”, Canva offers web-based design tools for non-professional graphic designers as an alternative to Powerpoint or Adobe’s design suite. “Canva re-imagines design for the digital age. It’s a tool for everyone – regardless of income, design experience, your language, or device,” Melanie explains.

After closing a US$40 million capital funding round in January this year [2018], Canva shot up the ranks to become Australia’s next tech unicorn – worth US$1 billion. At just 30 years old, Melanie continues to challenge the archetype of success in Silicon Valley (an elite, educated young male) and is now one of tech’s youngest female CEOs. “I learned the power of determination quite early in life,” Melanie explains. “And it’s not just the extroverts that get ahead; as an introvert myself, the best piece of advice I can give is to just start and learn as much as you can along the way.”

Looking ahead, she plans to use this latest funding to continue expanding Canva’s 10-million-strong user base, and double its 250-person workforce. But at the end of the day, Melanie is motivated by something greater than money. “Every day, I get to work with smart and kind people to tackle huge challenges that help millions of people across the globe,” she explains.

I spend my time improving the things I can change, not worrying about the things I can’t. More than 20,000 not-for-profits around the world use Canva to raise awareness for their causes that’s what makes all the work worth it.

2. Divide up the following articles between the group and report back any interesting facts about Melanie, her attitude and challenges she faced. This strategy is called the Expert Jigsaw Strategy.

BBC News 10 January 2018

BBC News
The West Australian 7 May 2018

The West Australian
Career Contessa 5 May 2016

Career Contessa
21 Questions: 14 January 2018

21 Questions

3. Create 10 messages about Melanie's journey of being a CEO of a start-up company. What inspired you about her?

4. Using Canva, create a poster to be put around the school to inspire other young entrepreneurs to have a go and create their own business.

 

Optional Extra:

Can you create a Life of the Job profile? You need to fill out the following details:

Introduction
Education
Experiences
Employment & Training
YouTube
Links

Some resources to look up:

Wikipedia

Forbes
Know Insiders
Success Story

 

 


Websites, Apps & Games

Corkulous by Appigo

High SchoolSecondary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


"Corkulous™ idea board is the incredible new way to collect, organize, and share your ideas. Access your ideas anywhere on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch with built-in iCloud support. Share your ideas with your friends and family by storing your cork boards in Dropbox. See the demo video: http://www.corkulous.com/ "
(Source: App Store)

Corkulous

Price: $US4.99
Developer: Appigo

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Easy Sign

High SchoolSecondary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


EasySign - Sign and Fill documents. Anywhere. Anytime.EasySign App is the quickest, most convenient and secure way to sign and fill documents directly from your iPhone or iPad in minutes.
(Source: App Store)

Easy Sign

Price: FREE
Developer:
Glykka LLC


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Genius Scan - PDF Scanner 

High SchoolSecondary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


Genius Scan turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. It enables you to quickly scan documents on the go and email the scans as JPEG or PDF. The Genius Scan scanner technology includes smart page detection, perspective correction, image post-processing. It allows you to build PDF documents with multiple scans.
(Source: 25 Best Business Apps)

Genius Scan
Price: FREE
Developer: The Grizzly Labs 
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