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Office and Administration - OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/OFFICE MANAGER"The Office" Remake....Australian version! Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Cooperative Learning Activity
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:
3. Resources: You will need to have the following resources. Divide up the work amongst your group.
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.
Improving Air Quality at School Primary Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Cooperative Learning Activity
1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, read the following article from The Conversation 31 May 2017. 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:
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.
An Inspiring CEO: Melanie Perkins Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking Cooperative Learning Activity
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. 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.
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
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