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INNOVATIVE LEARNING MULTIMEDIA IN YEARS 5/6
Multimedia skills are essential for all Year 5/6 students to develop, as technology is always progressing at a rapid pace and not only used in an educational context but throughout many aspects of life.
For Years 5 and 6, the main focal points of Multimedia include Stop Motion Animation, Lego Spike Prime Robotics, Filmmaking, Photography, Image Manipulation and Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
Year 5 students used the Lego Spike Prime Robotics equipment to help develop their problem-solving and programming skills. The students completed various builds, including a Rhino and a Driving Base, which were then programmed to move around various courses, stop when approaching objects and follow various coloured lines. This experience was very rewarding for all and hopefully will spark an interest in competing in future Robocup Junior Competitions!
ELTHAM College entered seven teams in the 2023 AEL Schools National Minecraft Challenge. Team Guacamole (Oden, Alexander, Mikko and Kaya) came second nationally in the Year 5/6 category with the theme Medieval Architecture. They had to recreate and innovate upon medieval architectural designs using Minecraft, allowing them to experience the nuances and history of this period while enhancing their design and critical thinking skills.
In Term 3, all Year 5/6 students visited the city to participate in a media-based workshop and exhibition visit at ACMI (Australian Centre of Moving Image) in Federation Square. Students created news segments on the green screen and developed news reporting and interview skills. This workshop introduced students to the production process, including scripting, acting, directing and working behind the scenes.
It was a rewarding experience in Multimedia this year due to the combination of the Visual Arts and STEM based activities. This allowed for creativity as well as computational thinking and problemsolving throughout the specialist class. These skills will serve the students very well as they move into their next phase of their education, which will further expose them to the many possibilities within the Digital Technologies and Multimedia space.
